2021 Neptunian presidential election
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A presidential election was held in Neptunia on 13-14 August 2021. Voters went to the polls to cast their vote between the Alliance 21 and Liberal Democratic Party nominee, Vice President Addison O'Halloran; Democratic Workers' Party nominee, activist Benjamin Pickles; and independent candidate and National Party nominee, incumbent president Raphaël Olivier.
O'Halloran emerged victorious by a small margin, and was sworn in as president on 16 August 2021. Though President Olivier finished as the runner-up in first-choice votes, he placed last in the Borda count; Pickles, though finishing third in first-choice votes, finished as runner-up in the Borda count due to second-choice votes. O'Halloran finished in first place in both first-choice votes and the Borda count.
Olivier blamed the electoral system for his loss; however, an external study concluded that if the election had been conducting using single transferable vote, as many Neptunians suggested, O'Halloran would have won the election anyway because a majority of Pickles voters listed her as their second choice.
Background
Neptunia was founded on 1 August 2021. On that day, the Salvation Council (the provisional government in Neptunia's early months) was formed. Raphaël Olivier was declared Chair, and Addison O'Halloran was declared Vice Chair. On 7 August, the first Constitution was ratified and Olivier was declared interim president. As president, Olivier's only act was to make preparations for an emergency election, which culminated in the election on 13-14 August.
General election
Campaign
As an emergency election, the general election campaign was mostly uneventful. The Pickles campaign ran an ad attacking Olivier and O'Halloran for belonging to the "oppressive capitalist class" before voting began. The O'Halloran campaign released an ad attacking Olivier's social and environmental policies. Pickles's campaign focused around a platform of republicanism and government reform. The O'Halloran campaign put out a platform on 12 August based on the establishment of foreign relations, stabilization of the government, and a Green New Deal. The Olivier campaign did not release a platform.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Alliance 21 (Neptunia) | Addison O'Halloran | 5 | 41.7% | |
Democratic Workers' Party (Neptunia) | Benjamin Pickles[a] | 3 | 25.0% | |
Independent | Raphaël Olivier | 4 | 33.3% | |
Total votes | 12 | 100.0% |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Pickles is listed as the runner-up in this table because Borda count cannot be displayed.