Well, I celebrate that he tried *g*. The politicians, I suspect, celebrate that he failed...

Ah, we don't have fixed election days, they happen at the whim of the government (possibly not quite whim, but the actual date seems to be set by them). And we don't get issues on which to vote, only people (things which have issues are called 'referenda' (or 'referendums' by some) and are things the government try to avoid especially on anything important).