2021 Austenasian general election

September 2021 Austenasian general election
Turnout	64.4% (▼ 10.2 pp)
	Map key; Wilson O'Halloran Tie No vote
Prime Minister before election; Lord John Gordon; Arete	Elected Prime Minister ; Lord William Wilson; Arete

The September 2021 Austenasian general election was the seventh general election in the Empire of Austenasia, and took place on 17 September 2021 to elect the Prime Minister of Austenasia. Incumbent Prime Minister Lord John Gordon did not seek re-election.

Background

Prior to the election, incumbent Prime Minister Lord John Gordon had been experiencing increasing demands in terms of time due to his service in the British Army, which fueled speculation that he may not for re-election or resign early. In a telephone call to Jonathan I, Emperor of Austenasia, both Lord Gordon and the Emperor expressed approval of an early general election in response to the recent proposition of the Authorization of General Election Act 2021^[1], furthering speculation that he wished to step down. The General Election Act 2021 was passed by the Parliament of Austenasia on 13 July.

Lord Gordon announced shortly after the Act's proposal that he did not wish to stand for re-election as Prime Minister of Austenasia.

General election

Campaigning

Lord Wilson kicked off campaigning by releasing his campaign website^[2] and Lady O'Halloran would release her respective website two days later on 22 August^[3]. Lord Wilson would also later release a campaign video^[4], the first in a series of four^[5], on 28 August 2021.

Endorsements

Lord William Wilson

Austenasians

Lord John Gordon, incumbent Prime Minister (2020-present); Representative of Palasia (2013-present)
Lord Sander Koff, Representative of Oppidum Tubae (2021-present)
Lord Hunter Prater, Representative of New Flat Rock (2021-present)
Lord Daniel Hamilton, Governor of Western Jarrahview (2021-present)
Lord Michael Simpson, Representative of Procyon (2020-present); Ambassador to the United States (2021-present)
Duke Bradley, Princeps Senatus (2018-present); Second Consul (2021); Home Secretary (2020)

Foreign heads of state

Connor I of Atovia, King of Atovia (2017-present); King of Tusmore (2020-2021); Speaker of the Volkstag (2019-present)

Lady Addison O'Halloran

Foreign heads of state

Ben Olson, President of West River (2020-present); President of Benjastan (2017-present); environmental activist

Results

Constituency	Turnout	Lord William Wilson, Count of Oribrazos	Lady Addison O'Halloran, Baroness of Blue Ridge
Wrythe	100%	2	2
Palasia (and Caldari)	100%	6	0
Chalcedon	0%	0	0
Nahona (and Campo de Jonatán)	100%	5	0
North Nahona	100%	3	0
Procyon	100%	1	1
Blue Ridge	100%	0	3
New Flat Rock	100%	4	0
Oppidum Tubae	100%	1	0
Non-residential subjects	48.72%	14	5
Total	64.4%	36	11

Nominations

Arete Party

Lord William Wilson
2021 Arete Party ticket
for Prime Minister

Representative of Nahona (2020–present) Deputy Prime Minister of Austenasia (2020-present)
Campaign