June 2024 Osolian general election: Difference between revisions

June 2024 Osolian general election
	Election of the Chief
Turnout	70%
	Results represented in a parliament diagram (10x)
Chief before election; Byte of Melon; Independent	Elected Chief ; TriforceComet; Independent
	Election of the Speaker
Turnout	44% ( 26 pp)
Speaker before election; tz_scion; Independent	Elected Speaker ; tz_scion; Independent

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General elections were held in Osolia on June 15th 2024. These were the first elections to be held on my.osolia.

Candidacy submissions opened on the 31st of May and lasted until the start of voting. Polling stayed open for 48 hours to allow most Osolians to partake in the vote.

Electoral system

During a general election, Osolians vote for the Chief, who leads the executive, and the Speaker, who leads the legislature.

Elections in Osolia employ instant-runoff voting. Voters rank the candidates for each position in order of preference. During counting, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated in several rounds until someone achieves a majority of the electorate.

Candidacy

Incumbent Speaker tz_scion declared candidacy for Speaker on May 31st. Incumbent Chief Michael Webb declared candidacy for Chief one hour later. Hydrogen declared candidacy for Chief just 30 minutes after Webb. TriforceComet declared candidacy for Chief on June 5th.

Results for Chief

TriforceComet defeated the incumbent Michael Webb and became the Chief with a first round vote share of 42.9% and a second round share of 64.3%.

Michael lost 5 votes since the previous election while the Hydrogen and Triforce gained 2 and 6 votes respectively, with it being Triforce's first time on the ballot.

Round 1


3 5 6
Party		Votes	%	+/–
	Michael Webb	3	21.43	-5
	Hydrogen	5	35.71	+2
	TriforceComet	6	42.86	N/A
Total		14	100.00	+0

Registered voters/turnout		20	–
Source: Office of the Speaker of the Assembly

Round 2


5 9
Party		Votes	%	+/–
	Hydrogen	5	35.71	+0
	TriforceComet	9	64.29	+3
Total		14	100.00	+0

Registered voters/turnout		20	–
Source: Office of the Speaker of the Assembly

Results for Speaker

tz_scion ran unopposed for Speaker of the Assembly, with 7.1% of voters abstaining from voting for him.

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 == Candidacy ==
-Incumbent Speaker [[tz_scion]] declared candidacy for Speaker on May 31st. Incumbent [[Chief]] [[TheRandomMelon|Michael Webb]] declared candidacy for Chief one hour later. [[Hydrogen]] declared candidacy for Chief just 30 minutes after Webb. [[TriforceComet]] declared candidacy for Chief on June 5th.
+Incumbent Speaker [[tz_scion]] declared candidacy for Speaker on May 31st. Incumbent [[Chief]] [[Byte of Melon|Michael Webb]] declared candidacy for Chief one hour later. [[Hydrogen]] declared candidacy for Chief just 30 minutes after Webb. [[TriforceComet]] declared candidacy for Chief on June 5th.
 == Results for Chief ==