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The <b style="color:#6c41bb">Anarchist</b> <b style="color:#000000">Party</b>, taking note of its rising popularity, ran '''girard''' as their candidate. The electorate proved highly receptive as the proposition was announced. Although still formally the party leader, '''@no-one''', feeling sick in the past weeks, decided to allow '''girard''' to take center stage, and run as the party's main candidate.
The <b style="color:#6c41bb">Anarchist</b> <b style="color:#000000">Party</b>, taking note of its rising popularity, ran '''girard''' as their candidate. The electorate proved highly receptive as the proposition was announced. Although still formally the party leader, '''@no-one''', feeling sick in the past weeks, decided to allow '''girard''' to take center stage, and run as the party's main candidate.


The debate produced a strong showing from many candidates, especially independents, however, the election remained a likely match between the <b style="color:#b20040">NSP</b> and <b style="color:#fb04cc">NovaSP</b>. The '''#🎫-voting-booth''' opened soon after. Due to an uncharacteristically large surge of voters, almost all ballots were filled within four hours, and elections were called early. The mod team had been tracking the results for the past few hours, and yet the results remained equally as shocking. '''Xertun''', tied in first place with '''girard''' of the <b style="color:#6c41bb">Anarchist</b> <b style="color:#000000">Party</b>. Due to the rules surrounding <b style="color:#6c41bb">Anarch</b><b style="color:#000000">ist</b> candidates, first proposed during the '''Walter-LarKcuavian administration''', an <b style="color:#6c41bb">Anarch</b><b style="color:#000000">ist</b> victory fills '''#🏛-the-senate''' with empty seats.
The debate produced a strong showing from many candidates, especially independents, however, the election remained a likely match between the <b style="color:#b20040">NSP</b> and <b style="color:#fb04cc">NovaSP</b>. '''Dainis''' was interrupted several times by '''Ballistyx''', who ran onto the stage to call him a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism fascist] before leaving. The debate's live flash-polling showed great support for the interrupter, who received a high number of gem-reacts after each post. The '''#🎫-voting-booth''' opened soon after. Due to an uncharacteristically large surge of voters, almost all ballots were filled within four hours, and elections were called early. The mod team had been tracking the results for the past few hours, and yet the results remained equally as shocking. '''Xertun''', tied in first place with '''girard''' of the <b style="color:#6c41bb">Anarchist</b> <b style="color:#000000">Party</b>. Due to the rules surrounding <b style="color:#6c41bb">Anarch</b><b style="color:#000000">ist</b> candidates, first proposed during the '''Walter-LarKcuavian administration''', an <b style="color:#6c41bb">Anarch</b><b style="color:#000000">ist</b> victory fills '''#🏛-the-senate''' with empty seats.


The results firmly showed a new composition of '''#🏛-the-senate''', where '''Xertun''' and '''girard''' would be the only members. The members of the <b style="color:#fb04cc">NovaSP</b> opposition took to the streets to protest the results of the election. A movement in support of the '''President''' resigning has even gained support of the '''President''' himself.<ref group="note">After '''Chauka''' promised to draw him two Peters.</ref> As the mods were tracking the count, several instances of huge swings in support of certain candidates were noticed. Although '''girard''' held a lead during the early hours of the election, a massive chunk of his support was soon lost, before suddenly coming back in the final minutes before closing. The <b style="color:#b20040">NSP</b> candidate, '''Dainis''', would go on to taunt the '''mod team''', claiming that certain members of it are easily corrupted, however, the claims have been deemed dubious. An <b style="color:#b20040">NSP</b>-led campaign to install '''girard''' into power is nonetheless being investigated.  
The results firmly showed a new composition of '''#🏛-the-senate''', where '''Xertun''' and '''girard''' would be the only members. The members of the <b style="color:#fb04cc">NovaSP</b> opposition took to the streets to protest the results of the election. A movement in support of the '''President''' resigning has even gained support of the '''President''' himself.<ref group="note">After '''Chauka''' promised to draw him two Peters.</ref> As the mods were tracking the count, several instances of huge swings in support of certain candidates were noticed. Although '''girard''' held a lead during the early hours of the election, a massive chunk of his support was soon lost, before suddenly coming back in the final minutes before closing. The <b style="color:#b20040">NSP</b> candidate, '''Dainis''', would go on to taunt the '''mod team''', claiming that certain members of it are easily corrupted, however, the claims have been deemed dubious. An <b style="color:#b20040">NSP</b>-led campaign to install '''girard''' into power is nonetheless being investigated.