2015 Social Democratic Party of Scalizagasti leadership election
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The 2015 Social Democratic Party of Scalizagasti leadership election, a major political party in Scalizagasti, was held on 22 January 2015 following the death of David Keyes in 2014. Keyes was killed in a car crash on 3 June 2014, after which the election was immediately called to give a new leader time to prepare for the upcoming 2016 federal election. Between Keyes' death and the election, Laura Hannasuya served as the interim party leader.
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 preferential ranked ballot to determine the winner. In total, 139,651 votes were cast, representing a turnout of 48.2%.
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 federal election in their greatest performance in over a decade, forming a coalition government with the Greens and two other parties.