December 2023 Cycoldian special election

December 2023 Cycoldian special election

7 - 14 December 2023
Medial Seat of the General Assembly
MP LPC UP Candidate Ronald de Bourbonelle Lewis Ross Mats Seifert Party Monarchist Party Labour Party Unitary Party First choice vote 9 5 4 Percentage 42.86% 23.81% 19.05%   Candidate Plamen Iliev II Party Tulip Party First choice vote 3 Percentage 14.29%
Voting Map of the December 2023 Special Election
Member before election Lewis Ross Labour Member after election Ronald de Bourbonelle Monarchist

The December 2023 Special Election was a special election for the General Assembly in Cycoldia. It elected for the Thirteenth General Assembly's Medial Seat, which Lewis Ross held. It was began due to a motion to trigger a special election, caused by Lewis Ross' creation of the Labour Party.

Parties

Parliamentary parties

The table below lists the political party groups represented in the 13th General Assembly before the election.

Name				Leader(s)	Before elections		After elections
					Voting Seats	Non-Voting Seats	Voting Seats	Non-Voting Seats
		MP	Monarchist Party	Christina I & II	7 / 10	3 / 5	8 / 10	3 / 5
		UP	Unitary Party	Christopher Tran	2 / 10	0 / 5	2 / 10	0 / 5
		LP	Labour Party	Lewis Ross	1 / 10	0 / 5	0 / 10	0 / 5
	IND	Independents		N/A	0 / 10	1 / 5	0 / 10	1 / 5

Polling

Local 2 Empreton and Empreton Holdings did a poll in November previous to the election, which showed Plamen Illiev II being the projected winner of the election, and predicting Lewis Ross to have lost their seat, placing them as the least likely to win the election. The polling had twenty one responses, and was emailed to all citizens of Cycoldia by the Citizenship Committee.

By Party

By Party Popularity
Political Party		Responses
		Overal (%)	Change (%)
	Monarchist Party	70.53%	▼ 3.47 pp
	Tulip Party	59.47%	0.47 pp
	Unitary Party	58.50%	▼ 3.50 pp
	Democratic Party	47.37%	▼ 11.63 pp
	Labour Party	46.84%

General Popularity
Monarchist Party			70.53%
Tulip Party			59.47%
Unitary Party			58.50%
Democratic Party			47.37%
Labour Party			46.84%

By Candidate

Pairwise Compairison Matrix
	Lewis Ross, LP	Mats Seifert, UP	Plamen Iliev II, TP	Ronald Bourbonelle, MP
Lewis Ross, LP		4/16	7/14	10/11
Mats Seifert, UP	16/4		9/12	11/10
Plamen Iliev II, TP	14/7	12/9		12/9
Ronald Bourbonelle, MP	11/10	10/11	9/12

First Choice Vote
Ronald Bourbonelle			42.85%
Plamen Iliev II			19.05%
Mats Seifert			19.05%
Lewis Ross			19.05%

Results

Following the tallying of votes, the Condorcet winner was tied between Mats Seifert and Ronald Bourbonelle, and the winner was determined through Instant-runoff voting as dictated by the General Assembly.

By Party

By Party Affiliation of Voters
Political Party		Votes			Seats
		Total	Of total (%)	Change (%)	Total	Gained	Lost	Net
	Monarchist Party	10	47.62%	▼ 27.38 pp	8	1	0	1
	Labour Party	4	19.05%	12.8 pp	0	0	1	▼ 1
	Tulip Party	3	14.29%	14.29 pp	0	0	0	0
	Unitary Party	2	9.52%	9.52 pp	2	0	0	0
	Independent	2	9.52%	9.52 pp	0	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		4	—	—
Total		21	100.00%		10
Source: Official Election Results December 2023 Elections

Votes by Party
Monarchist Party			47.62%
Labour Party			19.05%
Tulip Party			14.29%
Unitary Party			9.52%
Independent			9.52%

By Candidate

By First Choice Candidate
Candidate		First Choice Votes
		Total	Of total (%)	Change (%)
	Ronald de Bourbonelle	9	42.86%	▼ 32.14 pp
	Lewis Ross	5	23.81%	17.56 pp
	Mats Seifert	4	19.05%	19.05 pp
	Plamen Iliev II	3	14.29%	▼ 10.71 pp
Invalid/blank votes		4	—	—
Total		21	100.00%
Source: Official Election Results December 2023 Elections

Pairwise Compairison Matrix
	Lewis Ross, LP	Mats Seifert, UP	Plamen Iliev II, TP	Ronald Bourbonelle, MP
Lewis Ross, LP		9/12	10/11	9/12
Mats Seifert, UP	12/9		10/9	10/10
Plamen Iliev II, TP	11/10	9/10		6/14
Ronald Bourbonelle, MP	12/9	10/10	14/6

First Choice Vote
Ronald Bourbonelle			42.86%
Lewis Ross			23.81%
Mats Seifert			19.05%
Plamen Iliev II			14.29%

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