January 2026 Delegate election

January 2026 Delegate election

15‒29 January 2022
Registered	73 Citizens
Turnout	47.95%
Candidate Erstavik Party Independent Percentage 70.83%
Delegate before election Sporaltryus Elected Delegate incumbent

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

Main article: Delegate of the South Pacific § Election

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 five days and a week respectively, 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 five days. Thereafter, the Election Commissioner would proclaim the results.

Candidate

The candidates running in the election was NameZer0, Erstavik, ExquisiteGentleman, Tin; Lucasson decided to withdrew after deliberations and decided to endorse Erstavik but can't as EC lordnwahs cited no machinations per the Elections Act, and therefore Lucasson was on the ballot. Nominations were declined by CayonNS, Konsa, Ari, Silvia, Of_the_ages and Griffindor.

Declared Candidates
Bolded candidates are incumbents. Italicized candidates withdrew from the election. Struck candidates were disqualified from the race.
Candidate			Political office(s)	Campaign
		NameZer0	Legislator of the South Pacific (since January 2021)	Name 0 for TSP’s WA Delegate
		Erstavik	Director of the Office of World Assembly Legislation (since TBA)	Vote Drew Durrnil for Local Councillor!
		Drystar	Citizen of the South Pacific (since February 2009)	Third times a charm, or Drystar strikes back
		Evinea	Citizen of the South Pacific (since September 2021)	Evinea For Local Council
		Logomalondo	Citizen of the South Pacific (since October 2021)	What you were looking for is here Logomalondo has it

Results

On the 23th of January, 2026, Election Commissioner lordnwahs proclaimed the results of the first round of the election. The second round's results were certified on the 19th.

First Round

Results: First Round
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
Green background denotes winning candidates. Red background denotes eliminated candidates. ✓ and ✗ denote the status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Candidate	Votes
Erstavik	69	89.61%
Re-Open Nominations	8	10.39%
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.