January 2026 Delegate election

January 2026 Delegate election

15‒29 January 2022
Registered	567 WA Nations
Turnout	12.34%
Candidate Erstavik Party Independent Popular vote 70 Percentage 88.60%
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, that passes the 50% threshold, 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 week. 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, Sliva, Of_the_ages, United Disney States 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
		Name0	Citizen of the South Pacific (since November 2025)	Name 0 for TSP’s WA Delegate
		Erstavik	Director of the Office of World Assembly Legislation (since 5th June, 2025)	Erstavik for Delegate
		ExquisiteGentleman	Member of the South Pacific	Anime, Delegates, and Crazies
		Lucasson	Legislator of the South Pacific (since November 2025)	Lucasson for Delegate of the South Pacific
		Tin	Citizen of the South Pacific (since November 2025)	Silent Coup - Cook the Henn [Delegate Campaign]

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	70	88.61%
Re-Open Nominations	9	11.39%
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.