Edazoran presidential election, 2010

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Edazoran presidential election, 2010
Edazora.png Turnout
41.4%

2006  ←
23 December, 2010
→ 2014

Popular vote
Greatest number of votes needed to win
 
  GDU EUP JM
  Greaterdrakona.png Unitededazora.png Jadahala party.png
Nominee Yotisahijal Palasi Yahagar Izos Sijata Halase
Provinces carried 3 (22 subprovinces) 3 (23 subprovinces) 1 (6 subprovinces)
Popular Vote 1,652,320 2,420,262 502,140
Percentage 33.26% 48.72% 10.11%
 

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The four way race in 2010 saw all parties take at least one province. 3 went the way of the EUP, 3 went the way of the GDU, 1 went the way of the JM, and 1 went the way of the WoC. In the end, though, Yahagar Izos' 23 subprovinces carried him to a massive 15 point victory over the other three candidates.
 
President before election
Kanha Dalah
Greater Drakona Union
Elected President
Yahagar Izos
Edazoran Unified Party

The 2010 Edazoran presidential election was conducted on December 23rd, 2010 throughout the United Provinces of Edazora. The election was the fourth democratic election in the history of the UPE, and had the highest voter turnout (41.4% of the population) of any election in the UPE's history. The election is one of just two in which the position of president has been contested by more than two parties (the only other being the 2006 elections.) This was largely the result of incumbent president Kanha Dalah stepping down. Because of this massive split in the vote, Yahagar Izos and the Edazoran Unified Party ended up taking the election and the presidential position with 48.72% of the vote. This marked the first time that a non-GDU party controlled the Provinces.

Timeline

Nominations

Unusually for a presidential election in Edazora, three of the four parties saw contested nominations. Previously, there had been only one instance of a contested party nomination -- the Winds of Change party had a contest between Hasiera Lazina and Iryelin Sanira in 2006.

Edazoran Unified Party

The Edazoran Unified Party was the only party to avoid a contested nomination. With only one actual nominee to represent the party, Yahagar Izos ran uncontested and was officially sworn in as the party nomination on 10 September, 2010. The EUP nomination process consisted of provincial votes, and Izos ended up winning each one by 99% or greater.

Greater Drakona Union

The relatively painful 2009 split of the Greater Drakona Union into the GDU and the significantly more conservative Jadahalan Movement continued into the presidential elections, leading to a rather vitriolic nomination process. Beginning on 20 June, 2010, the first day it was possible for candidates to declare their intentions to run, Yotisahijal Palasi -- the successor of Kanha Dalah -- found himself in a three-way-race with Darin Sejsalye and Sehaja Ondak. A few days after it became apparent that the party nomination would be contested, the GDU adopted the EUP's provincial voting system.

Although Palasi was favored heavily as the presidential nominee from the beginning, it became quickly apparent that the nomination would not be easily won. Many of the conservatives that had not bailed to the Jadahalan Movement during the split adamantly refused to back Palasi as the nominee, clouding his chances. Polling by Edazoyasia on the 29th of June confirmed this belief: just 45% of GDU voters reported they would back a Palasi nomination. Kataboriyos-based conservatives in particular swung heavily against Palasi, with just 29% of GDU voters there reporting they would back him. Despite this apparent vote of no confidence, Palasi believed he would be able to sweep the nomination, and went forward with a relatively progressive viewpoint anyways.

Provincial voting days for the GDU.

The first set of GDU debates began on 1 July, 2010, with the first two coming in Kataboriyos. Despite resounding unpopularity, Palasi managed to "win" the crowd in both instances, likely helping him to an eventual victory in Kataboriyos. Relatively weak performances from Sejsalye and Ondak boosted his standing with voters in Kataboriyos, although not by much. A week and a half later, the three prospective candidates debated in Galyos, a Jadahalan stronghold. Palasi scored a victory in the first debate; Sejsalye, however, was widely regarded to have won the second. A final set of debates on 18 July in Tahaalthos fell squarely to Sejsalye, although Ondak also had a rather well regarded performance.

Nevertheless, Palasi scored two very important victories when Liysee and Aastha Provinces voted on 1 August, 2010. Sweeping both with relative ease, he took 57% and 51% of the vote respectively in the provinces, and garnered a massive overall total of 54.54% of the vote. This gave him a huge boost in the popular vote which would eventually prove insurmountable for Sejsalye, although this would not become apparent until just before Kataboriyos voted. It did quickly become apparent however that Ondak was effectively out of the running, and he acknowledged this by bowing out of the race on 5 August, 2010 and throwing his support behind Sejsalye.

The now two-horse race between Palasi and Sejsalye tightened significantly when Jadahala Province voted on 15 August, 2010. Sejsalye won an impressive 58% of the province's vote, narrowing the gap in votes to just over 35,000. While Palasi won many of the more liberal members of the party, the few conservative Jadahalans who had stuck with the GDU overwhelmingly rejected him, which gave Sejsalye his large victory in the province. Six days later, on 21 August, Palasi won both Zasathos and Tese provinces, but by margins of less than a percentage point. His combined margin of victory in the two provinces was just 1,370 votes: in effect, his lead did not change. The close race for both provinces came as a shock to the Palasi campaign -- both provinces were seen as liberal bastions which Palasi would win handily.


Results

Edazoran presidential election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Edazoran Unified Party Yahagar Izos 2,420,262 48.72%
Greater Drakona Union Yotisahijal Palasi 1,652,320 33.26%
Jadahalan Movement Sijata Halase 502,140 10.11%
Winds of Change Dialasi Isosijal 385,212 7.76%
Valid votes 4,959,934 99.99854%
Invalid or blank votes 7,270 0.00146%
Total votes 4,967,204 100.00%
Voter turnout 41.4%