2019 Tevitheimer Grand Chancellery Election

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2019 Tevitheimer Grand Chancellery Election
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← 2013 4 February 2019 (first round)
25 February 2019 (second round)
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439 members of the Electoral Council
220 votes needed to win
Registered141,0789,656
(Increase3.6pp)
Turnout116,732,250 (82.7%) (Increase0.9pp)
114,011,014 (80.8%) (Steady)
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Nominee Daniel Bylund Erik Torrents
Party Social Union Republican
Electoral vote 243+156 40
Popular vote 57,139,664 55,973,660
Percentage 50.5% 49.5%
Jarldom Rookeryet Elveanna
Vice Chancellor Abjørn Guche Kjell Renzi
Carried 11 + Territories 6

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Map of jarldoms by first-place winner: Dark blue indicates jarldoms won by Bylund/Guche. Red indicates jarldoms won by Torrents/Renzi. Purple indicates jarldoms won by Landser/Haraldsen. Orange indicates jarldoms won by Wang/Andersen. Brown indicates jarldoms won by Mor'Tins/Rasmussen. Light blue indicates jarldoms won in the second round by Torrents/Renzi but awarded their electoral votes to Bylund/Guche under the Popular Vote Agreement.

Grand Chancellor before election

Aud Raimundo
Progressive-Greens

Elected Grand Chancellor

Daniel Bylund
Social Union

The 2019 Tevitheimer grand chancellery election was the tenth sextennial grand chancellery election in Tevitheim. The election consisted of two rounds. The first, held on 4 February, saw a total of six major candidates garner electoral votes. As no candidate garnered a majority of electoral votes required, a runoff election would be held among the top two candidates, Grand Chancellor of Rookeryet Daniel Bylund and Alnatingsrepresentant from Elveanna Erik Torrents, on 25 February. Bylund would beat Torrents by a slim majority of just 1.1 million votes, or just over 1.0 percent, in what has been called one of the largest upsets in Tevitheimer political history. Incumbent grand chancellor Aud Raimundo of the Progressive-Greens party was ineligible to run for a second term, as Tevitheimer grand chancellors are prohibited from being elected to more than a single term. Raimundo's popularity led many to believe that the Progressive-Greens, usually the smaller of the two dominant left-wing parties in Tevitheim, would eclipse the Republican Party during the 2019 campaign, and incumbent Vice Chancellor Mikkel Landser was called the "prohibitive favorite" for the grand chancellery.

In the first round, the Social Union took first place with 26.0% of the vote and 118 electoral votes, followed by Torrents with 22.5% of the vote and 97 electoral votes, Mikkel Landser of the Progressive-Greens with 20.7% and 91 electoral votes, Harald Wang of the Liberal Democrats with 16.9% and 73 electoral votes, Sivert Grimsrud of the Nationals with 6.7% and 33 electoral votes, and in last place Worker's Party candidate Hull Mor'Tins with 5.0% and 27 electoral votes. As no candidate surpassed the 220 votes required for victory, the election would be decided in a second round, held three weeks later. The top two candidates, Bylund and Torrents, advanced with all other candidates eliminated.

Despite expectations Landser would advance, an aggressive campaign by Torrents and several campaign missteps by Landser led to Torrents edging out Landser by a margin of 1.8%, or 2.1 million votes. Despite polls for the second indicating a loss for Bylund, he would win by a slim 1.1 million vote majority against Torrents, 50.5% to Torrents' 49.5% of the vote and 243 electoral votes to Torrents' 196 votes, though 156 votes would be given to Bylund under the terms of the Popular Vote Agreement. This marked the first victory by the Social Union since 1989. The Social Union would form a minority coalition with the Liberal Democrats in the Alnating.

Electoral System

Under Article 2 of the Constitution of Tevitheim, the grand chancellor is elected to a six-year term in an indirect election. Voters vote for slates of electors, who then elect the grand chancellor. Electors are distributed by population, with the smallest jarldom receiving three votes and all others receiving votes in proportion to their relative populations compared to the smallest jarldom. In 2019 the smallest jarldom were the combined Territories, which received three votes. The largest was Hellighjerte, which received 54 votes.

If no candidate secures an absolute majority of electoral votes in the first round, a second round is held three weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes. According to the Constitution of Tevitheim, the first round of the grand chancellery election must be held on the first Monday of February, with the second round to be held exactly three weeks later. The winner of the election then takes office six weeks after election day, giving roughly one and a half months for a candidate to negotiate coalitions and prepare to assume office.

Electoral votes are distributed through a wide variety of methods in the first round, but due to Tevitheim's fractured political stage it is unlikely any candidate secures a first round victory in most elections. The second round is distributed winner-take-all per each jarldom. However, after the 1995 election saw Aleksander Goreson win the grand chancellery despite Jonas Støre winning the popular vote, several jarldoms have agreed to distribute their electors to the winner of the national popular vote. A total of six jarldoms had signed on and had a collective bloc of 223 votes, ensuring the winner of the national popular vote in the second round would be elected as grand chancellor.

Campaign

Nominations

Social Union Nomination

Initially, incumbent Alnatingsrepresentant from Ditka Vulter Mondale was considered the frontrunner for the Social Union nomination. However, the former chief of staff for Grand Chancellor Paal Zhang, Margot Kvinnedottir, and professor of laws from the University of Anders-På-Havet, Abjørn Guche, put their names into the convention for nomination, alongside Bylund. After three ballots Bylund withdrew from contention. However, after the ninth ballot, which was still deadlocked with no candidate having the 2,498 votes to be nominated, Bylund re-entered his name into contention as a compromise candidate. Bylund was nominated on the tenth ballot.

Bylund is alleged to have initially wanted to offer the position of Vice Chancellor to Mondale, but Mondale refused to be considered, publicly stating he preferred to become Bylund's National Security Advisor if Bylund were elected. Bylund asked Guche, who accepted the nomination for Vice Chancellor.

Nominees

Candidate Born Most recent position Home Jarldom Ballot
Nominee for Grand Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Daniel Bylund
November 1, 1957
(age 61)
Fort Beaker, Rookeryet
33rd Grand Chancellor of Rookeryet
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Rookeryet

First Ballot: 301 votes
Second Ballot: 300 votes
Third Ballot: 192 votes
Fourth-Ninth Ballots: Withdrawn
Tenth Ballot: 2,913
Nominee for Vice Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Abjørn Guche
January 18, 1960
(age 58)
Søndaby, Søndaga
Professor of laws at the University of Anders-På-Havet
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Halvmånøy

First and Second Ballots: 948 votes
Third Ballot: 1,056 votes
Fourth-Ninth Ballots: 1,171 votes
Tenth Ballot: Withdrawn

Candidates not Nominated

Candidate Born Most recent position Home Jarldom Ballot
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Vulter Mondale
March 14, 1950
(age 68)
Saren, Nellsheim
Alnatingsrepresentant from Ditka
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Ditka

First Ballot: 1,664 votes
Second Ballot: 1,665 votes
Third Ballot: 1,665 votes
Fourth-Ninth Ballots: 1,742 votes
Tenth Ballot: Withdrawn
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Margot Kvinnedottir
December 12, 1954
(age 63)
Alna, Hellighjerte
Chief of Staff for Paal Zhang
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Hellighjerte

First-Tenth Ballots: 1,249 votes

Republican Nomination

Compared to the much more contested Social Union nomination, the Republican convention was much less contentious. Alnatingsrepresentant Erik Torrents of Elveanna was widely considered the prohibitive favorite for the Republican nomination. Torrents had served as a political ally and close coalition partner to the popular Raimundo despite being from different parties and was favored by a majority of Republican voters. However, the incumbent governor of Devold, Kjell Renzi, and the incumbent chief administrator of Nellsheim, Anders Harvman, both proved to be major contenders and denied Torrents nomination on the first ballot.

In exchange for the support of the Renzi faction, and to shore up support among westerners, Torrents announced that, if nominated, he would select Renzi as his vice chancellor. The pro-Renzi faction swung its support to Torrents on the second ballot, giving him 2,437 votes- far more than the 1,530 needed for nomination.

Nominees

Candidate Born Most recent position Home Jarldom Ballot
Nominee for Grand Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Erik Torrents
September 9, 1960
(age 58)
Holtz, Elveanna
Alnatingsrepresentant from Elveanna
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Elveanna

First Ballot: 1,421 votes
Second Ballot: 2,437 votes
Nominee for Vice Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Kjell Renzi
January 14, 1975
(age 43)
Nyalna, Nellsheim
48th Governor of Devold
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Devold

First Ballot: 1,016 votes
Second Ballot: Withdrawn

Candidates not Nominated

Candidate Born Most recent position Home Jarldom Ballot
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Anders Harvman
April 9, 1966
(age 52)
Alna, Hellighjerte
62nd Chief Administrator of Nellsheim
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Nellsheim

First Ballot: 622 votes
Second Ballot: 622 votes

Progressive-Greens Nomination

Incumbent vice chancellor Mikkel Landser was strongly endorsed by Aud Raimundo. With Raimundo's endorsement, Landser was guaranteed a near-unanimous nomination. On the first ballot, Landser received 3,917 of 3,921 votes available (four voters abstained). Landser would select former infrastructure chancellor, Joan Haraldsen of New Hammerfest as his vice chancellor.

Nominees

Candidate Born Most recent position Home Jarldom Ballot
Nominee for Grand Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Mikkel Landser
October 9, 1956
(age 62)
Englenesby, Gulkystheim
11th Vice Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Gulkystheim

First Ballot: 3,917 votes
Nominee for Vice Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Joan Haraldsen
June 9, 1955
(age 63)
Willemby, New Hammerfest
19th Chancellor for Infrastructure
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New Hammerfest

Was not a part of the balloting process

Liberal Democratic Nomination

The Liberal Democratic nomination was much more competitive than either the Republican or Progressive-Green nominations. A total of 5 major candidates were considered for nomination. On the 6th ballot, Alnatingsrepresentant Harald Wang of Eldegard was selected as the nominee. Wang's selection came as a surprise- businessman Erak Andersen of Prospekt was considered the front runner, and Wang was in 3rd. Wang was, per party rules, to be eliminated from contention after the fourth round, but allegations that Horvold Orben, who was ahead of Wang, had covered up heart attack in March 2019 resulted in Orben withdrawing his name from nomination, allowing Wang to survive and jump to first place, claiming most of Orben's delegates. Unlike other parties, which allow their grand chancellery nominee to select his/her running mate, per Liberal Democratic Party rules, the second place winner, Andersen was selected as the vice chancellery nominee. 2,501 votes of 5,000 were required for nomination.

Nominees

Candidate Born Most recent position Home Jarldom Ballot
Nominee for Grand Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Harald Wang
August 19, 1963
(age 55)
Hartis, Eldegard
Alnatingsrepresentant from Eldegard
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Eldegard

First-Third Ballots: 842 votes
Fourth Ballot: 1,057 votes
Fifth Ballot: 1,961 votes
Sixth Ballot: 2,780 votes
Nominee for Vice Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Erak Andersen
August 4, 1961
(age 57)
Gjerde Byen, Rookeryet
Chairman of the United Forestry Company
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Prospekt

First-Fourth Ballots: 1,545 votes
Fifth Ballot: 1,621 votes
Sixth Ballot: 2,240 votes

Candidates not Nominated

Candidate Born Most recent position Home Jarldom Ballot
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Anders Zhu
February 3, 1960
(age 58)
Elvheim, Eldegard
United Jarldoms Trade Representative
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Eldegard

First-Third Ballots: 1,011 votes
Fourth Ballot: 1,138 votes
Fifth Ballot: 1,438 votes
Sixth Ballot: Eliminated
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Horvold Orben
June 11, 1949
(age 69)
Vulter, Søndaga
Ambassador from the United Jarldoms to Jortfeld
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Søndaga

First Ballot: 841 votes
Second-Fourth Ballots: 1,280 votes
Fifth Ballot: Disqualified
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Erik Zedders
April 9, 1965
(age 53)
New Hammerfest, New Hammerfest
91st Mayor of New Hammerfest
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New Hammerfest

First Ballot: 761 votes
Second-Third Ballots: 342 votes
Fourth: Eliminated

National Nomination

After party founder and leader, Jens Larssen, retired in 2017, the National Party's nomination was considered open for the first time in decades. Deputy leader Sivert Grimsrud was considered the front runner for the nomination, but several members of the National Party spoke out against her, with several prominent Nationals signing a letter which called Grimsrud too left-wing and too willing to compromise, referring to her attempts to negotiate with the Social Union and Liberal Democrats to lift the cordon sanitaire on the National Party. As a result, the National Party convention also saw Alnatingsrepresentant Erwin Romneysen and far-right pastor Donald Kalle run against Grimrud.

Despite winning on the second ballot, Grimsrud's faction was forced to make overtures to the more conservative factions of the Nationals. Due to the personal animosity between Grimsrud and Romneysen, Grimsrud would select Kalle as her running mate.

Nominees

Candidate Born Most recent position Home Jarldom Ballot
Nominee for Grand Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Sivert Grimsrud
May 5, 1971
(age 47)
Anvers, Prospekt
Alnatingsrepresentant from Prospekt
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Propspekt

First Ballot: 1,219 votes
Nominee for Vice Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Donald Kalle
July 3, 1955
(age 63)
Rikbakk, Jomfra
Minister at the Church of the Unification
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Jomfra

First Ballot: 341 votes

Candidates not Nominated

Candidate Born Most recent position Home Jarldom Ballot
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Erwin Romneysen
November 15, 1961
(age 56)
North Furby Island, Hartizsák and Furby Island
Alnatingsrepresentant from Ilbahar
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Ilbahar

First Ballot: 640 votes

Worker's Party Nomination

Founder and leader of the Worker's Party, Hortik Ulcher, refused to run for grand chancellor, citing issues of poor health. His endorsed successor, union leader Hull Mor'Tins, was nominated near unanimously. Mor'Tins selected Brent Rasmussen, an indigenous author and political theorist from Jomfra, as his vice chancellor. The nomination of Mor'Tins, who hailed from the Hallasholm territory, was considered controversial due to uncertainity regarding if residents of terriories were eligible to run for grand chancellor. However, due to Mor'Tins losing the election, the issue became moot.

Nominees

Candidate Born Most recent position Home Jarldom Ballot
Nominee for Grand Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Hull Mor'Tins
March 3, 1975
(age 43)
Aketikhold, Hallasholm
President of the Hallasholm Indigenous Union
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Hallasholm

First Ballot: 1,429
Nominee for Vice Chancellor of Tevitheim
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Brent Rasmussen
April 20, 1978
(age 40)
Rikbakk, Jomfra
Deputy Leader of the Worker's Party
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Jomfra

First Ballot: 221 votes

Interround Endorsements

As a major part of Tevitheimer elections includes interround endorsements, they are highly sought after by the surviving candidates.

Wang endorsed Bylund, while Grimsrud did not explicitly endorse Bylund but came out in opposition to Torrents. Landser appeared in a rally with incumbent grand chancellor Aud Raimundo, with both endorsing Torrents. Mor'Tins condemned the election results, saying he could not endorse any candidate who did not "endorse the destruction of capitalism and the redistribution of wealth" and thus refused to endorse either Torrents or Bylund.

Candidate Endorsement
Harald Wang Bylund
Sivert Grimsrud Against Torrents
Mikkel Landser Torrents
Hull Mor'Tins No endorsement

Results

First Round

Candidate for Grand Chancellor Party Home Jarldom Popular Vote Electoral Vote Vice Chancellor
Count Percentage Candidate for Vice Chancellor
Home Jarldom Electoral Vote
Daniel Bylund Social Union Rookeryet 30,378,087 26.0% 118 Abjørn Guche Halvmånøy 118
Erik Torrents Republican Elveanna 26,270,631 22.5% 97 Kjell Renzi Devold 97
Mikkel Landser Progressive-Greens Gulkystheim 24,150,236 20.7% 91 Joan Haraldsen New Hammerfest 91
Harald Wang Liberal Democratic Eldegard 19,784,284 16.9% 73 Erak Andersen Prospekt 73
Sivert Grimsrud National Prospekt 7,795,517 6.7% 33 Donald Kalle Jomfra 33
Hull Mor'Tins Worker's Hallasholm 5,800,593 5.0% 27 Brent Rasmussen Jomfra 27
All Other Candidates 1,655,901 1.4% 0 All Other Candidates 0
Discarded Votes 897,001 0.77%
Total 116,732,250 100% 439 Total 439
Required for Victory 220 Required for Victory 220
Popular Vote
Bylund
26.02%
Torrents
22.51%
Landser
20.69%
Wang
16.95%
Grimsrud
6.68%
Mor'Tins
4.97%
Others
1.42%
Electoral Vote
Bylund
26.88%
Torrents
22.10%
Landser
20.73%
Wang
16.63%
Grimsrud
7.52%
Mor'Tins
6.15%

Second Round

Candidate for Grand Chancellor Party Home Jarldom Popular Vote Electoral Vote Vice Chancellor
Count Percentage Candidate for Vice Chancellor
Home Jarldom Electoral Vote
Daniel Bylund Social Union Rookeryet 57,139,664 50.5 399 Abjørn Guche Halvmånøy 399
Erik Torrents Republican Elveanna 55,973,660 49.5% 40 Kjell Renzi Devold 40
Total 113,113,324 100% 439 Total 439
Required for Victory 220 Required for Victory 220
Popular Vote
Bylund
50.45%
Torrents
49.5%
Electoral Vote
Bylund
90.89%
Torrents
9.11%