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[Wu Han]

Dai Jinhao Elected Lotus Party Leader!
30 August, 4337

Results Overview

The 4337 Lotus Party Leadership Election fielded five exceptional candidates, including business innovator Dai Jinhao, former-Minister of Health and Social Services Zhao Huiyi, Han Assemblyman Xiong Xieren, feminist activist Meng Zhenya and journalist Sophie Wang.

Many observers predicted that the election would be settled on the second or third ballot, with polling showing the three front runners relatively tied. Nonetheless, the results of the first ballot secured a victory for Dai Jinhao at 50.9%. This represents the first leader of the Lotus Party to come from outside of the party's ranks.

Official leadership election results on the first ballot.

Introducing Dai Jinhao, Leader of the Lotus Party of Indrala!

Born on 17 November 4303, Dai Jinhao is the youngest Party Leader in the history of the Lotus Party. Dai was born in Kaizhou to lower middle-class parents; his father was a dock-worker and his mother was a public-sauna attendant. Dai was incredibly estudious, and developed a strong fascination with computer technology during his time in middle-school. In highschool, Dai developed the "LetsChat!" app, the popularity of which exploded before he graduated (Dai graduated at 18 in 4321, just before the graduation date was raised to 21).

After completing his mandatory year of service in the Air Force in 4322, the 23-year-old billionaire attended Kaizhou National University. During his time at KNU, Dai sold the "LetsChat!" application to TQ Group for an astounding $2.7 billion INS (the application would later be renamed TiqiTalk, and is currently Indrala's most used messaging application). After Dai graduated with his Bachelor of Finance degree in 4326, he founded Dai Investments, bankrolling much of Jiaozhi's innovative tech sector. In 4330, Dai was listed as one of Indrala's richest individuals under the age of 30.

Dai has been a lifelong member of the Lotus Party, with his father having been very involved in the organized labour movement. He was inspired by fellow venture-capitalist Linda Wong's activities within the party in which she "evenly weighed the social responsibility of government with market economics." A self-made multi-millionaire, Dai believes strongly in meritocracy and providing equality of opportunity for all Indralans. After becoming Leader of the Lotus Party, Dai Jinhao placed all of his shares in Dai Investments into a blind trust. Dai is married to actress Yang Xiaolu and the father of two young children.

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Originally posted by Wu Han on 23 January 2018.