September 2018 general election

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September 2018 general election

Overview
Voting	11-14 September 2018
Candidates
Secretary/ Prime Minister	Kavagrad/New Arkados
General Assembly	Argentigrad, Libertasnia, Listel, Llorens, Midwestern Syndicates, New Machnovia, Nottinhaps

The September 2018 general election was the tenth general election in The Leftist Assembly and voting was held from 11 to 14 September 2018. The General Assembly, the unicameral legislature of The Leftist Assembly, consists of the Secretary, Prime Minister and five Senators.

The nations elected to the General Assembly were Kavagrad as Secretary, New Arkados as Prime Minister, and Llorens, Libertasnia, Nottinhaps, Argentigrad, and Listel 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 Cedoria, New Lonopolian Empire, and South Miruva.

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/New Arkados	Cedoria Llorens

General Assembly

Candidate	Endorsements
Libertasnia	Cedoria Kavagrad
Llorens	Cedoria Kavagrad
Nottinhaps	Cedoria Kavagrad

Results

Secretary/Prime Minister

The following are the results of this contest:

Kavagrad/New Arkados confidence vote
Yes			29
No			0

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

General Assembly

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

	Argentigrad	Libertasnia	Listel	Llorens	Midwestern Syndicates	New Machnovia	Nottinhaps	Seek other
Argentigrad	-	14-15	17-12	5-24	17-12	19-10	11-18	22-7
Libertasnia	15-14	-	21-8	6-23	19-10	25-4	16-13	25-4
Listel	12-17	8-21	-	3-26	15-14	19-10	9-20	19-10
Llorens	24-5	23-6	26-3	-	25-4	25-4	23-6	25-4
Midwestern Syndicates	12-17	10-19	14-15	4-25	-	21-8	10-19	23-6
New Machnovia	10-19	4-25	10-19	4-25	8-21	-	9-20	20-9
Nottinhaps	18-11	13-16	20-9	6-23	19-10	20-9	-	24-5
Seek other	7-22	4-25	10-19	4-25	6-23	9-20	5-24	-

The following is the ranking of the candidates:

1. Llorens
2. Libertasnia
3. Nottinhaps
4. Argentigrad
5. Listel
6. Midwestern Syndicates
7. New Machnovia
8. Seek other candidate

As a result, Llorens, Libertasnia, Nottinhaps, Argentigrad, and Listel were elected as Senators.