Just a bit of an important note; there is a contradiction between the last three novels of the Young Jedi Knights series (Return to Ord Mantell, Trouble on Cloud City, and Crisis at Crystal Reef) with the events described here in that all three novels refer to Leia being Chief of State in 24 ABY.
Given that Vector Prime does not specifically mention which year Fey'lya was elected (and the fact that he's referred to as the new Chief of State in VP, taking place at 25 ABY) I think it's more likely that this election took place in 24 or 25 ABY and that the date provided in the NEG was an accident.
--Crayz9000 11:37, December 27, 2009 (UTC)