1685 Elwynnese princely elections

The 1685 Elwynnese princely elections were held on I.IX.1685 (first round) and I.X.1685 (second round). Originally scheduled for 1689, the princely elections had to be held much earlier due to the vacancy of the post of Prince following the heart attack of the incumbent princess Helena Strand. In the first round, Kamilla Winther received 41% of the votes, while the runner up Maaqa Kalirion-Alnavion received 24% of the votes. As such, a second round between these candidates was held on I.X.1685, where Winther secured a majority of votes. As soon as the votes were certified, on 15.X.1685 (certification took longer due to allegations of voting fraud), Winther was sworn in as the second Princess of the Elwynnese Republic. Her term is scheduled to end on 15.X.1691.

Candidates

The elections take place during the Amokolian Revolution. As such, several Amokolian candidates announced their intention to run. Sigrid Årud, the Steward of the Republic, announced that she would not stand for the office, citing her commitments to the Nordisketing (where she is the speaker).

• Benjamin Sluyjs, Amokolian People's Party, Premier of the Amokolian Republic
• Robiert Monqler, leader of the Amokolian Freedom Front in the Sænate
• Tegel Sain, leader of the Conservative Party of Amokolia.
• Antonin Vladimiroff, Adeile of Amokolia, member of the Council of Eliria, Mishalanski Party for Democratic Socialism (endorsed by the other parties of the Democratic Socialist Workers' Coalition)
• Kamilla Winther, Magistra of the People's Academy, First Consort of Emeritus Prince Frederik Truls. A centrist candidate with experience of Eliria's political and media landscape. Responsible for restoring discipline in Academia during her husband's administration, and for performing the same duty in the N&H after the schism of Livist and Khanist cadres. Campaigning on a platform advocating a balanced budget, land reforms, tax cuts for working families, and the upholding of the human supremacy over this world.
• Amin Salman al-Beebullahabadi, an Umraist Baatharzi-speaking cleric from Allswell, seeks to stir up Babkhi ethnocentrism. Believes that the N&H have turned the Babkhi people away from God, only God will save Elwynn. Extremely conservative. Has a good working-class message. Misogynistic, anti-gay, anti-alcohol, anti-drugs, basically anti-fun. Pro-cudgelling though.
• Deirdre Valour, from Avakair. Member of the Shirerithian Folksraad for the National Movement for Human Ecology (NMHE) (pre-1671). Local environmentalist and academic. Accuses the established parties of not taking care of the environment, member of the Ecological Movement, Goldshire, Goldshire's NMHE branch. Is happy about the Froyalanish genocide as it was good for the environment. Wants to sterilize all humans in Elwynn, and only offer counter-sterilization treatments to people who pass a certain test ("Licence to Reproduce"). Popular among the youth and environment-conscious, as well as in SCAR.
• Nila Valgarai, Democratic Party of Elwynn. Conducător of the Congressional Government. Withdrew on 1.VII.1685 due to a tax avoidance scheme and subsequent arrest.
• Maaqa Kalirion-Alnavion, Member of the Youth Arm of the National Movement for Human Ecology. Environmental activist and organizer. Opposes Deirdre Valour for her rejection of the positive philosophy of Sir Łudo Thalva for abject Ecological Nihilism. Wants to reorganize all Elwynnese citizens into communes of harmonious labor and natural beauty.

Campaigns

N&H Campaign Poster. Test audience reaction: "Like an edgy version of that bizarre blue "artwork" from Mr. H. Love it." From this feedback it was unclear why the decision to proceed with publishing the poster was made.

• N&H/Winter:
  • 12.VIII.1685: "Indigenization” - Bailiwick names to be adjusted to that used by the majority language community in each Bailiwick of the Congressional Counties, a move strongly favouring the Elw who have long resented the marginalisation of the national tongue in official communications. Furthermore, a commission to carry out Indigenization at the Republican level, with similar consideration for the national communities of the Autonomous Republics, would also be the subject of primary legislation after the election.
  • 16.IX.1685:
    • Proposals published concerning the development of the segment of the Unified Power System of Benacia, leveraging the abundant reserves of natural gas and hydroelectric power generation capacity available to Adurellion so as to make the Enueqaveq a net energy exporter across the entire eastern and northern portion of the continent.
    • Proposals for the reorganisation of West Amokolia after its liberation. Unified autonomous republic under Elwynnese rule consisting of the ceremonial counties, Automatica, Oleslääd, and Vattnaland. Bailiwicks in liberated areas to be organised by Commission for the Integration of Amokolia. Special provision to be made for Autonomous Despotate of Mishalacia. Hyfrost, Leng and Raikoth to form Boreal Autonomous Republic (BAR).

• Independent:
  • 19.IX.1685: Beebullahabadi, the defeated independent candidate who had stood on a socially-conservative and ethno-nationalist platform became the victim of a disfiguring acid attack upon departing a community event held at an Umraist muṣallá in the bailiwick of Perez. The assailant, an Elfinshi student activist, was heard to be screaming Human Ecologist slogans as the cudgellers assigned to Beebullahabadi's close protection detail sought to subdue her whilst at the same time attempting to ward off the furious attempts of the Umraist congregation to seize upon and beat to death the Elfinshi kuffar. The Mansabdars of Perez were obliged to call-out their retainers in order to suppress the disorder, ensuring that Beebullahabadi received urgent medical attention whilst the assailant was taken - alive, albeit severely wounded herself - into custody. The assailant was subsequently transferred to Ardashirshahr for personal interrogation by the Nahust Vazir, Daniyal Aurangzeb Kalirion-Osman.

Opinion polls

First round

Candidate	Party	20.VI	24.VI	6.VII	15.VII	24.VII	6.VII	13.VII	22.VII	5.VIII	10.VIII	14.VIII	18.VIII	22.VIII
Beebullahabadi	Ind.	3%	2%	3%	4%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	2%	1%	1%
Kalirion-Alnavion	NMHE	0%	7%	11%	15%	17%	20%	21%	22%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%
Monqler	AFF	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%
Sain	CPA	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%	2%	0%
Sluyjs	APP	4%	7%	8%	8%	9%	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	14%	15%	16%
Valgarai	DEM	16%	18%
Valour	EMG	5%	2%	3%	2%	2%	3%	4%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	0%
Vladimiroff	DSWC	5%	6%	7%	6%	5%	4%	4%	5%	4%	4%	5%	5%	6%
Winther	N&H	17%	16%	27%	29%	34%	36%	38%	39%	39%	40%	40%	40%	40%
None/Don't know	N/A	47%	37%	38%	34%	28%	21%	16%	11%	11%	8%	7%	7%	11%

Results

First round

Candidate	Party	TOTAL	Votes
Kamilla Winter	N&H	26 894 141	41%
Maaqa Kalirion-Alnavion	NMHE	15 962 934	24%
Antonin Vladimiroff	DSWC	6 412 206	10%
Amin Salman al-Beebullahabadi	–	5 279 491	8%
Deirdre Valour	EMG	3 970 321	6%
Benjamin Sluyjs	APP	3 944 326	6%
Tegel Sain	CPA	1 576 517	2%
Robiert Monqler	AFF	1 364 853	2%

Second round

In the second round, Winther received 59% of the votes, and Kalirion-Alnavion 41% of the votes. Al-Beebullahabadi contested the counting of the first round, alleging that he should have been given a place in the second round. Once these allegations were disproved by the Electoral Commission, Winter was certified to have been elected Princess of Elwynn.