Alverian Presidential Election, August 2021

The August 2021 Alverian presidential election was the 12th presidential election, held on August 6th 2021. The Ba'ath Party nominee, Senator GrassyPizza9, defeated the incumbent President and National Alliance nominee BlockGuy44 after an intense election campaign. This is the first time in Alverian history that an incumbent President was defeated for re-election, and the closest election for President since the February 2021 Election. 
==Candidates==
===National Alliance===
August 2021 National Alliance Ticket
BlockGuy44 	Thestarmacker
for President	for Vice President
 	
President of Alveria
(7/9/21 - present)	Senator
(4/30/21 - present)
===Ba'ath Party===
August 2021 Ba'ath Party Ticket
GrassyPizza9 	SwissMercenary3
for President	for Vice President
 	
Senator
(4/16/21 - 5/15/21; 6/12/21 - present)	Senate Minority Leader
(4/16/21 - 5/15/21; 7/9/21 - present)
== Results by District ==
Candidate 	District 1	District 2	District 3	District 4	District 5	Total
GrassyPizza9	5 	2 	2 	0 	2 	11
BlockGuy44 	0 	1 	0 	5 	3 	9
Originally expected to win by a comfortable margin, Block & the National Alliance's chances dwindled after the formation of the Phalanx by former National Alliance & Bidome members, who took an aggressive campaigning strategy and later supported Grassy's candidacy, leading the race to be considered a tossup. 
On Election Night, Grassy opened with a strong lead, in part due to increased population & turnout in District 1. Coupled with upset wins in Districts 2 and 3, Grassy's lead quickly became insurmountable for Block to catch. Block did almost catch Grassy's lead with a stronger than expected showing in his home base of District 4 and pulling off an upset win in District 5, but this was ultimately not enough to overtake Grassy's lead. 
Analysts largely attribute Grassy's win due to a slight undervote from NA members and a strong turnout for Grassy in District 1, which gave him enough momentum to win the race by a slim margin.