IIchansk presidential election

The “IIchansk presidential election” (Выборы президента Ычанска) was an IIchan parody election that was initially held during the 2008 Russian presidential election on March 2, 2008. There have been attempts to hold new elections, but they aren't as notable as the first.¹⁾

2008 election

Results

A total of 98 valid votes were counted for the 2008 IIchansk presidential election. For some reason, despite the fact that Russia's federal elections can be two rounds if an absolute majority isn't found, we appear to have a controversial case of first-past-the-post voting where Suiseiseki became the President of IIchansk. There were talks about holding a stricter, second round, but the ideas wasn't well-received.

No.	Candidate	Source Material	Votes	%
1	Суисейсеки Suiseiseki	Rozen Maiden	29	29.6%
2	Монстрорена Monstrorena	Higurashi When They Cry	18.5	18.9%
3	Харухи Судзумия Haruhi Suzumiya	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya	15	15.3%
4	Гендо²⁾ Genda		12	12.2%
5	Ракка Rakka	Haibane Renmei	9.5	9.27%
6	Аюму Касуга / Осака Ayumu Kasuga / Osaka	Azumanga Daioh	9	9.2%
7	Камина Kamina	Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann	3	3.1%
8	Суйка Ибуки Suika Ibuki	Touhou Project	2	2.0%

Reactions

The “Sage Revolution” (Шалфейная революция)³⁾ was a direct response to the election that began on August 20, 2008, calling for the overthrow of President Suiseiseki after the 265000 GET was taken. It was chronicled by a Lenta-chan parody page.⁴⁾ However, the commotion subsided by midnight and the revolution failed with Suiseiseki supporters continuing to bump the thread.

Ever since, there have been many attempts to start a new election in IIchansk, but people insist that these attempts are inferior to the original election in 2008 and the conversation usually ends there.⁵⁾ The most notable attempt is the 2014 elections that were held after Suiseiseki was overthrown⁶⁾⁷⁾ and Remilia Scarlet became the interim ruler until the next elections were held on September 21, 2014.⁸⁾⁹⁾

Notes

Suiseiseki's catchphrase, “desu” (です), is just “desu” (десу) in Russian.
I can't decipher how the 2014 election was calculated, but in the end, “UVAO-chan” (ЮВАО-тян)¹⁰⁾ had narrowly beat “Fujiwara no Mokou” (Фудзивара-но Моко) in another FPTP election.

External links

IIchansk presidential election on Noobtype

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It seems like people argue that the newer elections aren't “valid” as the original because they don't flood the board, not understanding that IIchan is more civil compared to IIchan when Dvach still existed.

²⁾

“Genda” (Гендо), not to be confused with “Gendo Ikari” (Гэндо Икари) from Neon Genesis Evangelion, was a famous IIchan user that was active between 2007 and 2009.

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It should be noted that “sage” is translated literally as “shalfey” (шалфей, lit. “salvia”), which is the plant.

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"Хроника беспорядков в Ычанске" (August 20, 2008). Lenta-chan.

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"Генерал Сырно, сдавайтесь!" (September 6, 2014). IIchan /b/.

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"Генерал Сырно не сдается!" (September 16. 2014). IIchan /b/.

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"Властью временного правителя Ычанска, я объявляю о новых выборах Президента Ычанска." (September 20, 2014). IIchan /b/.

⁹⁾

"Напоминаем, что в данный момент, вплоть до понедельника, происходят выборы второго президента Ычана." (September 11, 2014). IIchan /b/.

¹⁰⁾

“UVAO-chan” (ЮВАО-тян), also rendered as “YUVAO-chan” or “YuVAO-chan”, is a fictional catgirl based on an anonymous author's late 2007 story about meeting a “neko” at a McDonald's near Pushkinskaya within Moscow. She is named after the Yugo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug, where the author had lived, so machine translations will render her name as “SEAD-chan” instead.

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