Emperor Alexander VI has called for elections to take place on Monday 24th November.

A general election will take place to elect a new Prime Minister.

This will be alongside local elections for the Diasporic List and for a select few towns.

So far, only one Representative has announced their intention to stand for Prime Minister, namely HIH Crown Prince John, who has held the position a record three times previously while titled as Lord Gordon.

Monday 27th October will see the formal confirmation of candidacies for Prime Minister, but there so far seems to be little appetite among the Crown Prince’s fellow Representatives for a rival campaign to be launched. Should nobody else stand, it will be the first general election with a single candidate since the Empire’s very first on New Year’s Day 2009.

The Crown Prince has announced that he will nominate the incumbent Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Otto Green, as his own Deputy should be be elected.

In the Empire of Austenasia, general elections for Prime Minister run on a “presidential model”, with the winning candidate receiving a majority of votes rather than commanding a majority in Parliament.

If Crown Prince John runs unopposed, an option to Abstain will be on the ballot, and should this receive the majority of votes then a fresh election will be called.

Candidacies for the local elections will be formally confirmed on November 10th. Electing a Representative for the first time will be Etchemin-on-Kennebec, and re-electing a Representative (approaching the maximum of five years since their last election) are the towns of Procyon and of Blue Ridge.

The final local election is taking place for the Diasporic List, the group of Representatives elected annually to collectively represent the Empire’s non-residential subjects as a whole.

Nine seats are available for election to the List. Last year saw fewer candidates – six – than seats, with all being elected, but this year has already seen eleven announce their intention to stand.

The election for the Diasporic List will be decided by single transferrable vote, whereas the general election and the other local elections are first-past-the-post.

Early “postal votes” may be submitted up to a week in advance, from November 17th onwards, although the official election day is Monday 24th November. Results will be announced the following day, upon which the winners of the votes will take office.

Next month’s general election is taking place early, and as such was authorised by Parliament.