December 2021 Directorial Elections

Directorial elections took place on December 11th 2021 to elect the sixth National Directorate for the entire Realm.

Candidates
The following candidates are running or re-running for the seats in the National Directorate.

On November 1st, with Director for Public Works on the Pomor's Strait Hellmut announcing his candidacy for Marquis of Essrina, Prefect of Reike Eisoux, Husky of the Homonationalist Party of Easway was selected to run as his vice; meaning if Hellmut wins the seat of Marquis, Husky shall go on to contest the following Directorial elections for the same seat.

With vacant seats in Director for Healthcare & Education on the Pomor's Strait, Director for Healthcare & Education on Bear Island, and Director for Housing & Community on Bear Island, these seats were filled with in order of previously listed; Sustinance, Ghost, and Sage, as acting Directors. If they win the election in December, they will become official full time Directors and will be listed in the order of succession.

On November 2nd, incumbent Director for Business & Labour on Bear Island, Etchasketch of the Mutualist Ouroboros Party announced he would be recontesting his seat.

On November 2nd, the fresh face to politics Hendi of the Federalistic Easwegian Voters’ Association was selected to contest the seat of Director for Agriculture & Environment on Bear Island, a seat which is held by the incumbent Gaia Grìbhinneach.

On November 3rd, incumbent Director for Agriculture & Environment on the Pomor's Strait, Teireet of the Federalistic Easwegian Voters’ Association, who is also running for the seat of Marquis of Urdport announced if he did not win that seat, he would recontest his own. As of November 17th - The day before the deadline for announcing candidacies, incumbent Marquis of Urdport, Neicu has announced he will not be seeking re-election, and no one else is contesting the seat, so it is unlikely Teireet will stay on as Director.

On November 3rd, incumbent Director for Business & Labour on the Pomor's Strait and deputy leader of the Homonationalist Party of Easway announced he would be recontesting his seat, although he is also contesting for Marquis of the Pomor's Strait.

On November 9th, Director for Public Works on Bear Island, Don of the Mutualist Ouroboros Party, who is also standing for Marquis of Essrina announced he would be recontesting the seat if he did not win his Marquis bid.

On November 14th, independent ex-Director for Housing & Community on Bear Island, Swapardeshi announced she will be contesting the same seat, if she does not succeed in her bid to win the seat of Marquis of Essrina.

On November 17th, incumbent Director for Agriculture & Environment on Bear Island, Gaia Grìbhinneach, leader of the Republican People's Party of Easway and former Solidarity leader announced they would be recontesting their seat.

With the extended deadline, Syrian Ball standing for the Mutualist Ouroboros Party announced his candidacy on November 18th.

The same day, Addy of the Homonationalist Party of Easway announced their candidacy.

Results
All those who stood but didn't have their seats contested, including Etchasketch, Ghost, Don, Archiennè, Sustinance, and Husky automatically gained their seats.

For Director for Agriculture & Environment on Bear Island, Gaia Grìbhinneach won with 12 votes (57.14%) to Hendi's 9 votes (42.86%).

For Director for Housing & Community on Bear Island, the result was a tie of 10 votes each between Sage and Swapardeshi. As per the constitutional guidelines, a vote is to take place for the entire Legislature to vote on a candidate to become Director. Any possible tie is broken by the Emperor.

For Director for Agriculture & Environment on the Pomor's Strait, Syrian Ball won with 11 votes (55%) to Addy's 9 votes (45%).