Hunter Chairman Election

The Hunter Chairman Election is where a new chairman for the Hunter Association is elected, held for reasons including the passing of the most recent chairman, or the current chairman's choice to step down.

13^th Hunter Chairman Elections

Background

Shortly after Hunter Association Chairman Isaac Netero dies, a video recorded before his death is publicized, making known his wishes to resign as chairman with instructions for the next chairman to be decided by election. Netero specifies that all Hunters must vote, and a vote which does not reach a 95% quorum is to have its results thrown out and a revote held in its place, with other details like the date and method determined by the Zodiacs. Netero estimates the difficulty level of the election to be "D"; the metrics used for his estimation are not revealed.

Determining the rules

All Zodiacs present for the election meeting

Though he arrives last and is late to arrive, the Zodiacs grudgingly agree through a majority vote among themselves to have the current Vice-Chairman Pariston moderate their meeting to determine the rules for the election to elect the 13^th Hunter Association Chairman. Ging and Pariston both nominate themselves to be the next chairman, which none of the other Zodiacs want, so Cheadle proposes that they individually write down the voting method they consider best, that also maintains the requirements set out in Netero's video, and have Beans randomly select one of the slips.

Beans drawing a lot

Beans draws Ging's slip, and begins reading the rules out to them:

1. All Hunters are both nominated and eligible to vote.
2. If the winner of the first vote does not get a majority, a revote will be held with the top 16 nominees of the vote, culling the pool by half with each revote.
3. If voter turnout is less than 95%, only that vote is repeated.
4. Voters must write their names down; anonymous votes will be invalid.
5. Ging Freecss is the chief executive of the election task force.

The Zodiacs balk at the final point, but only Pariston speaks up to contest it. To the surprise of the Zodiacs, Ging agrees to drop the final rule without any resistance. Beans watches the situation in fear and awe. A flashback reveals that Ging met Beans two days prior to get his help in engineering a situation where his rules would be picked; Beans asks about the fifth rule, and Ging reveals that he plans to remove it when the Zodiacs make a fuss, making them more easily accept the first four.

The Elections

After the rules are determined, Cluck uses her birds to deliver ballots to all Hunters.

The 13^th Chairman General Election begins with 661 Hunters eligible to vote, and 661 nominees. Instructions are given for Hunters to bring their ballots with them and drop it into the ballot box while at least three election task force members are present, with names signed and printed on their ballots. The voting location is the first floor lobby of the Hunter Association headquarters, with offsite voting allowed as long as three election task force members are present. Voting begins at noon on August 8^th, and off-site voting will take place simultaneously regardless of time zone.

For various reasons, the 13^th Hunter Chairman election took nine rounds to elect a new chairman. Of the eight rounds that failed, the first, second, third, and sixth rounds failed to meet the 95% voter turnout requirement, leading to the second, third, fourth, and seventh rounds being a revote with the same number of nominees as its predecessor. The fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth rounds failed to have any nominee obtain >50% of the votes, and so the pool of nominees was eventually cut down to two candidates.

13th Hunter Chairman Elections Round Summary Table
Round	Candidates	Voters^	Valid votes	Null votes	Absentees	Voting rate	Highest vote count	Outcome	Notes
First	661	661	580	48	33	87.7%	249 (37.6%)	Turnout Requirement unmet
Second	661	661	583	33	45	88.2%	251 (37.9%)	Turnout Requirement unmet	Beans tasked with checking ballot validity at submission for future rounds to eliminate invalid votes.
Third	661	661	593	N/A	68	89.7%	258 (39.0%)	Turnout Requirement unmet	Action taken against absentees due to Pariston's proposal that voters who could not cast invalid votes chose to abstain instead
Fourth	661	661	642	N/A	19	97.1%	258 (39.0%)	Majority Requirement unmet
Fifth	16	661	633	N/A	28*	98.5%*	274 (41.3%)	Majority Requirement unmet
Sixth	8	661	603	N/A	58	91.2%	272 (41.1%)	Turnout Requirement unmet
Seventh	8	635	604	N/A	31	95.1%	293 (46.1%)	Majority Requirement unmet	Members and supporters of the Pure Paladin Squad died in a conflict with Illumi Zoldyck and Hisoka Morow between Rounds 6 and 7, likely explaining the difference in Hunters (eligible voters)
Eighth	4	635*	606	N/A	29*	95.4%	282 (44.4%)	Majority Requirement unmet	Leorio Paradinight leads the vote in only this round; all other rounds are led by Pariston Hill.
Ninth	2	635*	615	N/A	20*	96.8%	458 (72.1%)	Pariston Hill is elected as 13th Chairman of the Hunter Association

Rules:

1. All Hunters are both nominated and eligible to vote.
2. (Majority Requirement) If the winner of the first vote does not get a majority, a revote will be held with the top 16 nominees of the vote, culling the pool by half with each revote.
3. (Netero's Rule) (Turnout Requirement) If voter turnout is less than 95%, only that vote is repeated.
4. Voters must write their names down; anonymous votes will be invalid.

Legend:

• ^All numbers in this column are the sum of listed votes
• *Calculated numbers (numbers are assumed given in the story otherwise)

Voting Numbers for the 13th Hunter Chairman Elections
Candidate	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9
Pariston Hill	249 (37.6%)	251 (37.9%)	258 (39.0%)	258 (39.0%)	274 (41.3%)	272 (41.1%)	293 (46.1%)	250	458 (72.1%)
Leorio Paradinight	?	?	?	55	55	58	95	282 (44.4%)	157
Mizaistom Nana	17	24	27	27	21	44	72	58	—
Cheadle Yorkshire	42	46	49	57	63	66	87	16	—
Teradein Neutral	9	10	17	21	77	73	43	—	—
Morel Mackernasey	12	13	18	20	20	53	14	—	—
Botobai Gigante	17	27	31	31	26	37	0	—	—
Ickshonpe Katocha	26	28	28	26	28	0	0	—	—
Biscuit Krueger	6	8	8	14	18	—	—	—	—
Saccho Kobayakawa	14	15	15	15	16	—	—	—	—
Linne Horsdoeuvre	6	8	8	13	11	—	—	—	—
Cutie Beauty	10	10	8	10	10	—	—	—	—
Ging Freecss	?	?	?	8	7	—	—	—	—
Sanbica Norton	10	10	14	13	3	—	—	—	—
Bushidora Ambitious	8	10	14	12	0	—	—	—	—
Loupe Highland	5	9	11	12	0	—	—	—	—
Tsezguerra	6	7	9	5	—	—	—	—	—
Gon Freecss	1	1	1	4	—	—	—	—	—
Knov	5	6	6	4	—	—	—	—	—
Kite	4	4	4	4	—	—	—	—	—
Kanzai	4	6	6	3	—	—	—	—	—
Hanzo	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—
Saiyu	2	2	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
Satotz	3	4	4	?	—	—	—	—	—
Menchi	3	3	3	?	—	—	—	—	—
Gel	4	3	?	?	—	—	—	—	—
Ginta	13	?	?	?	—	—	—	—	—
Cluck	11	?	?	?	—	—	—	—	—
Pyon	11	?	?	?	—	—	—	—	—
Hisoka Morow	2	?	?	?	—	—	—	—	—

Legend:

• ?: Candidate's name was not shown in this round
• —: Hunter is no longer a candidate in this round
• Vote share for the highest ranking candidate in each round is additionally listed in percentage.

Notes

The third round of voting has incorrectly transcribed results. The differences can be seen in the following table:

Voting Numbers for Round 3 of the 13th Hunter Chairman Elections
	Incorrectly transcribed results		Correct results
Candidate(s)	Rank	Votes	Rank	Votes
Pariston Hill	1	(39.0%) 258	1	(39.0%) 258
Cheadle Yorkshire	2	49	2	49
Botobai Gigante	3	31	3	31
Ickshonpe Katocha	4	28	4	28
Mizaistom Nana	5	27	5	27
Morel Mackernasey	6	18	6	18
Teradein Neutral	7	17	7	17
Saccho Kobayakawa	8	15	8	15
Sanbica Norton, Bushidora Ambitious	9	14	9	14
Loupe Highland	11	11	11	11
Cutie Beauty, Biscuit Krueger, Linne Horsdoeuvre	12	8	12	10
Tsezguerra	15	9	15	9
Knov, Kanzai	16	6	16	6
Kite, Satotz	18	4	18	4
Menchi, 6 others	20	3	20	3
Saiyu, 3 others	35	2	27	2
Gon Freecss, Hanzo, 21 others	47	1	31	1

Legend:

• Orange cell: Difference in results between English and Japanese versions.