June 2018 general election

The June 2018 general election was the ninth general election in The Leftist Assembly and voting was held from 11 to 14 June 2018. The General Assembly, the unicameral legislature of The Leftist Assembly, consists of the Secretary, Prime Minister and a floating number of Senators dependent on the WA population (6 at this election).

The nations elected to the General Assembly were Kavagrad as Secretary, Halfblakistan as Prime Minister, and Llorens, Grod Island, Auven, New Lonopolian Empire, New Arkados, and Zukalia as Senators.

Voting
To be eligible to vote, a nation must be part of the World Assembly and reside in The Leftist Assembly. The voter numbers each of the candidates in order of their preference on a Google Forms document.

Counting
The election moderators were Communistico, The Final Horseman, and VegemiteIsGross.

For the Secretary/Prime Minister contest, all candidates, including Seek other ticket, are compared head-to-head and the data is compiled into a table. The ticket that has the most wins is declared elected. In the unlikely event that no one ticket has the most wins, a series of tiebreakers is held to elect a winner. If there is only one ticket, they face a confidence vote instead.

For the Senators contest, all candidates, including Seek other candidate, are compared head-to-head and the data is compiled into a table. All the candidates are then ranked primarily according to most wins, however, a series of tiebreakers may be held if necessary. From this ranking, the top number of candidates equal to the number of available Senator positions is elected.

Endorsements
Candidate endorsements are only recorded for nations who are a former Secretary, Prime Minister or nation of historical significance to the region. The following are the endorsements issued throughout the election:

Secretary/Prime Minister
The following are the results of this contest:

As a result, Kavagrad and Halfblakistan were elected as Secretary and Prime Minister respectively.

Senators
The following are the head-to-head results compiled in a table:

NOTE 1: New Arkados and New Lonopolian Empire tied on number of wins and head-to-head. On first preferences, New Arkados had ? and New Lonopolian Empire had ?, so the latter was ranked higher.

The following is the ranking of the candidates:


 * 1) Llorens
 * 2) Grod Island
 * 3) Auven
 * 4) New Lonopolian Empire
 * 5) New Arkados
 * 6) Zukalia
 * 7) Igualmente
 * 8) Seek other candidate

As a result, Llorens, Grod Island, Auven, New Lonopolian Empire, New Arkados, and Zukalia were elected as Senators.