March 2021 general election

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March 2021 general election
Secretary election
← Dec. 2020 1-14 March 2021 Jun. 2021 →
Turnout16.9% Increase  ?%
 
Nominee Dyl Podria Talao
Popular vote 26 9 2
Percentage 63.4% 22.0% 4.9%

Secretary before election

Dyl

Elected Secretary

Dyl

General Assembly election

← Dec. 2020 1-14 March 2021 Jun. 2021 →

All 6 seats in the General Assembly
Candidate Votes Status
Soviet Catgirls 32 Elected
New Samon 29 Elected
New Flamington 27 Elected
Super Awesome Fun Times 25 Elected
Sauros 22 Elected
Idontknowium 20 Elected
Chrysanthemumlia 17 Not elected
The Isles of Geese 16 Not elected
Polotsk and Vitebsk 15 Not elected
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The March 2021 general election was the twentieth general election in The Leftist Assembly and voting was held from 11 to 14 March 2021. The position of Secretary and six seats in the General Assembly were available for election.

Dyl was re-elected as Secretary, and Soviet Catgirls, New Samon, New Flamington, Super Awesome Fun Times, Sauros, and Idontknowium were elected to the General Assembly.

Methodology[edit | edit source]

Voter eligibility[edit | edit source]

To be eligible to vote, a nation must be an electoral citizen, which requires that individual to reside in The Leftist Assembly with their World Assembly nation (World Assembly citizen), or to have their World Assembly nation be registered in an affiliated anti-fascist military (Military Voting citizen) or an embassy region (dual citizen).

Ballots[edit | edit source]

For the Secretary election, instant runoff voting (IRV) was used, whereby voters rank the candidates in order of their preference. The primary vote of each candidate is then tallied, and the candidate with the least votes is eliminated and their votes preferentially distributed in a repeated process until one candidate achieves a majority. If there is only one candidate, they face a confidence vote instead.

For the General Assembly election, the plurality-at-large voting system was used, whereby voters may select as many candidates as there are available seats according to their preference. The six candidates that have received the most votes are elected. If there are six or fewer candidates, they each face a confidence vote instead.

The election moderators were Llorens, Ghillemear, and Grod Island.

Endorsements[edit | edit source]

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

Secretary[edit | edit source]

Candidate Endorsements
Dyl Cedoria
Kavagrad

General Assembly[edit | edit source]

Candidate Endorsements
New Flamington Podria
New Samon Podria

Opinion polling[edit | edit source]

Secretary[edit | edit source]

Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Margin of error Results
Antinios Dyl Nangka New Samon Podria Sincadenas Talao Other Unsure/None
Feral Rat Stats 26 Feb-28 Feb 2021 33 ±15.9% 12% 52% 6% 6% - 0% - 9% 18%
NationStates Today 8 Mar-10 Mar 2021 45 ±13.2% - 70% - - 20% - 3% - 8%
- 73% - - 20% - - - 8%
- 80% - - - - 5% - 15%
- - - - 48% - 28% - 25%

Results[edit | edit source]

Secretary[edit | edit source]

The following were the results of this contest:

Secretary vote
Dyl
26
Podria
9
Talao
2
Abstain
4
Source: The Leftist Assembly

As a result, Dyl was elected as Secretary with a majority on the first count.

General Assembly[edit | edit source]

The following were the results of this contest:

General Assembly vote
Soviet Catgirls
32
New Samon
29
New Flamington
27
Super Awesome Fun Times
25
Sauros
22
Idontknowium
20
Chrysanthemumlia
17
The Isles of Geese
16
Polotsk and Vitebsk
15
Source: The Leftist Assembly

As a result, Soviet Catgirls, New Samon, New Flamington, Super Awesome Fun Times, Sauros, and Idontknowium were elected to the General Assembly.