====== February 15, 2023 General Election ====== This general election took place on February 15, 2023, and it was the first time in Melonian history that the President, [[officials:therandommelon|Michael Webb]], was opposed by another candidate. This election also contained the first ever race for the [[civics:melonia:speaker|Speaker of Parliament]] seat and it was the first time in Melonian history that there would be more than two Members of Parliament. ==== Results - Presidential ==== [[officials:therandommelon|TheRandomMelon]] ran as President again, originally with [[officials:snhk|SNHK]] as his Prime Minister. However, due to an assassination attempt on Speaker of Parliament candidate [[officials:tz_scion|tz_scion]], he was removed as Michael's Prime Minister candidate. SNHK would be replaced with Minister of Science [[officials:awedball|awedball]]. This election marks the first time that there was an opponent to the Presidential seat, as a former Najtraunas Governor, Legate, would try to win the election with her Prime Minister candidate as Tava. Despite the challenges faced in this election, Michael Webb won re-election by a comfortable margin. ^ Rank ^ Name ^ Tally ^ | **#1** | {{:wiki:trm-face.png?20|TRM}} **TheRandomMelon*** | 8 | 66.67% | | | PM: **awedball**|| | #2 | {{:wiki:legate_face.png?20|Legate}} **Legate** | 5 | 33.33% | | | PM: **Tava****|| *Incumbent **Tava was originally Legate's Prime Ministerial candidate, but dropped out shortly before the election. Legate never named a replacement PM candidate, though, so Tava's name is still shown here. ==== Results - Speaker ==== Member of Parliament [[officials:tz_scion|tz_scion]] challenged incumbent [[officials:lainuel|lainuel]] to the Speaker of Parliament position. tz_scion was able to defeat lainuel for the Speaker of Parliament seat, despite the results being very close. ^ Rank ^ Name ^ Tally ^ Percent ^ | **#1** | {{:wiki:scion-face.png?20|Scion}} **tz_scion** | **7** | **53.85%** | | #2 | {{:wiki:lainuel-face.png?20|Lainuel}} **lainuel*** | 6 | 46.15% | *Incumbent ==== Results - Member of Parliament ==== All of the Members of Parliament won as there was no opposition in any of the Member of Parliament races. There were two new candidates running for the Member of Parliament seat this election, new citizen [[officials:calvinx|CalvinX2]] and former Minister of Architecture [[officials:isokamikaze|IsoKamikaze]]. Member of Parliament [[officials:cstro216|cstro216]] also ran for re-election. ^ Rank ^ Name ^ Tally ^ | **#1 (Sautia)** | {{:wiki:cstro-face.png?20|Cstro}} **cstro216*** | N/A (Unopposed) | *Incumbent ^ Rank ^ Name ^ Tally ^ | **#1 (Murvania)** | {{:wiki:iso_face.png?20|Iso}} **IsoKamikaze** | N/A (Unopposed) | ^ Rank ^ Name ^ Tally ^ | **#1 (Deajginia)** | {{:wiki:calvin_face.png?20|Calvin}} **CalvinX2** | N/A (Unopposed) |