Presidential elections in Vinalia

Presidential elections in Vinalia refer to the presidential elections that take place at the national level in Vinalia from 1863 until the most recent election in 2021. Presidents were elected to serve as leaders of the Federal Vinalian Assembly between 1863 and 1883, after which they were directly elected until 1968, when they were directly elected by Congress, direct elections returned in 1988 and continued until 1992 when Vinalia unified into the Unified Republic of Vinalia Since 1994 Vinalian presidents have been elected by the Vinalian Parliament.

Criteria

As per the Vinalian constitution of 1993, the criteria for voter eligibility is that all voters be eighteen years or older on election day, and citizens of Vinalia.

All voters must present valid ID, in the form of their National ID Card when presenting themselves to voting polls. Voting polls are by law open between 7 am and 7pm.

Elections between 1863-1877 only Free White landowning men had the right to vote. In 1885 all free men were granted the right to vote. In 1936 Non-Indigenous women were granted the right to vote, with indigenous women allowed to vote in 1944 onwards.

Elections

Elections are held every two years for both Chambers of Congress, along with elections to the state Parliaments of the constituent states. Elections at the municipal and local level are held every 4 years.

However, elections can be called at any point for any reason, with early elections almost always due to a vote of no-confidence, as was the case in 2015 when one year after being elected Minister-President Ulyana Hryhorivna called an early election.

Traditionally elections took place the 5th of December with the President taking power the 1st of January, but such a practice was discontinued in the new republic although elections were held in January. An election has not been held in January since 2015 when elections took place on August, thus causing all subsequent elections to take place on August.

List of elections

All election results showcase all candidates who managed to gain 5% of the vote.

State of Vinalia (1863-1883)

According to the 1865 Constitution, the right to vote was restricted to men over 21 years old who were not illiterate, and were legal citizens of Chistovodia. The President of the Vinalian Assembly was the leader of that body, and represented the country to the Chistovodian President. Although the President held vast powers inside Vinalia, he was still subject to the Chistovodian President and Assembly.

1863

The very first president was elected by the Vinalian Assembly, and served as Vinalia's head of the Federal Assembly to the Chistovodian state as Vinalia joined Chistovodia, establishing a federal state.

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Markiyan Chornovil	none
Votes	100 (100%)	–
Party	Democratic Front	–

1867

From 1867 on, elections were held every five years.

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Candidate	Markiyan Chornovil	Ananiy Ramenskoi	Erik Sakandelidze
Votes	473,168 (77%)	87,637 (14%)	57,251 (9%)
Party	Democratic Front	Social Front	Anti-Chornovil

1872

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Candidate	Vadym Oksamit	Markiyan Chornovil	Omelyan Sahaidachny
Votes	403,782 (57%)	195,727 (28%)	104,627 (15%)
Party	Social Front	Democratic Front	Democratic Front (Sahaidachny)

1877

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Omelyan Sahaidachny	Vadym Oksamit
Votes	506,627 (66%)	256,782 (34%)
Party	Democratic Front	Social Front

First Republic of Vinalia (1882-1926)

With the Vinalian War of Independence...

1882

The Vinalian Revolutionary Front representing the secessionist elements of the Vinalian Assembly had elected Omelyan Sahaidachny as President following their declaration of Independence, as Sahaidachny had been deposed by the Chistovodian government and replaced by Oleksandr Shukhevych.

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Omelyan Sahaidachny	none
Votes	150 (100%)	–
Party	Vinalian Revolutionary Front	–
Map	File:VinElection1885.png

1885 January

Following the death of Omelyan Sahaidachny, new elections were held and Golobordko was elected, to represent the government until new elections could be held

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Valentyn Goloborodko	none
Votes	150 (100%)	–
Party	Vinalian Revolutionary Front	–
Map	File:VinElection1885Jan.png

1885 December

Following peace negotiations, elections were to be held in December, and were to be held every four years.

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Valentyn Goloborodko	Leonid Borisov
Votes	189,790 (79%)	51,672 (21%)
Party	Vinalian Revolutionary Front	Vinalian Revolutionary Front
Map	File:VinElection1885Nov.png

1889

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Halyna Prohasko	Sidor Kravchenko
Votes	489,620 (66%)	257,517 (34%)
Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Vinalian Revolutionary Front
Map	File:VinElection1889.png

1893

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Markiyan Kopyl	Halyna Prohasko
Votes	516,161 (58%)	367,847 (42%)
Party	Federal-Democratic Party	Episemialist Democratic Party
Map	File:VinElection1890.png

1897

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Markiyan Kopyl	Mikulas Matruna
Votes	679,304 (88%)	95,161 (12%)
Party	Federal-Democratic Party	Episemialist Democratic Party
Map	File:VinElection1897.png

1901

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Rostyslav Nechuy	Sokira Semenovich
Votes	527,926 (60%)	351,688 (40%)
Party	Federal-Democratic Party	Episemialist Democratic Party
Map	File:VinElection1901.png

1905

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Davyd Dragomanov	Rostyslav Nechuy
Votes	692,738 (77%)	206,261 (23%)
Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Federal-Democratic Party
Map	File:VinElection1905.png

1909

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Davyd Dragomanov	Igor Kopyl
Votes	627,167 (68%)	301,889 (32%)
Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Federal-Democratic Party
Map	File:VinElection1909.png

1913

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Avhust Martynova	Mikulas Matruna
Votes	416,848 (71%)	173,848 (29%)
Party	Federal-Democratic Party	Episemialist Democratic Party
Map	File:VinElection1913.png

1917

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Konai Shwetz	Barat Ukhtostrovskie
Votes	317,738 (55%)	257,278 (45%)
Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Federal-Democratic Party
Map	File:VinElection1917.png

1921

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Candidate	Dymtro Antonov	Konai Shwetz	Yurij Fedorov
Votes	627,262 (63%)	267,289 (27%)	101,738 (10%)
Party	Federal-Democratic Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Workers International
Map

1925

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Dymtro Antonov	Omelyan Ukhtostrovskie	Yurij Fedorov
Votes	681,516 (52%)	341,637 (26%)	284,832 (22%)
Party	Federal-Democratic Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Workers International
Map	File:VinElection1925.png

1929

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place	4th place
Candidate	Dymtro Antonov	Ozar Tychinka	Hennadiy Merkushko	Mykyta Kryvonis
Votes	296,267 (32%)	227,387 (25%)	199,151 (22%)	192,789 (21%)
Party	Federal-Democratic Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Federal-Democratic Party (Merkushko Faction)	Workers International
Map

1930

Following peace with Ardesia which was seen as an unpopular move. Antonov called for early elections. Rampant fraud was reported in the elections

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place	4th place	5th place	6th place
Candidate	Hennadiy Merkushko	Mykhaylo Baibuza	Mykyta Kryvonis	Ozar Tychinka	Dymtro Antonov	Eric Hodza
Votes	561,171 (23%)	457,289 (19%)	406,167 (17%)	381,517 (16%)	346,278 (14%)	303,848 (12%)
Party	Federal-Democratic Party (Merkushko Faction)	Velkarichka League	Workers International	Episemialist Democratic Party	Federal-Democratic Party	Casimirsk League
Map

Second Republic of Vinalia (1935-1992)

1936

Following peace and a new constitution that established the Second Republic of Vinalia. Elections were held in intervals of 4 years afterwards.

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Candidate	Leontiy Korolenko	Metod Borisov	Mykhaylo Baibuza
Votes	626,168 (45%)	536,167 (38%)	241,631 (17%)
Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Federal-Democratic Party	Velkarichka League

1940

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Yankul Kamenov	Valentyn Hornicky
Votes	825,255 (78%)	236,167 (22%)
Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Federal-Democratic Party

1944

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Yankul Kamenov	Yankul Sokolov
Votes	672,782 (81%)	157,272 (19%)
Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Federal-Democratic Party

1948

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Anatolij Dyachuk	Kobel Laakkonen
Votes	848,257 (71%)	351,739 (29%)
Party	Advance Party	Episemialist Democratic Party

1952

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Volodymyr Panas	Dymtro Kochadidze
Votes	673,628 (54%)	572,872 (46%)
Party	Advance Party	Episemialist Democratic Party

1956

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Yurij Zhuk	Volodymyr Panas
Votes	748,362 (59%)	526,838 (41%)
Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Advance Party

1960

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Yurij Zhuk	Kokshar Stastny
Votes	1,639,572 (68%)	753,989 (32%)
Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Advance Party

1964

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Ivashko Sabauri	Yurij Zhuk
Votes	892,526 (55%)	625,104 (45%)
Party	Advance Party	Episemialist Democratic Party

1968 January

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Candidate	Stefan Danylivna	Ivashko Sabauri	Mikita Bondarenko
Votes	1,963,526 (67%)	490,625 (17%)	465,290 (16%)
Party	Renewal Party	Advance Party	Episemialist Democratic Party

Military Junta

1968 July

With the 1968 military coup d'état, the direct democracy ended and presidents (who were all members of military) were now elected by Congress which was turned to army control. The interval between elections was irregular.

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Dmytro Kotenko	none
Votes	390 (100%)	–
Party	Military Junta	–

1974

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Dmytro Kotenko	none
Votes	390 (100%)	–
Party	Military Junta	–

1981

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Artem Kotenko	none
Votes	390 (100%)	–
Party	Military Junta	–

1983

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Artem Kotenko	none
Votes	390 (100%)	–
Party	Military Junta	–

Return of Democracy

1987

Return to democracy after the fall of Artem Kotenkos government. Elections were held after 4 years in 1991.

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Candidate	Vladyslava Danylivna	Avhust Meciar	Artem Kotenko
Votes	4,678,362 (61%)	2,563,784 (33%)	426,725 (6%)
Party	Renewal Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Kotenko Movement

1991

Last direct election for President in the Republic of Vinalia. The Republic of Vinalia and the People's Republic of Vinalia became the Unified Republic of Vinalia in 1993, making the position of President one elected by members of Parliament.

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Vladyslava Danylivna	Soini Melnyk
Votes	6,920,526 (77%)	2,059,250 (23%)
Party	Unionist	Episemialist Democratic Party

Unified Republic of Vinalia (1993-)

1993

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	File:Oleksandr Artemovych.jpg Oleksandr Artemovych	none
Votes	36 (100%)	–
Party	Unionist	–

1999

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Vladyslava Danylivna	Olha Kunavin
Votes	33 (92%)	3 (8%)
Party	Unionist	Workers International

2004

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Artem Yehorov	Sobich Okhmatov
Votes	30 (83%)	6 (17%)
Party	Workers	Conservative

2008

	Winner
Candidate	Ersnt Rupold
Votes	33 (75%)
Party	Conservative

2015

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Candidate	Ersnt Rupold	Belovod Basha	Zidere Rataev
Votes	22 (61%)	12 (33%)	2 (6%)
Party	Conservative	Workers	Unionist

2021

	Winner
Candidate	Valeria Kunavin
Votes	39 (100%)
Party	Independent