Delegates for EVE's first council of stellar management announced

The voting for the first EVE Online CSM closed just a few days ago, but already CCP has announced the nine lucky players that will compose the first Council of Stellar Management. Andrew Cruse (Jade Constantine) managed to beat out Niall Dologhan (Hardin) by a matter of only a few dozen votes, to be the CSM's first chairman. The post at the official EVE Online website includes a number of details about the voting process, including a great deal of demographic information. The first order of business for the Council will be to elect a vice-chairman, secretary and vice-secretary.

Some 24,651 votes were cast, out of a pool of 222,422 eligible voters. That's a turnout of 11%; not great, but not bad for a first effort either. Most of the votes were cast by veteran players, with an average account age of 1.77 years. Most of the votes came from the US, roughly 32% of all the votes cast. The next most involved countries were the UK, Germany, Russia, and Canada. These percentages roughly align with the countries representation in the player population.

Congratulations to the new CSM delegates. For a full list of your new representatives, read on below the cut.

The following candidates were placed in seats 10 to 14 by number of votes received and will serve as alternate Council members: