Social Democratic Party Leadership Election 3017

The 3017 Social Democratic Party leadership election was triggered on December 8, 3016. Social Democratic Party General Secretary Franklin Rothschild announced the dissolution of the leadership following disappointing election results.

Social Democratic Party officials announced that the National Executive Committee had decided the timetable for the election and that the results would be announced at the annual party conference on April 5, 3017. At the party conference Franklin Rothschild was reelected General Secretary.

Procedure
The rules of the Social Democratic Party state that "each nomination [for leader] must be supported by 12.5 per cent of the Commons members" of the Parliamentary SDP Party. As the number of SDP MPs is 54, 7 MPs need to support any nomination. Nominations opened on January 8 and were to closed on January 23. The ballot took place between February 3 and March 22, with the results announced on the first day of the party's conference in Rootianville on April 5. There were three distinct electorates, the electors of which cast their votes on a "one member, one vote" basis in each applicable category: Each of the three electorates or sections contributed one third (33.33 per cent) of the total votes and were counted using the Alternative Vote system. The election was run by the National Executive Committee and the results were announced at the annual conference in April 3017.
 * 1) Social Democratic Party members of Parliament
 * 2) Individual members of the party
 * 3) Individual members of affiliated organisations, such as trade unions and societies.

Nominations
Candidates must receive nominations from at least 12.5 per cent of the 54 Parliamentary Social Democratic Party members (7) to appear on the ballot.