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Midrasian consular election, 2017

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Turnout68,186,043 (66.2%)
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Nominee Melcion Portas Lucatiel Lorett
Party Reform Bloc Chartist Bloc
Popular vote 36,888,649 30,150,652
Percentage 54.1% 45.9%

Consul before election

Charles Vauban
Social Democratic Party (Midrasia)

Elected Consul

Melcion Portas
AP

The Midrasian consular election of 2017 on 14 September 2013 elected the 46th Consul of Midrasia since the Constitution of 1791. The election was took place against a backdrop of protests against incumbent Charles Vauban, resulting in the Consul being challenged by several candidates from the Reform Bloc and forcing primary elections. This process eventually saw Vauban resign, leading Melcion Portas to win the Reformist nomination and the subsequent election against Chartist candidate Lucatiel Lorett. Concurrent with the consular election, Senate, Assembly, and many local elections were also held on 14th of September.

The election was conducted using the popular vote, with the candidate with the most votes being declared the winner. Melcion Portas won the election in a near-landslide, with 36,888,649 votes (54.1%) to Lorett's 30,150,652 (45.9%).

Following the conclusion of Charles' Vauban's term in office, elections were scheduled to take place in September 2017. Vauban was the first to announce his candidacy for the Reform Bloc, seeking a second term in office. Being the sitting Consul, Vauban initially went unchallenged by the rest of his party. Nominations for Chartist candidate were opened in August 2016, leading a number of candidates including Lucatiel Lorett, Isaac Joubert, Claude Foucault and Giuseppe Nicolando to declare their intentions to run. The Chartist primaries saw Lorett eventually win out over her rivals, despite a strong challenge from Midrasia First representative Claude Foucault.

In October of 2016 however, stories of corruption allegations levelled at the then Consul Charles Vauban began to appear across a number of publications, particularly Le Picayune, running the headline: "Favours from Mr Vauban". The resultant media frenzy, and parliaments announcement of an investigation into the Consul, saw a number of challengers from the Reform Bloc appear, forcing Vauban into a primary. With mounting pressure of an official investigation, and with a number of parties backing Progressive challenger Melcion Portas, Vauban inevitably announced his withdrawal from the election in May 2017, leading Portas to gain the official nomination.

Melcion Portas and running mate Jacques Magule were officially inaugurated as Consul and Vice Consul respctively on 1 January 2017.

Election date and process

See also: Elections in Midrasia

As of the electoral reforms of 1902, Midrasian consular elections are held on a fixed-term basis of every four years utilising the popular vote to elect the winning candidate. Elections to the Senate and Public Assembly were also scheduled to take place on the same day. As such, upon the conclusion of Charles Vauban's four-year term, an election was officially scheduled for September 14 2017, with parliament being officially dissolved by the monarch on August 10, exactly one month before polling day.

Primary elections were scheduled to take place beforehand, with each political bloc running elections on a regional level to determine the winner. In the case of the Reform Bloc, the candidate with the most votes in each primary election is declared the winner, however within the Chartist Bloc, the candidate who wins the most regions is declared the winner.

Voter eligibility

To vote in the general election, one had to be:

Individuals had to be registered to vote by midnight of 31 August. A person who has two homes (such as a university student who has a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) may be registered to vote at both addresses, as long as they are not in the same electoral area, but can vote in only one constituency at the general election.

Timetable

The key dates were:

1 April Last day to file official nomination papers, beginning of 'informal' campaigning
10 August Formal dissolution of Parliament and beginning of 'official' campaigning
24 August First live TV debate
31 August Last day to register to vote, and to request a postal vote
1 September Main party leaders debate
8 September Second live TV debate
14 September Polling day
18 September Parliament re-assembled
20 September State opening of Parliament
1 January Inauguration ceremony

Background

Nominations

Chartist Bloc

Nominee

Candidate Most recent position Campaign Total Votes Contests won
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Lucatiel Lorett
Assembly Minority Leader
(2014–2017)
<imgur w="120">fX2h5Ij.png</imgur> 51.02%
13,456,728
10
CND, GLT, JDS, MJL, MYD,
PIE, RHO, TOU, VAE, VIU

Withdrawn candidates

Candidate Most recent position Campaign
Withdrawal Date
Total Votes Contests won
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Claude Foucault
Chairperson of Midrasia First
(2006–present)
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Withdrew: March 15
38.7%
10,207,279
3
AVA, ELS, EST
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Guiseppe Nicolando
Chairperson of Liberty
(2010–present)
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Withdrew: February 11
6.78%
1,788,252
1
RIV
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Olwen Danielou
Secretary of State for Education
(2010–2014)
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Withdrew: January 18
3.2%
844,018
1
PAD
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Isaac Joubert
Minority Whip
(2015–present)
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Withdrew: November 27
0.25%
65,939

Reform Bloc

Nominee

Candidate Most recent position Campaign Total Votes Contests won
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Melcion Portas
Secretary of State for Trade
(2014–2015)
<imgur w="80"></imgur> 59.21%
17,332,765
15
AVA, CND, ELS, EST, GLT,
JDS, MJL, MYD, PAD, PIE,
RHO, RIV, TOU, VAE, VIU

Withdrawn candidates

Candidate Most recent position Campaign
Withdrawal Date
Total Votes Contests won
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Charles Vauban
Consul of Midrasia
(2014–2017)
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Withdrew: March 17
40.32%
11,803,025
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Jean-Paul Dumonde
Chairperson of the Socialist Party
(2009–present)
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Withdrew: January 3
0.42%
122,948

Election campaign

Debates

Results