Four Candidates dey Lead for Cardano Constitutional Committee Election Before Final Audit

Results still dey under audit, and Intersect expect to complete am by July 27. The four seats get two-year terms, and dem plan the formal on-chain Update Committee governance action during Epoch 646, wey go start July 28.

DiSarro and Leandros dey Lead the Preliminary Results

DRep voting close on July 23 by 21:45 UTC after registered DReps fit select up to four candidates from ten. Any candidate wey DRep pick collect the DRep full delegated voting power.

Intersect preliminary results put Philip DiSarro first with 2.0 billion ada voting power from 24 DReps. Leandros BSP follow with 2.0 billion ada from 23 DReps, while Marek Mahut of deliberative.cc rank third with 1.4 billion ada from 28 DReps. Cardano Curia occupy the fourth qualifying position with 1.3 billion ada from 27 DReps.

Asia Africa Cardano Coalition dey fifth with 1.1 billion ada, followed by Bosco Ribeiro with 197.2 million ada and Gbiri Oluwaseun with 120.8 million ada. NexTrium Global Innovations Ltd, Ian Njuguna and Meek Owen complete the preliminary ranking.

From the four candidates wey Cardano Foundation publicly support before voting close, Marek Mahut and Cardano Curia currently dey inside the preliminary top four. The ranking never be the final election result yet, and Intersect don talk say the tally must first pass the scheduled audit before the process go move on-chain.

Four Constitutional Committee Seats get Two-Year Terms

The election dey fill four of the seven seats for Cardano Constitutional Committee. The seats wey Cardano Curia, Phil_uplc, KtorZ and Cardano Japan Council hold now dey part of the 2026 cycle, while the remaining three members go continue under their existing terms, to preserve staggered committee structure.

Intersect talk say the four candidates wey this election select go serve as Cardano constitutional guardians for the next two years. Cardano Curia therefore dey seek to retain their seat, while the other current holders wey their terms go expire go comot for the Committee unless dem successfully stand for election.

The Constitutional Committee dey responsible to review applicable governance actions against the Cardano Constitution. Each member get one vote, different from the stake-weighted voting wey DReps and SPOs dey use. The Constitution define the CC as the governing body wey ensure say applicable governance actions fit take effect for Cardano only when dem align with the Constitution.

That role place the Committee inside the governance path for actions like Treasury withdrawals, hard fork initiations and parameter updates. Their responsibility na constitutional review, no be to decide whether proposal dey commercially attractive, politically desirable or strategically preferable.

The Committee sef no fit vote on governance actions wey directly concern their own status, specifically No Confidence and Update Committee actions. So the incoming membership no dey approve the governance action wey go install am.

Audit go Come Before the On-Chain Committee Update

The preliminary ranking don complete the DRep voting stage, but no be the full election process. Intersect expect audited results by July 27 and plan to submit the Update Committee governance action during Epoch 646, wey go start July 28.

This difference matter well because na the Update Committee action be the mechanism to formally change the Constitutional Committee on-chain. Until the audit complete and dem submit and process that governance action, DiSarro, Leandros, Mahut and Cardano Curia still remain the four candidates wey dey positioned to advance, no be newly seated members.

The audit now separate the off-chain election result from the on-chain governance update. If the preliminary ranking survive that review without change, the next stage go move four two-year appointments from the Ekklesia voting process enter Cardano governance ledger, to complete the 2026 rotation of nearly half of the Constitutional Committee.