Hunter Chairman Election

Hunter Chairman Election is an event that is held when the Hunter Association is in need of a new chairman, whether it was due to the previous chairman passing away or simply stepping down.

13th Hunter Chairman Elections

All Zodiacs present for the election meeting

Isaac Netero, the Hunter Chairman, has passed away after his confrontation with the Chimera Ant King Meruem. A new chairman is needed, so the Zodiacs are gathered to establish a new election for their new chairman. Ging Freecss, one of the Zodiac members is leading the establishment.

Netero leaves a video of his last will, stating that he's resigning as chairman, and the new chairman will be determined by election, that all members of the association should cast their votes. If voter participation does not exceed 95% the election is void, and another will be held. Netero gives the date, the method of the election is up to the Zodiacs to decide.

Beans drawing a lot

Cheadle suggests that the rules be decided by a draw, and everyone agrees. the Zodiacs then proceeds to write down their personal/professional rules, and have Beans pick the draw. It turns out to be Ging's rules. It is later revealed that two days prior to the Zodiacs meeting, Ging showed up and met Beans giving him a set of rules for the Chairman Election. He firmly believes that the Zodiacs would agree to a draw by his personality analysis of almost every member of the Zodiacs and predicts their most probable reaction during the upcoming meeting.

Rules

The rules of the election vary from one to another, and the people who make the rules change as well. Nonetheless, the election is established by the Zodiacs.

Ging's Rules

1. All Hunters are a candidate and a voter.
2. If the candidate with the most votes hasn't achieved the majority of the votes, the candidates will be cut down to 16 participants, if the latter rule will not work the candidates for the position will be cut in half until there's a winner.
3. If the voting rate is less than 95% the election should be re-processed.
4. All voters must write their names on to their vote, all nameless votes will be considered null and void.
5. Ging will be the chairman of the election committee. This rule is a bluff so the others will accept his first four rules.

The Elections

Due to the complexity of the rules set by Ging, a series of 9 elections have taken place in order to decide who is going to be the 13^th chairman:

• First
• Second
• Third
• Fourth
• Fifth
• Sixth
• Seventh
• Eighth
• Ninth

First Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman

The First Election for the 13^th Hunter Chairman took place in August. All Hunters are candidates and voters. Many Hunters from all over the world gathered for this event.

Location

The election took place in the Hunter Association Headquarters.

The Election

Voting Turnout

Rank	Candidates	Number of votes
1st	Pariston	249 (37.6%)
2nd	Cheadle	42
3rd	Ickshonpe	26
4th	Botobai & Mizaistom	17
6th	Saccho	14
7th	Ginta & Morel	13
9th	Pyon & Cluck	11
11th	Cutie & Sanbica	10
13th	Teradein	9
14th	Bushidora	8
15th	Ging	7
16th	Linne, Tsezguerra, & Biscuit	6
19th	Knov & Loupe	5
21st	Kite, Gel, Kanzai, & 2 others	4
26th	Satotz, Menchi, & 7 others	3
35th	Hisoka, Saiyu, & 9 others	2
46th	Gon, Hanzo, & 25 others	1

Participation

• Total number of Hunters: 661
• Total number of votes: 580
• Null votes: 48 (Blank forms, forms with only the voter's name, misspelled names, voting for Netero or invalid individuals
• Absent votes: 33: Gon, Shoot, Kurapika, Killua, Shalnark, and 28 others.

Conditions

• Candidates with a majority vote (50%+): None
• Voting rate: 87.7%

Results

Pariston came in first with 37.6% of the votes, but the conditions were not met. Therefore, a re-election was to be held.

Second Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman

The Second Election for the 13^th Hunter Chairman took place after the first election failed to meet the specified conditions.

Location

The election took place at the Hunter Association Headquarters.

The Election

Voting Turnout

Rank	Candidates	Number of votes
1st	Pariston	251 (37.9%)
2nd	Cheadle	46
3rd	Ickshonpe	28
4th	Botobai	27
5th	Mizaistom	24
6th	Saccho	15
7th	Morel	13
8th	Teradein, Cutie, Sanbica, & Bushidora	10
12th	Loupe	9
13th	Linne & Biscuit	8
15th	Tsezguerra	7
16th	Knov & Kanzai	6
18th	Satotz & Kite	4
20th	Menchi, Gel, & 13 others	3
35th	Saiyu & 11 others	2
47th	Gon, Hanzo, & 16 others	1

Participation

• Total number of Hunters: 661
• Total number of votes: 583
• Absent votes: 33
• Null votes: 45

Conditions

• Candidates with a majority vote (50%+): None
• Voting rate: 88.2%

Results

Pariston is still at the lead. However, the conditions were not met, so a re-election was to be held.

Third Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman

The Third Election for the 13^th Hunter Chairman took place after the second election failed to meet the specified conditions.

Location

The election took place in the Hunter Association Headquarters.

The Election

Voting Turnout

Rank	Candidates	Number of votes
1st	Pariston	258 (39.0%)
2nd	Cheadle	49
3rd	Botobai	31
4th	Ickshonpe	28
5th	Mizaistom	27
6th	Morel	18
7th	Teradein	17
8th	Saccho	15
9th	Sanbica & Bushidora	14
11th	Loupe	11
12th	Cutie, Biscuit, & Linne	10
15th	Tsezguerra	9
16th	Knov & Kanzai	6
18th	Kite & Satotz	4
20th	Menchi & 6 Others	3
27th	Saiyu & 3 Others	2
31st	Gon, Hanzo, & 21 Others	1

Participation

• Total Number of Hunters: 661
• Total Number of Votes: 593
• Absent Votes: 68

Conditions

• Candidates with a majority vote (50%+): None
• Voting Rate: 89.7%

Results

Pariston Hill is still in the lead again; however, the conditions are still unmet, and a re-election is to be held.

Fourth Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman

The Fourth Election for the 13^th Hunter Chairman took place after the third election failed to meet the specified conditions.

Location

The election took place in the Hunter Association Headquarters.

The Election

Voting Turnout

Rank	Candidates	Number of votes
1st	Pariston	258 (39%)
2nd	Cheadle	57
3rd	Leorio	55
4th	Botobai	31
5th	Maistom	27
6th	Ickshonpe	26
7th	Teradein	21
8th	Morel	20
9th	Saccho	15
10th	Biscuit	14
11th	Sanbica & Linne	13
13th	Loupe & Bushidora	12
15th	Cutie	10
16th	Ging	8
17th	Tsezguerra	5
18th	Knov, Kite, & Gon	4
21st	Kanzai & 3 others	3
25th	Hanzo & 5 others	2
31st	Saiyu & 8 others	1

Participation

• Total number of Hunters: 661
• Valid ballots: 642
• Absent votes: 19

Conditions

• Candidates with a majority vote (50%+): None
• Voting rate: 97.1%

Results

Pariston takes first place, conditions are met, and a new election will be held, but with only the top 16 candidates.

Fifth Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman

The Fifth Election for the 13^th Hunter Chairman took place after the fourth election failed to meet the specified conditions.

Location

The election took place in the Hunter Association Headquarters.

The Election

Voting Turnout

Rank	Candidates	Number of votes
1st	Pariston	274 (41.4%)
2nd	Teradein	77
3rd	Cheadle	63
4th	Leorio	55
5th	Ickshonpe	28
6th	Botobai	26
7th	Mizaistom	21
8th	Morel	20
9th	Biscuit	18
10th	Saccho	16
11th	Linne	15
12th	Cutie	10
13th	Ging	7
14th	Sanbica	3
15th	Bushidora & Loupe	0

Participation

• Total Number of Hunters: 661
• Total Number of Votes: 633
• Absent Votes: 28 Votes

Conditions

• Candidates with a majority vote (50%+): None
• Voting Rate: 95.8%

Results

Pariston comes in first, and the conditions are accomplished, so in the next election, the remaining top 8 will be candidates.

Sixth Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman

The Sixth Election for the 13^th Hunter Chairman took place after the fifth election failed to meet the specified conditions.

Location

The election took place in the Hunter Association Headquarters.

The Election

Voting Turnout

Rank	Candidates	Number of votes
1st	Pariston	272 (41.1%)
2nd	Teradein	73
3rd	Cheadle	66
4th	Leorio	58
5th	Morel	53
6th	Mizaistom	44
7th	Botobai	37
8th	Ickshonpe	0

Participation

• Valid Ballots: 603
• Absent Votes: 58

Conditions

• Candidates with a majority vote (50%+): None
• Voting Rate: 91.2%

Results

Pariston comes in first, but since the conditions are not met, a new re-election will be made with the top 8 again.

Seventh Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman

The Seventh Election for the 13^th Hunter Chairman took place after the sixth election failed to meet the specified conditions.

Location

The election took place in the Hunter Association Headquarters.

The Election

Voting Turnout

Rank	Candidates	Number of votes
1st	Pariston	293 (46.1%)
2nd	Leorio	95
3rd	Cheadle	87
4th	Mizaistom	72
5th	Teradein	43 (confirmed dead)
6th	Morel	14
7th	Botobai & Ickshonpe	0

Participation

• Valid Ballots: 604
• Absent Votes: 31

Conditions

• Candidates with a majority vote (50%+): None
• Voting Rate: 95.1%

Results

Re-election with the top 4 candidates.

Eighth Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman

The Eighth Election for the 13^th Hunter Chairman took place after the seventh election failed to meet the specified conditions.

Location

The election took place in the Hunter Association Headquarters.

The Election

Voting Turnout

Rank	Candidates	Number of votes
1st	Leorio	282 (44.4%)
2nd	Pariston	250
3rd	Mizaistom	58
4th	Cheadle	16

Participation

• Valid Ballots: 606
• Absent Votes: 29

Conditions

• Candidates with a majority vote (50%+): None
• Voting Rate: 95.4%

Results

Re-election with the top 2 candidates.

Trivia

• In the Viz translation of Chapter 333, this round is incorrectly referred to as "Round Four".

Ninth Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman

The Ninth Election for the 13^th Hunter Chairman took place after the eighth election failed to meet the specified conditions.

Location

The election took place in the Hunter Association Headquarters.

The Election

Voting Turnout

Rank	Candidates	Number of votes
1st	Pariston	458
2nd	Leorio	157

Participation

• Valid Ballots: 615
• Absent Votes: 20

Conditions

• Candidates with a majority vote (50%+): Pariston Hill
• Voting Rate: 96.8%

Results

Pariston Hill is elected as the 13^th Chairman of the Hunter Association.