MHP leadership election, 4258

The newly-formed Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in Jakania held a leadership election in 4258 to select its first leader. The party was the legal successor of the Republican People's Party (CHP), and the former CHP leader İsmet Bölükbaşı was the only contender for the position.

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


 * Having been a member of the MHP for at least one year*
 * 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.