Justicialist Party leadership election, 4322

The Justicialist Party in Egelion held a leadership election in March 4322, to select its first leader. The elections was the first of its kind in the party, which had been founded less than a year earlier. Aecio de Vargas, who had led the PJ on an interim basis since its foundation, was challenged by the left-leaning María Calleja Flores and nationalist Óscar García. Ultimately, De Vargas emerged victorious, securing 118 of 195 electoral votes and being sworn in on 16 March 4322.

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


 * Have continously been a member of the Justicialist Party for at least 6 months leading up to the election,
 * Have been nominated by at least 1% of the total party membership,
 * Have received the endorsement of at least one of the 15 members of the party's Central Committee,
 * Have paid a deposit of 50,000 Egelian pounds to the party's electoral board.

Voting system
The leader of the MHP was elected through an electoral college, which consisted of all its MPs and senators (caucus delegates), all its local representatives and mayors (local delegates), and representatives of its members (membership delegates). The party statutes established that the number of membership delegates would equal the number of caucus and local delegates, plus one. The membership delegates were elected using proportional representation, and were to be the only directly elected delegates.

In order to win the party leadership outright, a candidate needed to obtain more than 50% of the total delegates. In the event that no candidate reached this number, a second round would be held between the two candidates with the most votes in the first round; delegates associated with minor candidates would then have to vote for one of the two finalists. The winner of the second round would be declared elected, and take office on the day after the vote in the electoral college.

At the time of the 4322 leadership election, the party did not hold any national MPs, but had secured 96 local councillors and one city mayor. Therefore, the number of caucus and local delegates totalled 97. In accordance with the party rules, 98 delegates would therefore be elected by the party membership, for a grand total of 195 delegates in the electoral college.

Candidates obtaining at least 26 delegates (3% of the total) had their 50,000 pound deposit refunded to them, while candidates obtaining less than this number lost their deposit.