February 2021 Doggerland legislative elections

The February 2021 Doggerland legislative elections is planned to be held on February 21, 2021. It was originally planned to be held on February 28, 2021, then it was moved to February 20, 2021, before being moved again to February 21, 2021. Currently, 8 parties are set to have candidates running in this election.

Background
On January 29, 2021, Kevin Trevor won the first legislative election and became Prime Minister. He resigned on February 16, 2021, making Deputy Prime Minister Mel acting Prime Minister for two days before a new ULPP leader, Bjarnason, was elected and became Prime Minister. As a result of this and other sudden resignations, parliament moved the election to February 20. This was postponed to February 21 to allow all parties to organize themselves due to the election being quickly moved to such a close date. In particular, this change allowed the ULPP to establish a new leader and deputy leader, for the new Democratic Progressive Party to get organized, and for the Justice Party to properly merge with the Labor Worker's Party.

Timeline

 * Feb. 21: Polls open at 18:30 CET
 * Feb. 22: Polls close at 18:30 CET, Final results announced at 19:46 CET
 * Feb. 23: A Prime Minister is expected to be chosen via closed ballot vote and sworn in

Polling and preliminary results
The voting was opened at 6:30 CET (5:30 UTC) on February 21, 2021.

Reactions
Reactions were mixed throughout the Dogger parliament. Many negative reactions were directed at the unexpected exclusion of the ULPP from the main government, while others were upset over the Labor Worker's Party forming a coalition with mostly right-wing or center-leaning parties. Some others were concerned over the apparent sudden last-minute surge in votes for the Green and Liberal Parties. However, many were supportive of the new government. Kenson and Beady were among the notable figures who congratulated the new government.