Teiko National Elections, 2015

The Teiko national elections of 2015 was the fifth sextennial national elections in the Federal Kingdom of Teiko since 1986. It was held Thursday, November 26, 2015. Voting took place in all representatives constituencies of Teiko including proportional blocks, in order to elect the next Premier and Deputy Premier of Teiko and all the district and sectoral representatives of the Teiko Royal Council through a plurality voting system via single constituency voting and proportional block system.

The results of the prefectural canvassing showed that Incumbent Premier Seijuro Akashi of the Teiko National Party won by a plurality against Beika 6th District Representative Shun Izuki. Meanwhile, in the election of the deputy premier, Minister for Social Welfare and Development Rei Ryugazaki of the coalition, United Opposition has defeated Minister for Justice Raito Yagami of the Teiko National Party in the narrowest margin in the history of teiko national elections. Akashi and Ryugazaki were proclaimed winners by the Commission on Elections on December 4, 2015 and is expected to take their oath of office on January 30, 2016.

As incumbent premier, Akashi secured the TNP nomination without serious opposition. Although, this came out as a late announcement since he had earlier announce that he would be retiring from politics. The Democratic Party of Teiko and Liberal Party of Teiko on the other hand joined together under one alliance, United Opposition. Shun Izuki later was chosen by a caucus. The campaign was marked by a sharp rise in fundraising and election related expenses. The campaigns focused heavily on domestic and economic issues: debate centered heavily on Teiko's neutrality on military issues, economic stimulus package for job creation and budget deficit cuts. Other issues included social security and networking policies and the controversial anti-bigamy act.

Akashi defeated Izuki in a one of the closest gap in any national elections in the country. Akashi manage to maintain his influence on 5 prefectures, same with his performance last 2009. He became the first premier to be re-elected to a second term after completing his first term. Premier Izaya Orihara did not start his term as an elected premier in 2000.

The national elections also included the legislative and local elections. Results showed that the Teiko National Party has won a landslide victory of 132 seats against the Democratic Party of Teiko and Liberal Party of Teiko with 40 and 15 respectively. This is the first time in Teiko's history that the two highest officials in the country are coming from different parties.

Timeline
On August 18, 2014, the Commission on Elections released the calendar of activities for the November 26, 2015 national and prefectural and district elections:

Background
Article Five of the Teiko Constitution stipulates that for a person to be elected and serve as Premier of the Federal Kingdom of Teiko, the individual must be a natural-born citizen of Teiko, at least 25 years old, and a resident of Teiko for a period of no less than five years prior to elections. Candidates must also be an incumbent district representative at the time of his submission of candidacy until his resignation as the Commission on Elections requires all running candidates to resign en masse from their government positions. Candidates typically seek endorsement and support from various political parties in Teiko. The party's delegates then officially nominate a candidate to run on the party's behalf. Otherwise, they may run as independent.

In 25 February, 2015 the second and the third largest political parties in Teiko, Democratic Party of Teiko and Liberal Party of Teiko had agreed to form a coalition. Named United Opposition, the coalition marks the first alliance between two political parties in the country's history since the 1984 Teiko Constitutional Crises.

Teiko National Party
Seijuro Akashi accepted the Teiko National Party's nomination in March 15, 2015 causing a nationwide stir as he earlier announced that he will not be running for re-election.

Independent candidates
Declared candidates
 * Seijuro Akashi (Teiko National Party), Incumbent Premier of Teiko (2010-present)
 * Shun Izuki (United Opposition), Kaijo 8th District Representative (2001-present)
 * Momiji Sohma (Social Democratic Party of Teiko)
 * Haru Yoshida (Teiko Green Party)
 * Nobuyuki Sugou (Independent)

Deputy Premiership

 * Raito Yagami (Teiko National Party), Incumbent Minister for Justice (2010-present)
 * Ryugazaki Rei (United Opposition), Incumbent Minister for Social Welfare and Development (2010-present)
 * Koichi Shido (Independent)
 * Kenji Yamaguchi (Social Democratic Party of Teiko)
 * Kyoko Misawa (Teiko Green Party)

Withdrawn and declined candidates
The following is a list of person who have officially declined or withdrawn candidacy either for the premiership or deputy premiership.


 * Kururugi Suzaku (Teiko National Party), Incumbent Deputy Premier (2014-present)
 * Yuu Yanase (Teiko National Party), Incumbent Minister for Transportation (2014-present)
 * Fukui Kensuke (Teiko National Party), Incumbent Sangdaedeung of the Teiko Royal Council (2013-present)
 * Tatsuya Himuro (Democratic Party of Teiko), Beika 11th District Representative (1980-present)
 * Haizaki Shougo (Liberal Party of Teiko), Takezaki 5th District Representative (1986-present)
 * Ryouta Kise (Teiko National Party), Incumbent Minister for Internal and External Communications (2014-present)
 * Shouchi Imayoshi, Incumbent Minister for Budget and Finance (2010-present)
 * Shige Ogiwara, Rakuzan 3rd District Representative (2004-present)

Teiko legislative elections
The Teiko legislative elections will also held on November 26, 2015 to determine all the members of the Teiko Royal Council. 100 district representatives are to be elected coming form single constituency, another 100 district representatives are to be elected from proportional block system and 50 sectoral representatives.

Three-choice surveys (premier and deputy premier)
The following is a pre-election opinion polling conducted by the Teiko Pulse, one of the largest surveying and statistics analysis in Teiko. Teiko Pulse has been conduction pre-election opinion polling since 1918. The following poll results are for surveys that allowed respondents to choose up to three people. The top three people with the best result are boldfaced; those within the margin of error of the third-best person are italicized.

Single-choice party polling for the 200 district seats
Note: 20% is dedicated to part-lists, thus percentages does not equal to 100.