1973 Besmenian presidential election

1973 Besmenian presidential election

25 February 1973

Candidate Erwin Pohl Kurt Weimer Uwe Lögermann Party Independent BVP SDU Home state Laitstadt Summingia Gablitz Percentage 56,3% 31% 12,1%

Pohl   Weimer

The 1973 Besmenian presidential election took place on 25 February 1973 in Besmenia. The 11th Besmenian presidential election, which originally would have taken place in April 1976, had to be presented three years earlier due to the sudden death of President Thomas Albrecht in January 1973.

The BVP nominated the Summingian Govenor Kurt Weimer. The SDU nominated the former Federal Minister for Finance Uwe Lögermann. Erwin Pohl, who served as Federal Foreign Minister from 1964 to 1972, ran as an independent candidate. Pohl won the election with 56.3%. He served as president until 1985.

This was the last presidential election in Besmenia where the voting age was 20. On January 1, 1974, the voting age was lowered to 18.

Electoral system

The President of Besmenia is directly elected by the population once every six years. The election is held under a two-round system; if no candidate receives more than 50% of votes cast in the first round, then a second ballot occurs in which only those two candidates who received the greatest number of votes in the first round may stand.

Results

Candidate		Party	Result
			Votes	%
	Erwin Pohl	Independent	26,856,774	56.3%
	Kurt Weimer	BVP	14,787,922	31%
	Uwe Lögermann	SDU	5,772,059	12,1%
Invalid/blank votes			286,217	0.6%
Total			47,702,972	100%
Registered voters/turnout			58,387,975	81,7%

Popular vote Erwin Pohl   56.3% Kurt Weimer   31% Uwe Lögermann   12,1%