November 2020 Hasanistani general election

November 2020 Hasani general election

6 November 2020
Opinion polls
Turnout	85.71%
Presidential election
Candidate Hasan Çakar Other candidates Party HBP Various Popular vote 7 5 Percentage 58.33% 41.67%
Naib before election Hasan Çakar People's Unity Party Elected President Hasan Çakar People's Unity Party
Legislative election
Up to 4 seats in the Consultative Mejlis 3 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± HBP Hasan Çakar 33.33% 1 -2 Feudalist Lüd İsveçoğlu 16.67% 1 New DPA Shady Morsi 16.67% 1 0 HKP Chase Mahoning 8.33% 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Hasan Çakar People's Unity Party Chase Mahoning Pirate Party

The November 2020 Hasani general election was held on 6 November 2020 to elect the President of Hasanistan and four seats in the Consultative Mejlis. The election was held in the aftermath of a political crisis between the Hasanistani monarchy and the Prime Minister Hasan Çakar regarding a merger with Montescano, which caused the breakdown of the monarchist political system and the re-establishment of a republic. Having performed well in opinion polls throughout the election campaign, Naib-i-Şehinşah Hasan Çakar defeated the other candidates with a clear majority in the presidential election. Four out of six of the contesting parties won a single seat each in the legislative election and established a grand coalition with Chase Mahoning as Prime Minister.

Electoral system

The then-Constitution and the 2020 System of Government Act established that the electoral system for individual elections would be determined within their legal declaration document. The 2020 General Election Act passed by Mejlis stipulated that the President would be elected through instant-runoff vote (IRV) and the multiple members of the Consultative Mejlis would be elected through single transferable vote (STV) in a single nationwide constituency. According to the law of Hasanistan, the President would serve for two years and Consultative Mejlis members would only serve for one year upon their respective election.

Hasanistani citizens over the age of 14 had the right to stand for election to government office. In addition to Hasanistani citizens over the age of 13, the Mejlis approved a controversial law granting voting rights to citizens of Brennonia, Cormac and Mahuset who had permanent residency status in Hasanistan.

Parties and candidates

Presidential candidates

Confirmed

• Tablekitten, Moralist Party
• Hasan Çakar, People's Unity Party
• Chase Mahoning, Pirate Party

Speculated

• Tanju Çakar, Progressive Party
• Asghar Reza, Democratic Party of Ardajan/Qozğalıs III

Declined to run

• Shady Morsi, Presidential candidate in 2014 2016 and 2017 Prime Minister of Hasanistan (endorsed H. Çakar)

Campaign

Çakar and People's Unity Party campaign

The People's Unity Party confirmed it would stand candidates in the election on 19 May. Incumbent Hasanistani leader Hasan Çakar was the party's presidential candidate and also standing as a candidate in the Consultative Mejlis election.

Çakar stated as part of a campaign promise on 11 July to legalise polygyny (men marrying 'multiple wives and unlimited amount of concubines [sic]') to "increase our birth rates and make our population happier". On 14 July, Çakar announced ten election pledges including defending Hasanistani sovereignty and neutrality, re-iterating support for legalising polygyny, establishing a national currency and universal basic income. He later rescinded some of these policies on 5 August that were deemed too radical, including support for polygyny and UBI, to focus on being a candidate for promoting "national unity instead of divisiveness".

On 18 August, he issued a bizarre statement calling on citizens to show support for the QAnon conspiracy theory by voting for him, saying he was a member of "Q's plan" and accused various people including Feudalist Party member Natsuki Hegro, George Soros, Barack Obama and Ashukov leader Edward Jacobs of being part of the "deep state"; although the seriousness of this statement was disputed.

Feudalist Party campaign

The Feudalist Party stood Natsuki Hegro, a member of the Mejlis and ambassador to the United States, as its sole candidate in the legislative election and did not contest the presidential election. In an interview with the Batyr Times published on 26 July, Hegro eloborated on his conception of feudal ideology which he described as "not technologically regressive", stated his wish to abolish democracy in favour of a monarchy (something which notably was at the time of the interview illegal) and expressed his ironic support for gay pride parades among other things.

On 24 August, following a dispute with the government of Hasanistan after opposing an attempt to force through a law restricting dual citizenship, Hegro renounced his citizenship and had his candidacy by default ejected. In reaction, the Hasani government declared him expelled using his support for monarchism in the previous Batyr Times interview as an excuse. However, he soon after returned, the persona non grata was lifted and his candidacy for legislative office was re-instated.

Mahoning and Pirate Party campaign

The presidential and sole Consultative Mejlis candidate for the Pirate Party is former Prime Minister Chase Mahoning. Mahoning eloborated on some of his policy proposals in an interview with the Batyr Times on 20 August 2020, advocating for "socialised" prostitution, banning money and Hasani neutrality.

On 24 August, following a dispute with the government of Hasanistan after opposing an attempt to force through a law restricting dual citizenship, Mahoning lost his citizenship and had his candidacy by default ejected. However, he soon after returned and his candidacy for both President and legislative office was re-instated.

Other parties and candidates

On 16 October, former President Tanju Çakar of the Progressive Party confirmed his candidacy for both the presidential and legislative elections.

Opinion polling

Presidential election

Poll source	Date	H. Çakar	Mahoning	Tablekitten	T. Çakar	Other	Undecided	Lead	Sample size
Batyr Times	25 July 2020	50%	–	0%	–	50%	0%	50	4
Batyr Times	5 August 2020	40%	20%	20%		20%	0%	20	5
Batyr Times	16 August 2020	100%	0%	0%		0%	0%	100	4
Batyr Times	5 September 2020	100%	0%	0%		0%	0%	100	2
Batyr Times	14 September 2020	60%	20%	20%		0%	0%	40	5
Batyr Times	24 September 2020	75%	0%	0%		25%	0%	50	4
Batyr Times	4 October 2020	80%	20%	0%		0%	0%	60	5
Batyr Times	16 October 2020	75%	25%	0%		0%	0%	50	4

Legislative election

Poll source	Date	HBP	HİP	ADP	HDP	HKP	MP	Other	Undecided	Lead	Sample size
Batyr Times	21 May 2020	14%	0%	29%	29%	14%	14%	0%	0%	0	7
Batyr Times	30 May 2020	17%	0%	17%	33%	17%	17%	0%	0%	16	6
Batyr Times	11 June 2020	25%	0%	0%	50%	25%	0%	0%	0%	25	4
Batyr Times	7 July 2020	17%	0%	0%	33%	50%	0%	0%	0%	17	6
Batyr Times	25 July 2020	25%	0%	0%	50%	25%	0%	0%	0%	25	4
Batyr Times	5 August 2020	0%	0%	0%	40%	40%	20%	0%	0%	0	5
Batyr Times	16 August 2020	25%	0%	0%	50%	0%	25%	0%	0%	25	4
Batyr Times	5 September 2020	50%	0%	0%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	2
Batyr Times	14 September 2020	0%	25%	0%	50%	0%	0%	25%	0%	25	4
Batyr Times	24 September 2020	25%	0%	25%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0%	25	4
Batyr Times	4 October 2020	0%	0%	0%	60%	20%	20%	0%	0%	40	5
Batyr Times	16 October 2020	25%	0%	0%	50%	25%	0%	0%	0%	25	4

Results

Presidential election

November 2020 Hasanistani presidential election

Party		Candidate	First round
			Votes	%	±
	HBP	Hasan Çakar	7	58.33	-41.67
	Moralist	Tablekitten	2	16.67	N/A
	HİP	Tanju Çakar	2	16.67	N/A
	HKP	Chase Mahoning	1	8.33	N/A
Turnout			12	85.71	+27.38
Source: Batyr Times

Legislative election

November 2020 Hasanistani legislative election

Party		Candidate	% FPv	Counts
				1	2	3	4	5
	HBP	Hasan Çakar (elected)	33.33	4	–
	HKP	Chase Mahoning (elected)	8.33	1	2.6	–
	Feudalist	Natsuki Hegro (elected)	16.67	2	2	2.14	3.14	–
	ADP	Shady Morsi (elected)	16.67	2	2	2	2	2.74
	Moralist	Tablekitten	16.67	2	2	2.06	2.06	2.06
	HİP	Tanju Çakar	8.33	1	1	1	Eliminated
Turnout			85.71	12
Source: Batyr Times

Notes

• ^ a. Percentage of first preference votes received.