2022 Green Party of Scalizagasti leadership election: Difference between revisions

2022 Green Party of Scalizagasti leadership election
Turnout	75.5%
Leader before election; Trevor Yibanda (interim);	Elected Leader ; Elene Leite;

Latest revision as of 03:46, 8 November 2022

The 2022 Green Party of Scalizagasti leadership election was held on 1 July 2022. Members of the Green Party of Scalizagasti, a major party in Scalizagasti, voted for a new leader following the removal of Thomas Smith in 2021. After the Green caucus removed Smith, Huvan Group MP Trevor Yibanda served as interim leader between April 2021 and July 2022. Elene Leite, the member of parliament for Garor City—Torlu South narrowly defeated Yanis Ross on the ninth ballot. Leite is the first woman and first person of Torlu Islander descent to lead the party. She is also the first female Torlu Islander to lead any major federal party.

94,211 ballots were cast online between 24 June and 1 July. With 124,802 registered party members by the deadline of 1 June, the total turnout was 75.5%. Votes were cast using a one-member-one-vote preferential ranked ballot. The results were processed and announced on the evening of 1 July, the first day of the party convention being held that weekend. Leite had the lead on the first ballot with 23,358 votes followed by Ross in second place with 22,500 votes. Leite held her lead until the 6th ballot where Ross overtook her. Finally, Leite regained the lead on the final ballot with 43,775 votes, less than a thousand votes more than Ross' 42,830 votes.

In total, ten candidates ran for party leader: member of parliament Elene Leite, member of parliament and former minister of justice Yanis Ross, former governor of Lamanges Michael Huang, member of parliament Sinclair Order, Haroldston lawyer Sarah Mulyadi, community activist Farhad Mobasseri, business owner Tomás de Sousa, Ecologist Party co-founder Jason Chosfarle, Desitch city councillor Jason Bohr, and author Linda Varlow.

The race was noteworthy for the animosity between the competing left-wing and right-wing of the party. Eco-socialists and green moderates wrestled for control of the leadership after Smith's ousting left a power vacuum. In the end, the "green pragmatist" faction led by Leite was able to defeat the eco-socialist faction under Ross.

Background

On 26 April 2021, Thomas Smith was removed as leader by the Green Party caucus in a 33-20 vote. The next day, Huvan Group MP Trevor Yibanda was elected as interim leader, a position in which he served until 1 July 2022. The immediate cause of Smith's ousting was over increased military funding; the SDP government announced its plan to procure new warships to the tune of 12 billion scalizzes, even though the Green Party campaigned on reducing the military budget. While Smith personally voted for the bill as part of his "commitment to the government," the majority of Green MPs voted against it. There also existed dissatisfaction with Smith's leadership from the 2016 and 2020 elections, where the Green Party saw its seat count dramatically reduced each time. Many expected him to resign after the 2020 election, but he declared his intent to lead the party for at least another election. Some commentators and supporters worried Smith was "losing touch" after 15 years as party leader.

The two frontrunners, Elene Leite and Yanis Ross were perceived as the natural successors to Smith, even before he was removed as leader. Both MPs were well-known and popular among the party membership, and they were seen as the leaders of the opposing green pragmatist and eco-socialist factions of the party.

On 31 August 2021, it was announced that a leadership election to replace interim leader Trevor Yibanda would be held on 1 July 2022, at the same time as the party would hold its biennial party convention.

Election Rules

According to the party constitution, any valid party member who purchased their membership at least one month prior to the election date could vote with a secret ranked ballot. The winner of the election would be chosen through an IRV system, where the lowest-polling candidate is eliminated each round and their votes are distributed to the rest of the candidates.

To have their name on the ballot, a candidate needed to pay an entrance fee of $25,000, be a member in good standing of the party for at least six months, and have 1,000 signatures from party members. Campaign spending was limited to $300,000 per candidate.

Candidates

There were a total of 10 registered candidates.

Jason Bohr

Jason Bohr is an accountant from Haroldston.

Policies

Encourage modular housing developments

Jason Chosfarle

Michael Huang

Elene Leite

Farhad Mobasseri

Sarah Mulyadi

Sinclair Order

Yanis Ross

Tomás de Sousa

File:Leite, Médico Ricardo Baptista.jpg

Tomás de Sousa

Linda Varlow

Full results

Results by round
Candidate		1st round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		5th round		6th round		7th round		8th round		9th round
Candidate		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	Elene Leite	23,358	24.79%	23,394	24.83%	23,616	25.07%	23,730	25.19%	26,644	28.28%	26,807	28.45%	28,042	29.77%	32,371	34.36%	43,775	46.46%
	Yanis Ross	22,500	23.88%	22,711	24.11%	22,913	24.32%	22,934	24.34%	23,053	24.47%	27,359	29.04%	35,028	37.18%	40,153	42.62%	42,830	45.46%
	Michael Huang	14,068	14.93%	14,104	14.97%	14,158	15.03%	14,683	15.59%	15,268	16.21%	15,276	16.21%	15,852	16.83%	17,504	18.58%	Eliminated
	Sinclair Order	7,254	7.70%	7,266	7.71%	7,489	7.95%	7,973	8.46%	8,678	9.21%	11,846	12.57%	14,048	14.91%	Eliminated
	Sarah Mulyadi	10,837	11.50%	10,841	11.51%	10,930	11.60%	10,935	11.61%	11,002	11.68%	11,754	12.48%	Eliminated
	Farhad Mobasseri	8,557	9.08%	8,560	9.09%	8,591	9.12%	8,594	9.12%	8,621	9.15%	Eliminated
File:Leite, Médico Ricardo Baptista.jpg	Tomás de Sousa	4,610	4.89%	4,620	4.90%	4,648	4.93%	4,699	4.99%	Eliminated
	Jason Chosfarle	1,743	1.85%	1,744	1.85%	1,776	1.89%	Eliminated
	Jason Bohr	928	0.99%	935	0.99%	Eliminated
	Linda Varlow	352	0.37%	Eliminated
Spoiled or exhausted ballots		4	0.00%	36	0.04%	90	0.10%	663	0.70%	945	1.00%	1,169	1.24%	1,241	1.32%	4,183	4.44%	7,606	8.07%
Total		94,211	100%	94,211	100%	94,211	100%	94,211	100%	94,211	100%	94,211	100%	94,211	100%	94,211	100%	94,211	100%

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-The '''2022 Green Party of Scalizagasti leadership election''' was held on 1 July 2022. Members of the [[Green Party of Scalizagasti]], a major party in [[Scalizagasti]], voted for a new leader following the removal of [[Thomas Smith]] in 2021. After the Green caucus removed Smith, Huvan Group MP [[Trevor Yibanda]] served as interim leader between April 2021 and July 2022.<!--Keyes was killed in a car crash on 3 June 2014, after which the election was immediately called so a new leader would have enough time to prepare for the upcoming 2016 federal election. Between Keyes' death and the election, [[Laura Hannasuya]] served as the interim party leader.
+The '''2022 Green Party of Scalizagasti leadership election''' was held on 1 July 2022. Members of the [[Green Party of Scalizagasti]], a major party in [[Scalizagasti]], voted for a new leader following the removal of [[Thomas Smith]] in 2021. After the Green caucus removed Smith, Huvan Group MP [[Trevor Yibanda]] served as interim leader between April 2021 and July 2022. [[Elene Leite]], the member of parliament for Garor City—Torlu South narrowly defeated [[Yanis Ross]] on the ninth ballot. Leite is the first woman and first person of Torlu Islander descent to lead the party. She is also the first female Torlu Islander to lead any major federal party.
-Five candidates made it onto the ballot: Saied Anwar, Alina Droste, [[Sarah Millard]], [[Marcel Nystrom]], and [[Oscar Yakobo]]. To qualify, a candidate needed to pay an entrance fee of $15,000. Anyone with a valid party membership purchased before 9 January 2015 was eligible to vote in the election. Secret votes were cast by the members using a {{wp|Instant-runoff voting|preferential ranked ballot}} to determine the winner. In total, 139,651 votes were cast, representing a turnout of 48.2%.
+,211 ballots were cast online between 24 June and 1 July. With 124,802 registered party members by the deadline of 1 June, the total turnout was 75.5%. Votes were cast using a {{wp|One_member,_one_vote|one-member-one-vote}} {{wp|Instant-runoff_voting|preferential ranked ballot}}. The results were processed and announced on the evening of 1 July, the first day of the party convention being held that weekend. Leite had the lead on the first ballot with 23,358 votes followed by Ross in second place with 22,500 votes. Leite held her lead until the 6th ballot where Ross overtook her. Finally, Leite regained the lead on the final ballot with 43,775 votes, less than a thousand votes more than Ross' 42,830 votes.
-Sarah Millard was elected on the second ballot with 51.3% of the vote, becoming the second-youngest leader of the SDP at 33 years old. Millard would lead the SDP to victory in the [[2016 Scalizagastian federal election]] in their greatest performance in over a decade, forming a coalition government with the [[Green Party of Scalizagasti|Greens]] and two other parties.
+In total, ten candidates ran for party leader: member of parliament [[Elene Leite]], member of parliament and former minister of justice [[Yanis Ross]], former governor of Lamanges [[Michael Huang]], member of parliament [[Sinclair Order]], [[Haroldston]] lawyer [[Sarah Mulyadi]], community activist [[Farhad Mobasseri]], business owner [[Tomás de Sousa]], Ecologist Party co-founder [[Jason Chosfarle]], Desitch city councillor [[Jason Bohr]], and author [[Linda Varlow]].
+The race was noteworthy for the animosity between the competing left-wing and right-wing of the party. Eco-socialists and green moderates wrestled for control of the leadership after Smith's ousting left a power vacuum. In the end, the "green pragmatist" faction led by Leite was able to defeat the eco-socialist faction under Ross.
 ==Background==
-David Keyes was elected as leader of the SDP in the [[2013 Social Democratic Party of Scalizagasti leadership election|2013 leadership election]], replacing [[Bill Hu]] who resigned as leader due to a poor electoral performance. In mid-2014, Keyes was killed in a car crash while driving home from his Bewundal office, ending his time as leader before even having a chance to lead the party into an election.
+On 26 April 2021, [[Thomas Smith]] was removed as leader by the Green Party caucus in a 33-20 vote. The next day, Huvan Group MP [[Trevor Yibanda]] was elected as interim leader, a position in which he served until 1 July 2022. The immediate cause of Smith's ousting was over increased military funding; the SDP government announced its plan to procure new warships to the tune of 12 billion scalizzes, even though the Green Party campaigned on reducing the military budget. While Smith personally voted for the bill as part of his "commitment to the government," the majority of Green MPs voted against it. There also existed dissatisfaction with Smith's leadership from the [[2016 Scalizagastian federal election|2016]] and [[2020 Scalizagastian federal election|2020]] elections, where the Green Party saw its seat count dramatically reduced each time. Many expected him to resign after the 2020 election, but he declared his intent to lead the party for at least another election. Some commentators and supporters worried Smith was "losing touch" after 15 years as party leader.
-The Social Democrats had consistently lost support every election since 2004 due to a series of corruption scandals. The [[2012 Scalizagastian federal election|2012 election]] had been one of the worst performances for the SDP ever, winning only 31 seats with 5.7% of the popular vote. Some predicted the SDP would be permanently displaced by the Green Party which came in a record second place.
+The two frontrunners, [[Elene Leite]] and [[Yanis Ross]] were perceived as the natural successors to Smith, even before he was removed as leader. Both MPs were well-known and popular among the party membership, and they were seen as the leaders of the opposing green pragmatist and eco-socialist factions of the party.
-Millard and Nystrom both announced their candidacy early and were always seen as the two frontrunners. Millard, the SDP critic for youth affairs, was seen as the candidate representing the progressive urban wing of the party, while Nystrom, the former mayor of Hesmaron City, represented the rural unionist wing. There was a split within the party on whether the strategy for the next election should be to focus on the youth vote which went to the Greens in 2012, or the rural blue-collar vote which went to the conservative New Scalizagasti Party. Millard was also a well-known figure by the public after one of her parliamentary debates went viral in 2014, whereas the other candidates had much less name recognition outside the party.
+On 31 August 2021, it was announced that a leadership election to replace interim leader Trevor Yibanda would be held on 1 July 2022, at the same time as the party would hold its biennial party convention.
 ==Election Rules==
-According to the party constitution, any valid party member who purchased their membership at least two weeks prior to the election date could vote with a secret {{wp|ranked voting|ranked ballot}}. The winner of the election would be chosen through an {{wp|Instant-runoff voting|IRV}} system after someone eventually secures over 50% of the vote. If a candidate secures over 50% of the vote in the first ballot the later stages of vote counting are ended immediately.
+According to the party constitution, any valid party member who purchased their membership at least one month prior to the election date could vote with a secret {{wp|ranked voting|ranked ballot}}. The winner of the election would be chosen through an {{wp|Instant-runoff voting|IRV}} system, where the lowest-polling candidate is eliminated each round and their votes are distributed to the rest of the candidates.
-To have their name on the ballot, a candidate needed to pay an entrance fee of $15,000. Campaign spending was limited to $500,000 per candidate.
+To have their name on the ballot, a candidate needed to pay an entrance fee of $25,000, be a member in good standing of the party for at least six months, and have 1,000 signatures from party members. Campaign spending was limited to $300,000 per candidate.
+<!--
 ==Timeline==
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 *14 January — The fourth and final debate is held between the five candidates.
 *20 January — Deadline for all mail-in ballots.
-*22 January — First ballots announced at 7:00 PM. Alina Droste is eliminated at 7:38 PM and Saied Anwar withdraws at 7:42 PM. Sarah Millard declared winner on second ballot at 8:04 PM.
+*22 January — First ballots announced at 7:00 PM. Alina Droste is eliminated at 7:38 PM and Saied Anwar withdraws at 7:42 PM. Sarah Millard declared winner on second ballot at 8:04 PM.-->
 ==Candidates==
-[[File:Marwan Tabbara.jpeg|upright=0.33|thumb|Saied Anwar]]
+There were a total of 10 registered candidates.
-===Saied Anwar===
-Saied Anwar, 39, was an MP for Inner Blicamy from 2008-2012. He was also a Member of Nohachewan Parliament (MNP) for the provincial SDP before entering federal politics in the 2008 election.
-===Alina Droste===
+===Jason Bohr===
-[[File:VivianBarbot.JPG|upright=0.33|thumb|Alina Droste]]
+[[File:Mark_Mitchell_2017.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Jason Bohr]]
-Alina Droste, 48, was an activist and author. Her most popular book, "Blaikie and Biyende: The two men who changed Scalizagastian politics," was published in 2013. She ran in the 2008 and 2012 elections in Nohachewa North but failed to win a seat both times.
+Jason Bohr is an accountant from [[Haroldston]].
-===Sarah Millard===
+;Policies
-{{main|Sarah Millard}}
+*Encourage modular housing developments
-[[File:Pernille Skipper (cropped).jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Sarah Millard]]
-Sarah Millard, 33, was the SDP Critic for Youth Affairs. She was first elected as an MP in [[2012 Scalizagastian federal election|2012]] for the district of Bewundal East. Before entering federal politics, she was a municipal policy advisor under Bewundal mayor [[John Ammoth]].
+===Jason Chosfarle===
+[[File:Michael_Cho_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Jason Chosfarle]]
-===Marcel Nystrom===
+===Michael Huang===
-{{main|Marcel Nystrom}}
+[[File:Han_Zheng_(2018-09-18)_01.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Michael Huang]]
-[[File:Brian Topp 2012-02-12 B.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Marcel Nystrom]]
-Marcel Nystrom, 58, was the former mayor of Hesmaron City. He entered Parliament in the 2012 election as an MP for Hesmaron City, which was one of the few ridings where the SDP vote share increased from 2008. He was also a labour union organizer before entering municipal politics.
+===Elene Leite===
+[[File:Indranee_Rajah_(4x5).jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Elene Leite]]
-===Diana Ronaldson===
+===Farhad Mobasseri===
-[[File:Martha_Hall_Findlay_2011.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Diana Ronaldson]]
+[[File:Amir_Khadir_2012-08-09_C.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Farhad Mobasseri]]
-Diana Ronaldson, 46, was a professor of environmental sciences at the Weyburn Polytechnical Institute. She was third on the SDP list in Weyburn in the 2012 election, and did not win a seat. Her candidacy was withdrawn by the party because she did not pay the entrance fee by the mandatory deadline.
+===Sarah Mulyadi===
+[[File:Justine_Bénin.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Sarah Mulyadi]]
-===Don Winters===
+===Sinclair Order===
-[[File:Gary_Doer_2014.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Don Winters]]
+[[File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Glasman_crop_2.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Sinclair Order]]
-Don Winters, 71, was a cabinet minister under SDP PM [[Blaine Blaikie]] who left politics after the 2005 election. On 5 November 2014 he dropped out of the race and endorsed Sarah Millard, whom he said would "lead the party far better" than he ever could.
+===Yanis Ross===
+[[File:Vic_Fedeli_MPP.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Yanis Ross]]
-===Oscar Yakobo===
+===Tomás de Sousa===
-{{main|Oscar Yakobo}}
+[[File:Leite,_Médico_Ricardo_Baptista.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Tomás de Sousa]]
-[[File:New York State Senator Malcolm Smith 2009 cropped.jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Oscar Yakobo]]
-Oscar Yakobo, 50, was the former SDP governor of Palyria. He also ran in the [[2013 Social Democratic Party of Scalizagasti leadership election]] where he lost on the first ballot to [[David Keyes]]. While he did not have a seat in the federal Parliament, he promised (like in 2013) that he would run in Monulla in 2016, or earlier if any openings arrived.
+===Linda Varlow===
+[[File:Emilie_Moatti,_2018_(cropped).jpg|upright=0.33|thumb|Linda Varlow]]
+<!--
 ==Opinion Polling==
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 | [[Yanis Ross]]
-| 25,500
+| 22,500
 | 23.88%
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2022 Green Party of Scalizagasti leadership election: Difference between revisions

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Contents

Background

Election Rules