2009 Hverlandic presidential election

2009 Hverlandic presidential election

9 March 2015

The 2009 Hverlandic presidential election took place to elect the President of Hverland for a 6-year term of office. The election was held on 1 March 2009 using ranked-choice voting. Lilje Ingmundsdotra, an independent candidate, won the election with 50.02% of the final round vote. She became the first female president of Hverland.

The Social Democratic Party candidate, Eskil Valdemarsundr, came in third with 15.34% of the final round vote, a significant drop from their 2003 result. Much of the discontent with the Social Democrats was attributed to their poor handling of the 2008 financial crisis and the turnover of party leadership in the years leading up to the election. The election was also notable for the strong showing of the Conservative Nationals, who came in second with 33.83% of the final round vote. This represented their highest vote share since their predecessor's 1955 election victory. The Conservative Nationals had been in opposition for the previous 12 years and their Fjallting leader Herleif Sighvatssundr was seen as a strong contender for the presidency.

A total of 11 candidates contested the election, including five independents. This was the first election the Urban Progressives contested, and they received 3.00% of the first-round vote.

Turnout

The eligible voting population of Hverland stood at 86,906 in 2003. A total of 72,848 people, or 81.1% of the voting-eligible population, cast their votes.

Results

Party		Candidate	First round		Final round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Other party or unaffiliated	Lilje Ingmundsdotra	15,483	21.25	35,464	50.02
	Conservative Nationals	Herleif Sighvatssundr	16,084	22.08	23,984	33.83
	Centre Party	Frode Rasmusssundr	13,157	18.06	Eliminated
	Other party or unaffiliated	Moa Torgilsdotra	10,045	13.79	Eliminated
	Social Democratic Party	Eskil Valdemarsundr	6,493	8.91	10,874	15.34
	The Greens	Myr Thorleifsdotra	4,553	6.25	Eliminated
	Urban Progressives	Hallvard Tryggvisundr	2,183	3.00	Eliminated
	Other party or unaffiliated	Wilhelm Kukliński	2,148	2.95	Eliminated
	Albmotválgabealde	Juvven Juvvensundr	1,762	2.42	Eliminated
	Other party or unaffiliated	Bjarte Leivssundr	753	1.03	Eliminated
	Other party or unaffiliated	Herleif Sighvatssundr	187	0.26	Eliminated
Exhausted votes					2,578	3.77
Total (active votes)			72,848	100.00	68,332	96.23
Eligible voters and turnout			89,825	81.10

See also

• 2008 Hverlandic financial crisis
• President of Hverland