There’s going to be an election, unless there’s like a military coup or something. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll be fair or untampered, but elections are a very useful charade for the ruling party.

It lets the ill informed still people in a vague sense of democracy, of placid stability. It lets people think they can Vote out their problems. It’s also a giant economic driver, both for politicians and the industries that support them. If elections stop, that gravy train becomes much less certain.

Basically, there are countless reasons why some form of election will almost certainly happen. Just, an election in a vacuum isn’t necessarily meaningful to a governmental change.