MHP leadership election, 4269

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in Jakania held a leadership election in September 4269 to select a successor to İsmet Bölükbaşı, who had stepped down in June 4269 after losing the MHP presidential nomination to Celal Azizoğlu. Shortly thereafter, Azizoğlu announced his candidacy for party leader, followed by candidacy announcements from Hüseyin Babacan and Fatma Tayyar.

Ultimately, Azizoğlu emerged victorious, taking 286 of the total 495 electoral votes and becoming party leader on 5 September 4269.

Nomination
In order to run for the MHP party leadership, one had to:


 * Have continuously been a member of the MHP for at least one year leading up to the election.

Additionally one had to meet at least one of the two following criteria:


 * Having received the nomination of at least one of the MHP Central Committee's 25 members,
 * Having been endorsed with the signatures of at least 3% of registered party members.

Voting system
The leader of the MHP is elected through an electoral college consisting of 495 delegates, with 99 representing each of Jakania's five governorates regardless of population. Party members with a seniority of at least 6 months may vote for leadership candidates, and the most-voted for candidate in a governorate automatically takes two-thirds of its delegates. The remainding delegates are distributed among the losing candidates in accordance with the D'Hondt method. In the event that a candidate obtains more than two-thirds of the vote in their own right, then the two-thirds majority bonus is disregarded, and all delegates are distributed proportionally.

In order to win the party leadership outright, a candidate must have obtained at least 248 of 495 delegates. In the event that no candidate has reached this number, a second round is held between the two candidates with the most votes in the first round; delegates associated with minor candidates must then vote for one of the two finalists. The winner of the second round is declared elected, and takes office on the day after the vote in the electoral college.