I don&#x27;t think so, there are distributed leader election schemes that don&#x27;t require a lock.  The simplest is using HRW hashing[0] so that each node independently determines the same leader.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rendezvous_hashing" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rendezvous_hashing</a>