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).

Election Chronology
Previous	March 2018
Next	September 2018

June 2018 general election

Overview
Voting	11-14 June 2018
Candidates
Secretary/ Prime Minister	Kavagrad/Halfblakistan
Senators	Auven, Grod Island, Igualmente, Llorens, New Arkados, New Lonopolian Empire, Zukalia

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.

Methodology

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

Only endorsements by nations who have previously served in an executive leadership position are recorded.

Secretary/Prime Minister

Ticket	Endorsements
Kavagrad/Halfblakistan	Cedoria Llorens

Results

Secretary/Prime Minister

The following are the results of this contest:

Kavagrad/Halfblakistan confidence vote
Yes			21
No			3

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:

	Auven	Grod Island	Igualmente	Llorens	New Arkados	New Lonopolian Empire	Zukalia	Seek other
Auven	-	11-13	20-4	8-16	17-7	13-11	18-6	19-5
Grod Island	13-11	-	18-6	8-16	17-7	15-9	16-8	21-3
Igualmente	4-20	6-18	-	3-21	7-17	4-20	7-17	13-11
Llorens	16-8	16-8	21-3	-	19-5	20-4	20-4	22-2
New Arkados	7-17	7-17	17-7	5-19	-	12-12	14-10	21-3
New Lonopolian Empire	11-13	9-15	20-4	4-20	12-12	-	16-8	22-2
Zukalia	6-18	8-16	17-7	4-20	10-14	8-16	-	21-3
Seek other	5-19	3-21	11-13	2-22	3-21	2-22	3-21	-

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.