Winn is briefly both Kai and First Minister, in the third season episode Shakaar. Little separation of religion and the state on Bajor!
Bajor is a borderline theocracy anyway. It's also worth noting that even after Shakaar is First Minister, it's Winn, not S., who represents Bajor in the negotiations with the Dominion in In the Cards. When conferring with Sisko about how to handle the no agression pact, she doesn't give the impression she has to get back to Shakaar on the matter, either.
Anyway, elections in TV shows: there is The West Wing, of course, but otherwise B5 is my only viewing experience of an ongoing narrative really making continuous use of them.
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Bajor is a borderline theocracy anyway. It's also worth noting that even after Shakaar is First Minister, it's Winn, not S., who represents Bajor in the negotiations with the Dominion in In the Cards. When conferring with Sisko about how to handle the no agression pact, she doesn't give the impression she has to get back to Shakaar on the matter, either.
Anyway, elections in TV shows: there is The West Wing, of course, but otherwise B5 is my only viewing experience of an ongoing narrative really making continuous use of them.