Raft leader election during network split

[Scooletz]

Raft leader election during network split

[benbjohnson]

Only one leader can be elected per term. You can have two leaders for different terms but the leader of the older term cannot commit anything since there is a majority of nodes already at the higher term.

Does that make sense?

[Scooletz]

Yes it does. Once the first leader is elected, a partition can occur and he can be left with one follower. The rest of nodes can create majority and elect a new leader in new term.
Thx for clarification. I found it hard to see in the presentation.