2001 Tevitheimer Grand Chancellery Election

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2001 Tevitheimer Grand Chancellery Election
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← 1995 5 February 2001 2007 →

390 members of the Electoral Council
196 votes needed to win
Registered122,406,049
(Increase11.4pp)
Turnout98,578,018 (80.5%) (Increase13.2pp)
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Nominee Aaron Edwards Joakim Sunde Paal Zhang
Party Social Union Republican Liberal Democratic
Electoral vote 147 141 54
Popular vote 27,806,764 29,498,129 19,485,848
Percentage 28.21% 29.92% 19.77%
Jarldom Brendanland Rookeryet Eldegard
Vice Chancellor Terrak Andersen Olaf Duraksen Aslak Nordby
Carried 6 6 2

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Nominee Vernik Hjertsson
Party Independent
Electoral vote 51
Popular vote 19,902,021
Percentage 20.19%
Jarldom Ditka
Vice Chancellor Tove Ceder
Carried 3 + Territories

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Map of jarldoms by first-place winner: Dark blue indicates jarldoms won by Edwards/Andersen. Red indicates jarldoms won by Sunde/Duraksen. Orange indicates jarldoms won by Zhang/Nordby. Green indicates jarldoms won by Hjertsson/Ceder.

Grand Chancellor before election

Aleksander Goreseon
Republican

Elected Grand Chancellor

Paal Zhang
Liberal Democratic

The 2001 Tevitheimer grand chancellery election was the seventh sextennial grand chancellery election in Tevitheim. Unlike previous Tevitheimer elections, which usually consisted of two primary candidates, the 2001 election had four contenders for the grand chancellery; Jarl of Brendanland Aaron Edwards of the Social Union, Vice Chancellor Joakim Sunde of the Republican Party, law professor Paal Zhang of the newly founded Liberal Democratic Party, and independent businessman from Ditka Vernik Hjertsson. Because none of the candidates for grand chancellor garnered a majority of electoral votes, the Alnating was entitled to select the grand chancellor (with each jarldom casting one vote). After 36 ballots of deadlock, Hjertsson and Edwards threw their support behind Zhang, who was elected grand chancellor. Zhang was the first ever Chinese person elected grand chancellor.

Edwards won most of the interior and south of Tevitheim and split New Trondheim with Sunde, who also won the northern jarldoms. Hjertsson won several western jarldoms, and Zhang was popular in the jarldoms with high amounts of Chinese voters. Edwards won a plurality of the electoral vote while Sunde won a plurality of the popular vote. Zhang came in third place for electoral votes and fourth in the popular vote while Hjertsson won third in popular vote but fourth in electoral vote. Thus, Hjertsson was eliminated from the contingent election, though some members of the Alnating from jarldoms which voted for Hjertsson were able to keep their jarldoms from casting votes for Edwards. After 36 ballots Edwards and Hjertsson asked their supporters to vote for Zhang, who was elected on the 37th ballot.

This is one of only two elections to be decided by the Alnating, the other being the 1959 Tevitheimer Grand Chancellery Election. Due to the controversy of this election, the contingency process was eliminated in 2005 in favor of a two-round system. Zhang's 19.77% represents the lowest ever percentage won by someone who was elected grand chancellor (though Raimundo won 8.97% in 2007, she ascended to the grand chancellery due to the resignation of both officials before her in the line of succession). Zhang's election marks the only time a member of a party that was neither the Social Union or Republican parties won the grand chancellery in a popular vote without being the incumbent grand chancellor. This was the first election where the combined territories and Prospekt were able to cast electoral votes. The 2001 election is considered the second of the "Disasterous Three" elections that played a major role in Tevitheimer electoral reform.


Results

Popular Election

Candidate for Grand Chancellor Party Home Jarldom Popular Vote Electoral Vote Vice Chancellor
Count Percentage Candidate for Vice Chancellor
Home Jarldom Electoral Vote
Aaron Edwards Social Union Brendanland 27,806,764 28.21% 147 Terrak Andersen Halvmånøy 147
Joakim Sunde Republican Rookeryet 29,498,129 29.92% 141 Olaf Duraksen Hellighjerte 141
Paal Zhang Liberal Democratic Eldegard 19,485,848 19.77% 54 Aslak Nordby Søndaga 54
Vernik Hjertsson Independent Ditka 19,902,021 20.19% 51 Tove Ceder New Hammerfest 51
All Other Candidates 1,443,215 1.46% 0 All Other Candidates 0
Discarded Votes 442,041 0.45%
Total 98,578,018 100% 390 Total 390
Required for Victory 196 Required for Victory 196
Popular Vote
Sunde
29.92%
Edwards
28.21%
Hjertsson
20.19%
Zhang
19.97%
Others
1.46%
Electoral Vote
Edwards
37.70%
Sunde
36.15%
Zhang
13.85%
Hjertsson
13.08%