NationStates Jolt Archive

The fourth election in the nation's history are starting tomorrow.

There have been five presidents and two military coup leaders in the country's history:

-Jon Lyrik (Libertarian), 7/31/04-9/24/04 (beat out by al-Koraz)
-Muhammad al-Koraz (Democratic-Arab), 9/24/04-10/1/04 (impeached for corruption, by law the second-closest winner of the election was instated in his place)
-Pyotr Petrovich (Republican), 10/1/04-10/28/04 (overthrown)
-al-Habaaz (Military Coup Leader), 10/28/04 (killed by Nag Ehgoeg assassin)
-al-Basqara (Military Coup Leader), 10/28/04 (stepped down)
-Pyotr Petrovich (Republican), 10/28/04-12/8/04 (reinstalled on 10/28, assassinated on 12/8)
-Jose Juarez (Republican), 12/8/04-still serving

There are eight (!) major candidates running:

-Jon Lyrik of the Libertarian Party (would be second term if wins tomorrow, was in office from July 31st 2004-September 24th)

-Incumbent President Jose Juarez of the Republican Party (more liberal than the American Republican Party, been President since December 8th)

-Omar Futwa of the Democratic-Arab Party

-Gyanendra Bikram of the Buddhist-Democratic Party

-John Smith of the WASP Party

-Carl Persson of the Democratic Party

-Wen Hwa of the Independent Party

-Gwelak Vergevsino of the Nationalist Antarctican Party

Last exit poll read like this:

Lyrik-15%
Juarez-14.9%
Persson-14.7%
Hwa-14.5%
Bikram-14.4%
Vergevsino-12.8%
Futwa-7.8%
Smith-4.9%
Other-1%

This is indeed an amazingly diverse and close election, no doubt about it. Six people have realistic shots at becoming President. We wish for international observers to come around the nation and examine the voting process.

Trivia of the country:

-The Antarctican People is made up of approximately 1.3 billion people in the mainland, and including protectorates Tropical Antarctica, Nomadistani People, Antarctican Frontier, Antarctican Island and the Land of Allah, has about 3.8 billion people.

-Founder of The Southern Ocean.

-Has been a UN Delegate twice, in The Southern Ocean and the Middle East. Both terms were short-lived, though.

BREAKING NEWS

The Republican Party of the Antarctican People mourns today as the entire adminstration of the Republican Party was murdered in cold blood.

Muhammad al-Hassan, the radical leader of the Muslim Theocracy Party, set off a stunning number of plastic explosives around the Republican Party Center Building in Metropolis, the capital of the country. A meeting was going on in the building on the upcoming election, and every Republican Senator and the entire cabinet of the Juarez administration was in the building. The guards of the building were payed a handsome bribe to let al-Hassan do the deed.

The entire building collapsed in four seconds, killing most people in the building. Those that did not die when the building collapsed all died either when al-Hassan opened fire on the burning people running out of the building screaming or from their burns.

Authorities tried to size al-Hassan, who was mad screaming "Jihad!" during the process of wiping out the important people of the party, but when he was about to open fire on the police, he was immeaditely gunned down.

The city has appointed the town sheriff, Vladimir Rostovsky, a Democrat, as a sort of temporary President, until the elections are over.

The latest exit poll without Juarez:

Lyrik-22.4%
Hwa-22%
Persson-14.7%
Bikram-14.4%
Vergevsino-12.8%
Futwa-7.8%
Smith-4.9%
Other-1%

Clearly the election is now between Hwa and Lyrik.

Election results:

Lyrik-25%
Hwa-24.9%
Persson-14.7%
Bikram-14.4%
Vergevsino-12.8%
Smith-4.9%
Futwa-2.3%
Other-1%

There will be runoff elections tomorrow, with the closeness of the election.