2499 High Kingdoms presidential election

The 2499 High Kingdoms presidential election was the 13th presidential election of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia. Endorsement voting took place across October and November 2499 before the final vote was held on Thursday, 12 November 2499. The left wing candidate was Peter Erikvier, representing the Red Bloq party. The right wing candidate was Çimon Valena of the Liberal party. This was the first time since the INSERT election that a Conservative candidate had not made the final vote. The election took place against the backdrop of increasing living standards nationwide, intermediate economic growth, further technological progression leading to discussions about it's potential use, exploitation and economic contribution.

A total of 9 parties had electors to endorse political candidates in the endorsement voting. In decreasing order of electors there were: 24 Socialists, 21 Liberals, 10 Janvariyes, 6 Carpiviyas, 4 Conservatives, 4 Bokanists, 3 Daphnes, 2 Greens, and 1 Nationalist. Furthermore, ten parties (all elector parties plus the Orderist party) put forward presidential candidates with four (Socialists, Liberals, Conservatives, and Janvariyes) having primaries to determine their candidate prior to the endorsement stage. Furthermore, 3 independent presidential candidates ran - most notably, future Empheri Labour politician Mark Twein - but none received any votes in the endorsement stage. By the end of the endorsement stage, all 24 Socialists, 6 Carpiviyas, 3 Daphnes, and 2 Greens endorsed Red Bloq candidate Peter Erikvier, giving him 35 total electors; while all 21 Liberals, 10 Janvariyes, 4 Conservatives, 4 Bokanists, and 1 Nationalist electors endorsed Liberal candidate Çimon Valena, giving him 40 total electors.

During the final stage of the vote, of the 71.5% eligible voting population, the election received a turnout of 93.1% thanks to compulsive voting. As the runner-up, Erikvier received 187 million (nearly 41%) of the popular vote to winner Valena's 258 million (approximately 56%) of the popular vote. Around 13 million or 3% of the votes were spoiled or abstained from voting for a preferred candidate.

Çimon Valena was elected the President of the High Kingdoms, taking office on 1 January 2500. He chose Kiavalari conservative politician Alesia R. Sarnel to be his vice-president - as an outspoken women's right activist, she was hoped to appeal to left wing Daphne voters, as well as Kiavalari citizens, and general Conservative politicians who backed his Liberal administration.

Red Bloq party and primary
The nomination for the Red Bloq presidential candidate began soon after the previous presidential election in 2494. The primary would consist of all Red Bloq members voting using STV to whittle down candidates until the remaining two, where a simple FPTP would be implemented for the best nominee. Early candidates include Chief Adviser to the Empheri Government Katherine Elegsend and potentially the Empheri Leader of the House of Parliament Henry Latters, both of whom dropped out.

First Round
The whole voter base and membership of the Red Bloq initially had to vote on 14 candidates. The bottom four would all be eliminated. In this vote, the eliminated candidates would be James Fletch Ena receiving 0.9%, Tyrillia Gami Ersalor receiving 1.0%, Marta Ser Ara receiving 1.3%, and Aleksander Mucket receiving 1.4%. Furthermore, Emmelie Mars and Harry McGillian both dropped out of the race leaving 8 candidates.

Second Round
The whole voter base and membership of the Red Bloq would again vote, but this time with 8 candidates to choose from. The percentage including one decimal point would be converted to a score by multiplying by ten, and then five influential members would each get to add 20 score to a candidate they best liked. The bottom four candidates would be eliminated. The eliminated were Oskar El Ramos with 21 votes, Sophie H Hopkins with 29 votes, Paçio Gala with 34 votes, and Charlotte Holmes with 47 votes. Of the remaining, only backbench but popular MP James Elderflower didn't receive influential votes.

Third Round
The Red Bloq would again vote, but this time with 4 candidates to choose from. Only current Red Bloq MPs from the devolved governments could vote alongside 100 influential Red Bloq party members, donors, and politicians. Ahitereira currently had 59, Empherias currently had 298, Kiavalar currently had 19, Koresa had 106, and Peryzium had 449 seats. This meant a total of 931 plus 100 votes. The bottom two candidates would be eliminated. These were James Elderflower with 67 votes, and Peter Erikvier with 257 votes.

Fourth Round
The Red Bloq would again vote, but this time with the last 2 candidates to choose from. All party members were open to vote equally. However, before the vote was scheduled to take place, John Malkey dropped out due to concerns about his career, family, and general health problems. John Pierce was instead offered the final candidate spot however he declined, and so Peter Erikvier was just given the nomination despite coming second.

John Malkey would later become Prime Minister of Empherias from 2515 and beyond.

Conservative coalition and primary
The Conservative primary initially consisted of four candidates, but this was whittled down to just two after another two withdrew. The withdrawn candidates: Bora Talani and Zoey Mensalena, stated they thought about a future race but the odds of a Conservative victory or candidate were unlikely in the current election. The remaining candidates were Alesia R. Sarnel and Oskar Roniko.

Carpiviya party nomination
The Carpiviya party nominated Gavain Hark Rott as their presidential candidate.

Bokanist party nomination
The Bokanist Values party nominated Lukaç Rramos II as their presidential candidate.

Pink Daphne party nomination
The Ahitereiran Pink Daphne party nominated Mada Perialli as their presidential candidate.

Green party nomination
The green party nominated the environmentalist Empheri activist, Nora Fletcher to be their presidential candidate. This was later approved by the other branches of the Green party.

Nationalist party nomination
The Nationalist parties all united in their wish for further devolution slash separation and nominated Empheri former Nationalist leader Kasper Simons as their presidential candidate. He would later become Prime Minister of Empherias in 2514.

Orderist coalition nomination
The Orderist coalition nominated unwilfully an Orderist activist named Ner Oga Orderas to be their presidential candidate.

Independents
Three independent candidates ran for president. Centre-Left Empheri politician Mark Twein ran stating that the Red Bloq strayed too far away from his beliefs, as did other main stream parties. Koresan right-wing extremist politician Jonan J. Jote ran, alongside Kiavalari left wing revolutionary politician Cyrin Etuarto.

Endorsement Stage
Each devolved parliament would be converted into elector representation. For every 40 seats a party has in a regional government, they would gain an elector - with a maximum of 15 electors per country, for a total of 90 electors union-wide. After all available electors that have at least 40 seats have been given out, the parties with the highest remaining seats (for example, 37 seats) will be given an elector position until all 15 slots are filled. These electors would be attributed based on parliaments from 1 October 2499.

Ahitereira
The most recent Ahitereiran parliamentary election took place in 2497. As of the elector attribution, the makeup of parliament was: the Liberals on 229 seats, the Pink Daphnes on 135 seats, the King's Party on 122 seats, the Red Bloq on 59 seats, the Orderist Coalition on 38 seats, the Bokanist Values Party on 9 seats, Ahitereiran Ankranks on 6 seats, the Ahitereiran Greens on 1 seat, the Centrists of Ahitereira on 1 seat. The Liberals had reached the threshold of 40 seats 5 times meaning they get 5 automatic electors, with a remainder of 29. The Pink Daphne's received 3 automatic electors with a remainder of 15; the King's Party received 3 automatic electors with a remainder of 2 seats; the Red Bloq received 1 automatic qualifier with a remainder of 19. With 12 automatic elector slots filled, three more had to given out with the remaining seats. With the most remaining, the Orderist Coalition (38) received an elector, alongside the Liberals (29) and the Red Bloq (19).

In total, the Liberals had 6 electors; the Pink Daphne's had 3 electors; the King's Party had 3 electors; the Red Bloq had 2 electors, and the Orderist Coalition had 1 elector.

Empherias
The most recent Empheri parliamentary election took place on 2 September 2499, just a month prior to the elector attribution. At which, the makeup of the parliament was: the Socialists with 296 seats, the Liberals with 264 seats, the Nationalists with 25 seats, the Conservatives with 6 seats, the Centrists with 4 seats, the Greens with 2 seats, the Empheri Ankranks with 2 seats, and the Bokanists of Empherias with 1 seat. The Socialists had reached the threshold of 40 seats 7 times meaning they get 7 automatic electors, with a remainder of 16. The Liberals received 6 automatic electors with a remainder of 24. No other party reached the threshold which left 2 slots left open - 13 filled already. The highest remaining was the Nationalists with 25, and the Liberals with 24 - both parties received an extra elector.

In total, the Socialists had 7 electors, the Liberals had 7 electors, and the Nationalists had 1 elector.

Kiavalar
The most recent Kiavalari parliamentary election took place in 2497. As of the elector attribution, the makeup of the parliament was: the Janvariye on 360 seats, JCPK on 118 seats, the Everglade Greens on 73 seats, the Conservatives on 22 seats, the People's Bloq on 19 seats, the Red Daphnes on 5 seats, the Liberals on 2 seats, and the Blackshirt League on 1 seat. The Janvariye had reached the threshold of 40 seats 9 times meaning they get 9 automatic qualifiers, with no remainder. JCPK received an automatic 2 electors with a remainder of 38; the Everglade Greens received 1 automatic elector with a remainder of 33. The rest did not reach the threshold. This equals 12 filled electors, with three more slots. The highest remaining was the JCPK (38), the Everglade Greens (33) and the Conservatives (22).

In total, the Janvariye had 9 electors, JCPK had 3 electors, Everglade had 2 electors, and the Conservatives had 1 elector.

Koresa
The most recent Koresan parliamentary election took place in 2497. As of the elector attribution, the makeup of the parliament was: the Democratic Movement on 304 seats, the Conservatives on 133 seats, the Socialists on 106 seats, the Bokanists on 41 seats, the Koresan Pink Daphnes on 7 seats, the Koresan Centrists on 5 seats, the Greens on 2 seats, and the Koresan Ankranks on 2 seats. The Democratic Movement reached the threshold of 40 seats 7 times and therefore received 7 automatic electors with a remainder of 24. The Conservatives received 3 automatic electors and a remainder of 13; the Socialists received 2 automatic electors with a remainder of 26; the Bokanists received 1 automatic elector with a remainder of 1. The rest did not reach the threshold. This equals 13 filled electors, with 2 more slots open. The highest remaining was the Socialists (26) and the Democratic Movement (24) each receiving an extra elector.

In total, the Democratic Movement had 8 electors, the Conservatives had 3 electors, the Socialists had 3 electors, and the Bokanists had 1 elector.

Peryzium
The most recent Peryzi parliamentary election took place in 2498. As of the elector attribution, the makeup of the parliament was: the Socialists on 449 seats, the Conservatives on 56 seats, the JCPK on 48 seats, the Peryzi Greens on 20 seats, the Centrists of Peryzium on 11 seats, the Liberals on 7 seats, the Pink Daphnes on 5 seats, the Peryzi Ankranks on 3 seats, and the Peryzium Nationalists on 1 seat. The Socialists reached the threshold of 40 seats 11 times and therefore received 11 automatic electors with a remainder of 9; the Conservatives received 1 automatic elector with a remainder of 16 seats, the JCPK received 1 automatic elector with a remainder of 8 seats. No other party reached the threshold. This equals 13 filled electors, with 2 more open slots. The highest remaining was the Peryzi Greens (20) and the Conservatives (16) who each received an extra elector.

In total, the Socialists had 11 electors, the Conservatives had 2 electors, JCPK had 1 elector, and the Peryzi Greens had 1 elector.

Candidates Running
With all five countries sending their electors in by 15 October 2499, they would begin to endorse certain political candidates.

First Vote (18 October 2499)
Ahitereira - In total, the Liberals had 6 electors; the Pink Daphne's had 3 electors; the King's Party had 3 electors; the Red Bloq had 2 electors, and the Orderist Coalition had 1 elector.

Empherias - In total, the Socialists had 7 electors, the Liberals had 7 electors, and the Nationalists had 1 elector.

Kiavalar - In total, the Janvariye had 9 electors, JCPK had 3 electors, Everglade had 2 electors, and the Conservatives had 1 elector.

Koresa - In total, the Democratic Movement had 8 electors, the Conservatives had 3 electors, the Socialists had 3 electors, and the Bokanists had 1 elector.

Peryzium - In total, the Socialists had 11 electors, the Conservatives had 2 electors, JCPK had 1 elector, and the Peryzi Greens had 1 elector.