Mayor Election

Mayors are NPCs that give global buffs and perks when elected by players. Mayor Elections were added in Hypixel SkyBlock's 0.9 Update, with the first election taking place in SkyBlock Year 88.

Elections
An election is held every SkyBlock year (~5.2 real-life days) with five candidates. Players vote by entering the Election Room via the teleport pad in the Community Center while the voting period is open. A player can only vote once per account, not per profile.

Candidates are revealed when the election starts on Late Summer 27th 00:00. The election will end on Late Spring 27th 00:00 the following year, at which point the mayor with the most votes will become the mayor.

The candidates are believed to be chosen randomly, while the running mayor cannot participate the election on their term.

Perks Distribution
All candidates have multiple possible perks - the majority have 3 possible perks. A candidate can participate in an election with 1 perk up to all possible perks. Perk selection can be understood as follows :
 * When a candidate was elected, the next time they join the election, they will have 1 random perk.
 * When a candidate joined the election but unelected, the next time they join the election, (if they don't already have all possible perks) they have a 45% chance to gain 1 more random perk.

Special Candidates Election Cycle
Special candidates are believed to participate in an election not by random chance, but in sequence and equal periods in between. Historically, when a special candidate participates the election, they come with all possible perks and appears on the in the Election Interface. The four other participants are randomly chosen as usual.

Every 8 SkyBlock years (coincidentally when the SkyBlock year is divisible by 8), a special candidate will participate the election for mayor of the next year. The candidate joins the election in sequence, therefore, it is believed to be predictable which special candidate will participate next. The sequence was once abrupted by Dante, who replaced/skipped Derpy when joining as a special and one-time mayor in the Year 128 Election.

Candidates
A pattern in Perks seems to be one (XP) Boost, one (Stat) Buff, and one Festival/Discount for each candidate. Perks apply to all SkyBlock islands unless stated otherwise.

The colors of the candidates' names seem to be dynamic and change based on placement position in the election room.

Election Results
Dates used are based on UTC time, they may be different in other time zones.

Election Statistics
The following statistics are based off of the data recorded on this wiki. Missing data are not calculated. See the above (Historical Election Results) for the data used.

Dante's Reign


When Dante was running as mayor, all of the election events scheduled in the Calendar and Events menu are canceled.

Regular mayor elections were replaced with Dante Elections. All of the 5 candidates were replaced by Dante's clones - voting for any of them results in the vote being applied to all candidates. That means that the vote cannot be changed and the election result is always 100% for Dante.

There used to be a bug where Seraphine is the clerk present in the Election Room instead of Clerk Goon, however, it was fixed.

On the Alpha Hypixel Network
Normally, when Alpha Hypixel Network is open, Mayor Elections are fully-functional and are held separately from the Main Server.

Mechanic

 * Mayor Elections on AHN run with the same mechanic but separate from those on the main server: The results are counted separately, the candidates and their perks are picked separately.
 * The time that an Election starts and ends is in sync with the main server.
 * When the Alpha Hypixel Network is open, players can vote on its Mayor Election once per account (not per profile), regardless of whether they voted on the main server.

On an Alpha Network Reset

 * At the time of a Network Reset, if there is no ongoing mayor election, is the placeholder mayor for Alpha Hypixel Network until the next election.
 * If an election is happening after a reset, the election feature will be disabled until the next election. See.

On a Session Opening

 * When the Alpha Network closes and reopens without a Network Reset, all aspects of the Mayor Election will not be affected.
 * If an election is skipped during the downtime of the Alpha Network, it is unknown whether a random Regular candidate will be selected as mayor, or the previously elected mayor, no matter how many years have passed, will still be the mayor.

Previous Elections
Due to the difficulty presented in recording Mayor Elections on the Alpha Hypixel Network which occationally shuts down and reopens, it will be done sparsely on Mayor Election/Alpha Hypixel Network, with no plans for it to be integrated to our main table (i.e. with no fancy features).

Mayor Disabled
There are some occassions that a Mayor is disabled. This may happen when:
 * The previous mayor is not replaced after an election on a Hub server
 * The election feature is disabled on the Alpha Hypixel Network

The following is the observed behaviour:
 * On interact, the "mayor" NPC will only give

Election Feature Disabled
On some occasions, the mayor election feature can be disabled on the Alpha Network. This is the observed behaviour:
 * The Election Room is still present when votings happens in the main server. However, it will almost instantly teleport the player out when they attempt to get in. If there is enough ping, a player can interact with the NPCs and Ballot Box inside before it teleports you out.
 * Election is "closed". However, the timer outside the Election Room will still run in sync with the Main Server.
 * Ballot Box and Seraphine dialogue follows the version when election is closed.
 * Attempting to click on the box in the middle of the Election Room when the election is closed will show the message
 * Seraphine's Dialogue changes.

Trivia

 * Each regular candidate can offer up to 3 perks at once. All candidates start with 1 perk during their first election, and have a chance to stack up to 3 perks if they are a returning candidate.
 * During the time the booth is open, players may change their vote. Players may cast only a single vote, but the weight of that vote is increased by the player's Fame Rank.
 * Once the election ends, the candidate with the most votes becomes Mayor for the next SkyBlock year, granting their perks to every SkyBlock player for that time period.
 * Each time the Election room is open, players can vote for 5 candidates out of the total 12. There are 8 normal candidates and 4 special candidates.
 * Every 8 elections a special candidate will be part of the 5 candidates for election.
 * Derpy is the only candidate to have 4 perks.
 * Technoblade is the only mayor to have 5 perks and technically 11 perks.
 * Jerry becoming a mayor was leaked by Minikloon on his Twitter. Additionally, Dctr leaked the first perk, "Perkpocalypse" on his Twitter a day later.
 * Jerry's Perkpocalypse does not include special mayors.
 * Diaz is the only regular candidate that only has 2 perks.
 * Diaz's perk, "Shopping Spree" also applies to trades.
 * Dante is the only candidate that swaps perks after the election.
 * Barry was first elected in Year 188, 100 Skyblock Years after the first election, making him the mayor who went the longest time without being elected.
 * Diaz was another regular candidate that had never been elected before. She was elected for the first time on June 30 2021, making her and Barry the two mayors who went the longest without being elected.
 * Barry and Jerry are the only candidates that buff damage.
 * Jerry has +10% stat boost
 * Barry has +15% increased spell damage
 * If no Mayor is elected for some reason, Mayor Nancy will appear as a placeholder.
 * Dante and Barry are the only candidates that has unlisted perks that are revealed when elected.