Editing 2024 Prime Ministerial Election

''<small>Not to be confused with [[2024 Presidential Election]]</small>''

The '''2024 Prime Ministerial Election''' took place on January 1st, 2024, to determine the [[Prime Minister of Valoria|prime minister]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister|deputy]] for a two-and-a-half year term beginning on February 1st, 2024. The [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] ticket of [[Premier of Boston|Boston Premier]] [[Valerie Minerva]] and [[National Assembly delegation from Nova Scotia|Delegate from Nova Scotia]] [[Kate Oliver]] defeated the [[Progressive Party|Progressive]] ticket of [[National Assembly delegation from Boston|Delegate from Boston]] [[Alphonso Cavazos]] and [[Premier of Vermont|Vermont Premier]] [[Brianna Michaels]]. The Conservative party also took control of the [[National Assembly of Valoria|National Assembly]] with a 52 - 48 majority.

== Buildup ==
In late 2022, rumors were floating around Boston that [[President of Valoria|President]] [[Benjamin Radcliffe]] sought to bring the presidency and prime ministry into "closer alignement," by backing his own candidate for the upcoming election. By January 2023, a little under a year out from the general vote and well before the typical beginning of the election season, there was already rumor of Radcliffe's cousin and close confidant [[Valerie Minerva]] being tapped for the candidacy. The CCV's primary process was described as "unusually quiet," and little information was publicly known until March 7th, 2023, when Minerva was announced as the Conservative Party's candidate for prime minister, still well before the beginning of the typical election season. Some political pundits warned the CCV was preparing for a massive electoral campaign, in the hopes of bringing to an end the decade-long Progressive hold of the Executive Mansion.

With such a surprisingly early kickoff to the electoral campaign, incumbent PM [[Arthur Reinhardt]] seized the occasion to announce his own candidacy. With internal conflict between Reinhardt and other major PMV figures already well-known (there had even been rumors in late 2022 that [[Chairman of the PMV|PMV Chairman]] [[Frédéric Armand]] had asked Reinhardt to resign as prime minsister), Reinhardt perhaps hoped the CCV's quick and surprising first shot would force the PMV to rally around him. While he remained the only PMV candidate for a few months, the party and its leadership continued to assert that they would "let the primary process play out." PM Reinhardt criticized his own party as "wasting valuable time" and "putting the future of [Valoria] in jeopardy" while the CCV was rallied behind Minerva and already campaigning. Despite Reinhardt's best efforts, in August, the PMV selected 3rd Delegate from Boston [[Alphonso Cavazos]] for the candidacy.

== Results ==

=== Prime Minister ===
A total of 10,472,008 votes were cast for prime minister (out of a voting-age population of roughly 18.1 million, for a turnout of 57.7%). 98.1% of those votes went to one of the two major candidates. Minerva was declared prime minister-elect at 9:52pm on January 1st.
{| class="wikitable"
!Candidate
!Party
!Vote Count
!Percentage
|-
|[[Valerie Minerva]]
|[[Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|5,413,892
|51.7%
|-
|[[Alphonso Cavazos]]
|[[Progressive Party|Progressive]]
|4,859,148
|46.4%
|}

=== National Assembly ===

=== Premierships ===