February 2024 Cycoldian special election

February 2024 Cycoldian special election

18 - 25 February 2024
Septenary Seat of the General Assembly
Turnout	30
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Mats Seifert Plamen Iliev II Andrew Perdomo Party Monarchist Party Tulip Party Monarchist Coalition First choice vote 10 13 3 Percentage 33.33% 43.33% 10.00% Final Round 53.33% 46.67%   Fourth party Fifth party   Candidate Lewis Ross Thaddeus Miller Party Labour Party Monarchist Coalition First choice vote 2 2 Percentage 6.67% 6.67%
Voting Map of the February 2024 Special Election
Member before election Thaddeus Miller Monarchist Member after election Mats Seifert Monarchist

The February 2024 Special Election was a special election for the General Assembly in Cycoldia. It elected for the Thirteenth General Assembly's Septenary Seat, which Thaddeus Miller sat for. The special election was triggered by the General Assembly Voting Act of 2023 as Miller had not debated or voted in the General Assembly for four weeks. Miller lost the election to Mats Seifert, who currently sits for the seat.

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	8 / 10	3 / 5	8 / 10	3 / 5
		UP	Unitary Party	Christopher Tran	2 / 10	0 / 5	2 / 10	0 / 5
	IND	Independents		N/A	0 / 10	1 / 5	0 / 10	1 / 5

Polling

Olympia Polling orchestrated a poll on behalf of Empreton Holdings in February previous to the election, which projected Mats Seifert to be the winner of the election, predicting Lewis Ross as the least likely to win the election. The polling had fifteen 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	81.33%	10.80 pp
	Unitary Party	58.50%	▼ 1.17 pp
	Tulip Party	52.00%	▼ 7.47 pp
	Labour Party	38.67%	▼ 8.17 pp
	Democratic Party	32.00%	▼ 15.37 pp

General Popularity
Monarchist Party			81.33%
Unitary Party			58.50%
Tulip Party			52.00%
Labour Party			38.67%
Democratic Party			32.00%

By Candidate

Pairwise Compairison Matrix
	Thaddeus Miller, IND	Plamen Iliev II, TP	Mats Seifert, MP	Andrew Perdomo, IND	Lewis Ross, LP
Thaddeus Miller, IND		11/4	4/11	10/5	11/4
Plamen Iliev II, TP	4/11		3/12	8/7	10/5
Mats Seifert, MP	11/4	12/3		13/2	12/3
Andrew Perdomo, IND	5/10	7/8	2/13		10/5
Lewis Ross, LP	4/11	5/10	3/12	5/10

First Choice Vote
Mats Seifert			66.67%
Plamen Iliev II			13.33%
Lewis Ross			13.33%
Andrew Perdomo			6.67%
Thaddeus Miller			0.00%

Results

Following the tallying of votes, the Condorcet winner was tied between Mats Seifert and Plamen Iliev II, and the winner was determined through Instant-runoff voting as dictated by the General Assembly. Mats Seifert won the fourth round with 53.33% of the vote.

By Party

By Party Affiliation of Voters
Political Party		Votes			Seats
		Total	Of total (%)	Change (%)	Total	Gained	Lost	Net
	Monarchist Party	14	46.67%	▼ 0.96 pp	8	0	0	0
	Tulip Party	6	20.00%	5.71 pp	0	0	0	0
	Green Alliance	6	20.00%	20.00 pp	0	0	0	0
	Labour Party	2	6.67%	▼ 12.38 pp	0	0	0	0
	Unitary Party	1	3.33%	▼ 15.72 pp	2	0	0	0
	Democratic Party	1	3.33%	3.33 pp	0	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		3	—	—
Total		30	100.00%		10
Source: Official Election Results February 2024 Special Election

Votes by Party
Monarchist Party			46.67%
Tulip Party			20.00%
Green Alliance			20.00%
Labour Party			6.67%
Unitary Party			3.33%
Democratic Party			3.33%

By Candidate

By First Choice Candidate
Political Party		First Choice Votes
		Total	Of total (%)	Change (%)
	Plamen Iliev II	13	43.33%	29.04 pp
	Mats Seifert	10	33.33%	▼ 9.53 pp
	Andrew Perdomo	3	10.00%	10.00 pp
	Lewis Ross	2	6.67%	▼ 12.38 pp
	Thaddeus Miller	2	6.67%	▼ 18.33 pp
Invalid/blank votes		3	—	—
Total		30	100.00%
Source: Official Election Results February 2024 Special Election

Pairwise Compairison Matrix
	Thaddeus Miller, IND	Plamen Iliev II, TP	Mats Seifert, MP	Andrew Perdomo, IND	Lewis Ross, LP
Thaddeus Miller, IND		11/19	16/14	18/12	14/16
Plamen Iliev II, TP	19/11		14/16	19/11	23/7
Mats Seifert, MP	14/16	16/14		15/15	15/15
Andrew Perdomo, IND	12/18	11/19	15/15		13/17
Lewis Ross, LP	16/14	7/23	15/15	17/13

Round One
Plamen Iliev II			43.33%
Mats Seifert			33.33%
Andrew Perdomo			10.00%
Lewis Ross			6.67%
Thaddeus Miller			6.67%

Round Two
Plamen Iliev II			46.67%
Mats Seifert			36.67%
Andrew Perdomo			10.00%
Thaddeus Miller			6.67%
Lewis Ross			0.00%

Round Three
Plamen Iliev II			46.67%
Mats Seifert			43.33%
Andrew Perdomo			10.00%
Lewis Ross			0.00%
Thaddeus Miller			0.00%

Round Four
Mats Seifert			53.33%
Plamen Iliev II			46.67%
Andrew Perdomo			0.00%
Lewis Ross			0.00%
Thaddeus Miller			0.00%

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