2024 Zamastan presidential election

2024 Zamastan presidential election

September 22, 2024 (2024-09-22)
305 Majority votes needed to win
Registered	239,822,000
Candidate Sabine Armitage Arthur Davidson Lionel Cellier Party Conservative Party Liberal Party Progressive Party   Candidate Edmond Passereau Chelsea Ross Hudson Richards Party Conservative Capitalist Libertarian Christian Union

The 2024 Zamastan presidential election will be held on Sunday, 22 September 2024, and will be the upper ring of the 2024 Zamastan general election. It will be the 111th general election and the 114th totaled Presidential election to decide the President of Zamastan. The nominating process takes place in a series of indirect elections, where voters cast ballots selecting a slate of delegates to a political party's nominating convention who then in turn elected their party's presidential nominee, while independent candidates with sufficient following and campaign contribution also made it onto the ballot. The incumbent President, Sabine Armitage of the BCP, is seeking reelection to a second term. The GLP and liberal bloc, as well as some progressive factions, agreed to garner behind a collective candidate to attempt to unseat a conservative president for the first time since 2004. Throughout months of campaigning between Euan Gunn and Arthur Davidson, the latter emerged as the Liberal bloc candidate. However, the Progressive Party opted to nominate their own candidate, Lionel Cellier. The conservative bloc was split between endorsements as well, with the Conservative Capitalists nominating Edmond Passereau, the Christian Union nominating Hudson Richards, and the Libertarians nominating Chelsea Ross.

On July 20th 2024, ZIS director Adrian Sardou stated the Yuaneze government was attempting to interfere in and influence the election in favor of president Armitage. Secretary of State Chantelle Carson was visiting Shanghan to meet with Premier Liang Cai the same day, and said Liang insisted there was no interference.

Background

A map of all 305 seats up for grabs in the 2024 election. The candidate that wins the most seats becomes President.

Eligibility

The Constitution of Zamastan gives the qualifications for holding the presidency. To serve as President, one must:

• be a natural-born citizen of Zamastan
• be at least 18 years old
• have not been convicted of a felony
• have not served any political office in any other nation/sovereign land aside Zamastan
• have not been impeached from any political office
• have not sworn a pledge to the state of Zamastan and subsequently rebelled against the state

Campaigns and nominations

The modern presidential campaign begins before the primary elections, which the five major political parties use to clear the field of candidates before their national nominating conventions, where the most successful candidate is made the party's nominee for president. Several nominees, however, have chosen to run aside from political parties. This choice generally makes running for office more difficult for getting exposure, as the political parties' prominence allows for wider name-recognition. This is why most independent nominees tend to be celebrities or household names. For example, president Zacharias Castovia chose not to run along party lines, because his name recognition was enough for people to know who they voted for. The most common previous profession of Zamastanian presidents is that of a lawyer or businessman, as seen with Cain Blackwater's noteriety as an energy tycoon.

Nominees participate in nationally televised debates. Nominees campaign across the country to explain their views, convince voters and solicit contributions. Much of the modern electoral process is concerned with winning swing states through frequent visits and mass media advertising drives.

Election

The president is elected indirectly by the voters of each district through popular election on Election Day (September 22nd on every even-ended year). When each of the 359 districts counts the ballots, whichever candidate has the most votes receives that district's vote. The winner of the election is which ever has the majority of the 359.

Voting polls open at 11:59 PM on September 21st and last 17 hours until 5:00 PM on September 22nd. The counting of votes closes around 7:00 PM, which is also when the victor is announced.

Nominations and Candidates

Conservative Party Candidates
Name	Born	Experience	Campaign Announcement Date Drop Out Date
Sabine Armitage	Providence, Northern Isle (1989-11-21) November 21, 1989	President of Zamastan (2022-incumbent) Congresswoman for Northern Isle-19 (2016-2022)	July 18th, 2023

GLP Candidates
Name	Born	Experience	Campaign Announcement Date Drop Out Date
Euan Gunn	Tregueux, Tregueux (1972-09-18) September 18, 1972	Senator for Tregueux-2 (2012-incumbent)	July 18th, 2023 February 27th, 2024
Arthur Davidson	Lamnoque, Holish Islands (1969-04-27) April 27, 1969	Senator for Holish Islands-2 (2014-incumbent)'	September 5th, 2023

Progressive Party Candidates
Name	Born	Experience	Campaign Announcement Date
Lionel Cellier	Lytton, Zian (1951-10-20) October 20, 1951	Progressive Party Vice Chair (2019-incumbent) Representative for Zian-9 (2018-incumbent)	March 5th, 2024

Conservative Capitalist Party Candidates
Name	Born	Experience	Campaign Announcement Date
Edmond Passereau	Wescastle, Verdesia (1983-01-21) January 21, 1983	Representative for Verdesia-4 (2018-incumbent)	June 3rd, 2024

Party nomination campaigns

GLP

Arthur Davidson speaking towards Euan Gunn during the first of the GLP debates. Davidson's performances at the debates were credited with securing his nomination.