February 15, 2023 General Election

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, Michael Webb, was opposed by another candidate. This election also contained the first ever race for the 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

TheRandomMelon ran as President again, originally with SNHK as his Prime Minister. However, due to an assassination attempt on Speaker of Parliament candidate tz_scion, he was removed as Michael's Prime Minister candidate. SNHK would be replaced with Minister of Science 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 TRM TheRandomMelon* 8 66.67%
PM: awedball
#2 Legate Legate 5 33.33%

Results - Speaker

Member of Parliament tz_scion challenged incumbent 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 Scion tz_scion 7 53.85%
#2 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 CalvinX2 and former Minister of Architecture IsoKamikaze. Member of Parliament cstro216 also ran for re-election.

Rank Name Tally
#1 (Sautia) Cstro cstro216* N/A (Unopposed)

*Incumbent

Rank Name Tally
#1 (Murvania) Iso IsoKamikaze N/A (Unopposed)
Rank Name Tally
#1 (Deajginia) Calvin CalvinX2 N/A (Unopposed)