Thank you, everyone, for the effort you have all put in to make this simulation great. In a moment’s time, we will know who our New Republic’s first elected Chancellor is!

All in all, the election season went well. Our first general election is now in the books, and soon we can reopen the Senate with the New Republic’s first democratically elected government in 26 years.

Even with the unique circumstances, we had reasonably high levels of activity and a strong, head-to-head matchup on Bespin that led to a nail-biting finish. The Galactic Workers’ Party road their legislative momentum and promise to create a “Galaxy for the people” through the week-long campaigning period, publishing their manifesto on time, and showing up to the leaders’ debate. With their two most senior members going unchallenged, their party was able to allocate much needed resources to help down ballot races across the Galaxy, and run up the margins in places like Corellia.

On top of this, we saw great showings from the Alliance of Free Worlds, specifically the late-game “acrobatics” necessary time stave off defeat in a tighter-than-expected race against the Corporate Policy League. Lezik Keldor’s leadership garnered his party two seats, setting then up to play the role of “kingmaker” in the subsequent aftermath of an election with no clear winner.

In addition to the strong performances of the GWP and AFW, the Corporate Policy League held strong on Coruscant and Kuat, as well as picking up a list seat and giving the AFW’s leader a late run for his money. They finished the night not where they would’ve liked, but they are still in a relatively commanding position to challenge the GWP plurality and form a fierce official opposition.

Lastly, this brings us to our smaller parties and independent groupings. Despite being a registered independent grouping, the Greens did not stand in this election due to a lack of party participation. Next we go to the New Order Party, who had a poor showing to say the least. Both races they stood in were considerable blowouts, with a combination of dormant campaigns and little-to-no party mods. Despite this, they will be returning to the Senate with one unelected seat. As for the Defenders, there isn’t much to say. They will be entering the Senate with the same number of seats (2), with their interim leader running unopposed and another member holding an unelected seat. Lastly, to round out the senate, we have two independent Senators playing key roles in forming the next government/opposition.

In conclusion, I’d like to take this time to issue a correction—The livestream said there were three independent seats won. In actuality, there are only two. Also, in the D’Hondt list calculation, the Alliance of Free Worlds has been required to forfeit their list seat to the GWP because they could not fill it.

Full Results (excluding unelected seats) are here.