1657 Elwynnese princely election

The 1657 election for Prince of the Elwynnese Republic was held in late 1657 in the Elwynnese Senate to fill the 1658–1662 term of Prince, following the completion of the term of Liv Dravot as Princess of the Elwynnese Republic.

With 5 senators voting, and 1 senator being incapacitated (Ryker Everstone), Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion was elected with 3 votes (himself, Heath Belledin, Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh) against Eki Verion who received 2 (herself and Liv Dravot).

Elwynnese feminists highlighted the election as a testament to a failure to de-Froyalanize Elwynn, as men voted for men, and women for women, arguing that men wish to maintain their patriarchal privilege even more after the fall of the Froyalanish regime.

Ayreonists, however, see the election as based on merit and values, where two good candidates stood against each other in a democratic fashion, where a free exchange of debate was held, and where one candidate in the end won. That men only voted for men and women for women was, by the Ayreonist argument, simply a coincidence.

The Nationalist, Humanist and Verionist reaction however was that Aldin was too effiminate to rule, and that Eki Verion embodied all the values that the Nationalist and Humanist fraction would like to see in a ruler.

The Elwynnese Workers' Party denounced the election as undemocratic and feudalist–bourgeois and called for the Elwynnese congress to select the Prince instead.