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The '''January 2026 Delegate election''' was an election held in [[the South Pacific]] from 15-29 January 2022 to elect the next [[Delegate of the South Pacific]]. NameZer0, [[Erstavik]], ExquisiteGentleman, Lucasson and Tin were the candidates, only Erstavik reached the 50% threshold for advancing from the Citizen vote, off-site. Ultimately, he beat the ''Re-Open Nominations'' option comfortably in the on-site poll and became the Delegate-Elect. | The '''January 2026 Delegate election''' was an election held in [[the South Pacific]] from 15-29 January 2022 to elect the next [[Delegate of the South Pacific]]. NameZer0, [[Erstavik]], ExquisiteGentleman, Lucasson and Tin were the candidates, only Erstavik reached the 50% threshold for advancing from the Citizen vote, off-site. Ultimately, he beat the ''Re-Open Nominations'' option comfortably in the on-site poll and became the Delegate-Elect. | ||
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The January 2026 Delegate election was an election held in the South Pacific from 15-29 January 2022 to elect the next Delegate of the South Pacific. NameZer0, Erstavik, ExquisiteGentleman, Lucasson and Tin were the candidates, only Erstavik reached the 50% threshold for advancing from the Citizen vote, off-site. Ultimately, he beat the Re-Open Nominations option comfortably in the on-site poll and became the Delegate-Elect.
Background
Delegate elections in the South Pacific take place every six months, with one scheduled in January and another in July. According to the Elections Act, a Delegate election had to be called on the 15th of January, 2026.
Electoral System
The Delegate is elected in a two-step process. In a first round, held on the forums, citizens of the South Pacific determine two advancing candidates using approval voting. The top-two (or more, should there be a tie) most-approved candidates move on to a regional poll held on-site, where regional World Assembly member nations ultimately vote on the winner using the two-round system.
The declarations and campaigning periods would run concurrently for a week, after which the first round of voting would be held, lasting three days. A day after this concludes, the second round of voting would commence, with the poll remaining open for another week. Thereafter, the Election Commissioner would proclaim the results.
Uncertainty about the proper procedure for Delegate elections arose when it became increasingly clear that PenguinPies would be the only candidate standing. In multiple Discord discussions, some argued that ‒ should PenguinPies receive more than 50% approval ‒ both she and the Re-Open Nominations option as the top-two approved candidates would move to the on-site poll and otherwise the election would completely restart, others believed that also in the former case the election process ‒ only for the single remaining slot, should PenguinPies reach the 50% threshold ‒ would have to restart, since the Re-Open Nominations "candidate" would have received less than 50% approval and the Elections Act prevents any candidate who has not reached this threshold from moving on. Ultimately, the Cabinet issued an Executive Order on the matter, ordering the election to proceed in the former of the two possible manners.[1] The Assembly approved the Executive Order on January 17th.[2]
Candidate
The candidates running in the election was PenguinPies; Sandaoguo had accepted his nomination but didn't post a campaign in time and was thus ineligible to be included on the ballot. Nominations were declined by Griffindor, Purple Hyacinth, and Belschaft. Tsunamy, Farengeto, anjo, Volaworand, Rebeltopia, Concrete Slab, and Tin the Free never responded to theirs.
| Declared Candidates | ||||
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| Bolded candidates are incumbents. Italicized candidates withdrew from the election. | ||||
| Candidate | Political office(s) | Campaign | ||
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PenguinPies | Member of the Council on Regional Security (since May 2020) Other offices
Member of the Legislator Committee |
Penguin 22[3] | |
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Sandaoguo | Member of the Council on Regional Security (since December 2016) Other offices |
No campaign | |
Campaign
Results
On the 23th of January, 2026, Election Commissioner lordnwahs proclaimed the results of the first round of the election.[4] The second round's results were certified on the 19th.[5]
First Round
| Results: First Round | ||
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| Green background denotes winning candidates. Red background denotes eliminated candidates. ✓ and ✗ denote the status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | ||
| Candidate | Approvals | |
| Name0 | 4 | 12.9% |
| Erstavik | 25 | 80.65% |
| ExquisiteGentleman | 7 | 22.58% |
| Lucasson | 2 | 6.45% |
| Tin | 8 | 25.81% |
| Re-Open Nominations | 6 | 19.35% |
| Invalid ballots | 4 | 11.43% |
Second Round
| Results: Second Round | ||
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| Green background denotes winning candidates. Red background denotes eliminated candidates. ✓ and ✗ denote the status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | ||
| Candidate | Votes | |
| Erstavik | 67 | 89.33% |
| Re-Open Nominations | 8 | 10.67% |
| Invalid ballots | 0 | 0% |
Transition
Following the Election Commissioner declaring him the Delegate-elect, Erstavik was tasked with gathering enough on-site endorsements to attain the Delegate seat.
References
- ↑ PM HumanSanity (9 Jan '22): [Cabinet] Executive Order on Delegate Elections. Assembly of the South Pacific. Retrieved 9 Feb '22.
- ↑ Deputy Chair The Haughtherlands (17 Jan '22): Final Result (A2201.03). Assembly of the South Pacific. Retrieved 9 Feb '22.
- ↑ Penguin (3 Jan '22): Penguin 22. Retrieved 9 Feb '22.
- ↑ EC lordnwahs (23 Jan '26): Certification of Results. Retrieved 25 Jan '26.
- ↑ EC Kris Kringle (11 Jan '22, updated 19 Jan '22): January 2022 Delegate Election. NationStates. Retrieved 9 Feb '22.