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| election_name     = February 2022 Minister of Engagement special election
| country           = [[The South Pacific]]
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| type              = presidential
| vote_type         = Assembly
| previous_election = February 2022 Cabinet election election#Minister of Engagement
| previous_year     = February 2022
| election_date     = 23 February ‒ 4 March 2022
| elected_members   = 
| next_election     = June 2022 Cabinet election#Minister of Engagement
| next_year         = June 2022
| opinion_polls     = 
| registered        = 70 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| turnout           = TBD
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| title             = Minister
| before_election   = [[Purple Hyacinth]]
| after_election    = TBD
}}

The '''February 2022 Minister of Engagement special election''' was an election held in [[the South Pacific]] from 23 February ‒ 4 March 2022 to elect a new [[Minister of Engagement]] after incumbent [[Purple Hyacinth]] had resigned.

== Background ==

[[Cabinet of the South Pacific|Cabinet]] positions usually are elected concurrently every four months. However, should an incumbent resign and more than half of the term remain, a special election for the post must be held.

[[Purple Hyacinth]], the incumbent, was only shortly before elected in the [[February 2022 Cabinet election]]. Only five days after the certification of the election, she announced that she felt burnt out in the office and did not believe to be able to return to her duties faithfully within the term; and as such, she resigned the office on the 22nd of February, 2022.<ref>Purple Hyacinth (22 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10229.html Resignation from MoE and the CG]. Retrieved 22 Feb '22.</ref>

As the half-term line was still far away, a special election had to be called.

== Electoral System ==

The office of the [[Minister of Engagement]] is a Cabinet office, all of which are to be elected using [[wikipedia:Instant-Runoff voting|Instant-Runoff voting]]. A voter ranks as many of the standing candidates as they wish in descending order of preference; the worst-performing candidates are eliminated from the tally one after the other and the votes for them re-distributed according to the voters' preferences until a candidate has attained an absolute majority of votes.

== Candidates ==

The candidacy declarations period has not yet commenced.

== Campaigns ==

The campaign period has not yet commenced.

== Results ==

The results will likely be announced on the 4th of March, 2022.

== References ==
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[[Category:Elections|Special (Engagement) 2022/02]]