2022 Maronan regional election in Tahare

The **2022 Maronan regional election in Tahare** was held on 11 June 2022, to elect the 48 members of the General Council in the overseas region of Tahare. The election coincided with the Taharian municipal elections, in addition to regional, departmental, and municipal elections nationwide.

## Date

According to the Constitution of Marone, regional elections are to be held the second Saturday of June, every six years in each of the regions of Marone. Regional elections are also to be held concurrently with departmental and municipal elections.

In case of a regional, departmental, or municipal government collapsing, a snap election may be called by the prefect which presides over the jurisdiction, at the request of the president of the regional, departmental, or municipal council. Snap elections do not impact the date of the next regularly scheduled election.

## Electoral system

Maronan regional elections in overseas Marone use a proportional representation system using at-large electoral lists. Prior to the election, political parties may form alliances with each other for the upcoming election. Within each alliance, each political party represented creates a list of candidates ranked from first to forty-eighth, although parties are not obligated to create a complete list, and may have less candidates than there are available seats. Regional elections utilize a closed-list system, so voters cannot alter party lists, and the candidates at the start of each list are highly likely to win seats in the election, regardless of whether their party wins the election. Independent candidates are also permitted to stand, and may be represented as their own independent party within an existing alliance, or entirely independent from any political alliances as well.

Each voter selects one alliance to cast their ballot for, and if the alliance consists of several individual parties, they will select one of the party lists within the alliance to cast their ballot for as well. Following the conclusion of voting, seats are allocated to each alliance according to the Sainte-Laguë method of proportional representation. If an alliance consists of multiple parties, the Sainte-Laguë method will be used to determine which parties win each of the alliance's seats. There is a 5% electoral threshold.

### Eligibility

All Maronan citizens aged 18 or older on the date of the election who registered their primary residence in Tahare were eligible to both stand in the election as a candidate, and vote in the election. As voting by mail is not permitted in Marone, individuals who were not going to be in their designated electoral district on the date of the election had the option to vote early, with early voting beginning on 28 May 2022.

## Contesting alliances

The following alliances were registered to contest the 2022 regional election, and were treated by the media as major candidates.

## Aftermath

Following the certification of election results, it emerged that the Pour La Tahare ! political alliance had won the election, securing 28 seats in the General Council. The newly elected regional councillors took their seats on 20 June 2022, and Morgane Charucan began her second term as president of Tahare. Her second government was appointed to office by Léanna Porin that same day.