Zeed elections, 1746
The elections of 1746 in Zeed took place after the Fourth Euran War and the Vanie Accords of 1745.
Setting of Elections
Elections in Zeed since its nominal independence and sovereignty had become more of a myth than actual reality. A Transitional Executive Authority was duly elected after much political wrangling, with President of the State Gennady Lakshmann emerging as paramount leader and Supreme Leader of Zeed.
In light of the victory of the Fourth Euran War and the Vanie Accords of 1745, as well as the sensibilities of the Raspur Pact and Euran Economic Union, President of the State and Supreme Leader of Zeed Gennady Lakshmann was prevailed upon, thanks to generous personal guarantees as well as significant state-to-state Euran funding and support, to organize elections.
The electoral logistics was very much an outsourced affair, with Euran nations primarily picking up the slack for funding and on-ground support. Technical assistance was favourably requested from such established institutions for their expertise like the Nouvelle Alexandrie Federal Elections Commission, the Big Four of Nouvelle Alexandrie, Euran Statistical Biometrics, and ESB Logistics. The Raspur Pact forces were activated and deployed for internal security and to assist logistics.
Result of Elections
In accordance with the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Zeed, elections were for the 300-seat National Assembly of Zeed. There was an implied agreement that the Committee of Euran Salvation would certify the validity of the elections and thereby ensure the legitimacy of all elected.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the results were as follows:
- 48.19% All-Union Humanist Party
- 25.73% Party of Regions
- 13.82% Zeed Monarchist Union
- 1.78% Zeedic Pastoral Alliance
- 1.11% Zeedic Justice & Harmony Party
- 0.83% Zeedic Fatherland Front
- 0.83% Zeed Secular Socialist Party
- 0.72% Zeed Feminist Party
- 0.51% Einhornselskapet
- 0.44% Reformation Party
- 0.43% New Ashkenatza Party
- 0.36% Independent
The 1746 elections resulted in the following leading personalities in the National Assembly:
- Hedvika Zechariah, a Zeedic woman of Ashkenatzan provenance, New Ashkenatza Party
- Zahara Apollinaire, a Zeedic woman of Ashkenatzan-Constancian provenance, Independent
- Vivek Jarkhanda, a Zeedic man, All-Union Humanist Party
- Gerald Zenais, a Zeedic man, All-Union Humanist Party
- Hypatia Damarion, a Constancian-Zeedic woman, All-Union Humanist Party
- Severino Sulaiman, a Nogan-Zeedic man, Party of Regions
- Velimir Ronne, Zeedic man from the Ashad Republic, Party of Regions
- Neonila Feidelm, Zeedic woman from the Gur Republic, Party of Regions
- Mila Kenton, Nouvelle Alexandrie-Zeedic national and a woman, Party of Regions
- Felicitas Solange, Nouvelle Alexandrie-Zeedic national and a woman, Zeed Feminist Party
- Ranjana Lugalbanda, Çakari-Zeedic man, Zeedic Pastoral Alliance
- Nagendra Zlatan, Çakari-Zeedic woman, Zeed Secular Socialist Party
- Gefion Rajendra, Florian-Çakari-Zeedic man Zeedic Justice & Harmony Party
- Scorpius Nguyệt, Banh Nam-Zeedic national, Zeedic Fatherland Front
- Gunnhildur Matīss, Normark-Zeedic national, Einhornselskapet
- Valquíria Malkhaz, Florian-Zeedic national from Port Balaine, Reformation Party
- Kronos Duilio, Constancian-Zeedic man, Zeed Monarchist Union