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{{Infobox election
| election_name     = 2023 BlakeIsHere presidential election
| country           = BlakeIsHere
| type              = presidential
| election_date     = 5 May 2023
| previous_election = 2020 BlakeIsHere presidential election
| previous_year     = 2020
| next_election     = 2024 BlakeIsHere presidential election
| next_year         = 2024
| turnout           = 96,5%
| image_size        = 225x225px

| image1            = 
| colour1           = CE3C29
| nominee1          = [[Katherine Ashton]]
| party1            = [[Socialist Party (BlakeIsHere)|Socialist Party]]
| popular_vote1     = 12,846,746
| percentage1       = 62.1%

| image2            = 
| colour2           = 7C3D1D
| nominee2          = [[Alex Mayes]]
| party2            = [[National Socialist Movement (BlakeIsHere)|National Socialist Movement]]
| popular_vote2     = 5,086,218
| percentage2       = 24.6%

| image3            = 
| colour3           = 960909
| nominee3          = [[Glendower Morgan]]
| party3            = [[Communist Party of BlakeIsHere|CPoB]]
| popular_vote3     = 2,730,016
| percentage3       = 13.2%

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| map_image         = 2023 BlakeIsHere presidential election second round map.png
| map_caption       = Results of the second round by [[Federal states of BlakeIsHere|federal state]]<br>{{colorbox|{{Socialist Party (BlakeIsHere)/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} [[Katherine Ashton]] {{colorbox|{{National Socialist Movement (BlakeIsHere)/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} [[Alex Mayes]] {{colorbox|{{Communist Party of BlakeIsHere/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} [[Glendower Morgan]]

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| title             = [[President of BlakeIsHere|President]]
| before_election   = [[Carlyle Descoteaux]]
| before_party      = {{wpl|Independent politician|Independent}}
| posttitle         = [[President of BlakeIsHere|President]] after election
| after_election    = [[Katherine Ashton]]
| after_party       = [[Socialist Party (BlakeIsHere)|Socialist Party]]
}}

A snap '''presidential election''' was held in [[BlakeIsHere]] on 5 May 2023, as part of the [[2023 BlakeIsHere federal election]].

Incumbent president [[Carlyle Descoteaux]] retired as president in early april due to health issues and old age, marking the end of the dominance of the [[Descoteaux family]] that started in 1938. While [[Socialist Party (BlakeIsHere)|Socialist Party]] candidate [[Katherine Ashton]] defeated the other 2 candidates, both of extremist parties in the second round.

==Procedure==
The election was held through the {{wpl|two-round system}}.

Candidates were registered with the [[Election Comission of BlakeIsHere]] in accordance with normal procedures. They could either be nominated by a [[List of political parties in BlakeIsHere|political party]] or {{wpl|electoral bloc}}, civic organisations, or self-nomination as independents.