Teiko National Elections, 2009

The Teiko National Elections of 2009 was the fourth sextennial national elections in the Federal Kingdom of Teiko since 1986. It was held Thursday, November 26, 2009. 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 incumbent premier, Izaya Orihara is constitutionally barred from running for a third term after serving for more than ten years due to premiership term limits set by the 1984 Constitution of Teiko. Yuu Yanase became the favorite candidate to represent the national party in the early opinion pollings. He later widthrew his candidacy in support of Akashi Seijuro who manage to grip an unexpected decisive vistory in the campaign prelimaries winning support from Rakuzan and Fukuyama to seal his nomination. The democratic party nomination was easily taken by its long time president Tatsuya Himuro. The liberal party was represented by Hotaru Imau, tne first woman to run for premiership in history.

Results show a landslide win for the Teiko National Party. The national party became the first party in the country's history to be the only one to win seats during a national elections. Regaining its majority in the house, national party won 19 seats against the Democratic Party of Teiko and the Liberal Party of Teiko and other smaller parties. Akashi Seijuro carrying nine prefectures also won a landslide victory against Himuro and Imai becomming the youngest premier in the country and the youngest democratically elected leader in a modern state at 27. He also became the first homosexual head of government of Teiko.