1715 Çakaristan elections

1715 Çakaristan elections

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Election day	3.II
Incumbent Grand Vizier	Dervish Çelebi
Electoral votes	59 electors
Grand Vizier election
Electoral vote
Dervish Çelebi	33
Aytac Kizilkaya	26
Majlis al-Shuyukh elections
Seats contested	19 of 53 seats
Distribution of seats in the Majlis al-Shuyukh after the elections

The 1715 Çakaristan elections were the third Grand Vizier elections since the restoration of the Çakar Empire. In these elections, the number of electoral votes and available seats in the Majlis al-Shuyukh had increased. This was due to the incorporation of Jaguda, Kadim, Kyazilkai and Nuristan.

Dervish Çelebi ran for his second term on behalf of United Green. This time he had Aytac Kizilkaya as his opponent, on behalf of the Party for Unity of Craitists.

Grand Vizier election

Article 4.1 of the Akbar Constitution describes the election of Grand Vizier. The person must be a free citizen, at least thirty-five years of age and reside in the Empire for at least ten Norton years. Each governorate, riyasat and subah has as many electors as the total number of Shuyukh to which the governorate, riyasat or subah is entitled in the Çakari Congress. Each sarkar has one elector. The electors cast their ballots with the name of the candidate who received the most votes in their governorate, riyasat or subah.

Candidates

In the run-up to the election, eleven candidates applied. Of these, nine candidates withdrew prematurely and pledged their support for another candidate.

Candidate			Political party	Home state	Details
		Dervish Çelebi	United Green	Poorajangal	Incumbent grand vizier
		Aytac Kizilkaya	Party for Unity of Craitists	Kendall Khanate

Results

Dervish Çelebi retained the superstates, except for Kendall Khanate. Aytac Kizilkaya won in almost all the added territories except Barikalus and his home state.

All this resulted in victory for Dervish Çelebi:

• Dervish Çelebi:

33 / 59

• Aytac Kizilkaya:

26 / 59

Majlis al-Shuyukh

One third of the Majlis al-Shuyukh is elected every two Norton years. The term of a Shuyukh is six Norton years. This is the sixth election for the Majlis al-Shuyukh, but with an increase in the number of seats. A brief overview of the distribution of seats by party:

Political party		Seats before	Seats after	Seats change
	Arbor Loyalty Party	3	5	▲ 2
	Çakari People's Party	11	15	▲ 4
	Hilal Party	5	3	▼ 2
	National People's Party	4	5	▲ 1
	United Green	21	23	▲ 2

Results per constituency

For the constituency that allocated Shuyukh seats in the Akbar Constitution, the summary of the results of these elections:

	Electable seats	Arbor Loyalty Party	Çakari People's Party	Hilal Party	National People's Party	United Green
Barikalus	2	2
Bulqan	1		1
Haritdesh	2					2
Jaguda	1		1
Kantisha and Northak Islands	1		1
Kendall Khanate	2					2
Korhalistan	2					2
Kyazilkai	2		2
Leyl	0
Nuristan	1		1
Poorajangal	1					1
Sikatadesh	1					1
Sri Pashana	2				2
Sunehra	0
Sylfystan	1		1
Total	19

See also

• Akbar Constitution
• Çakaristan elections
• Grand Vizier of Çakaristan