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{{Infobox election
| election_name    = 1973 Besmenian presidential election
| country          = [[Besmenia]]
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| previous_year    = [[1970 Besmenian presidential election|1970]]
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| election_date    = 11 March 1973<!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
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| nominee1          = <!-- when appropriate, candidate1 can be used instead -->
| candidate1        = '''[[Erwin Pohl]]'''<!-- any type of election -->
| leader1          = <!-- legislative or parliamentary only-->
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| alliance1        =
<!-- presidential -->
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| map_caption      = {{colorbox|#D3D3D3}} Pohl<br/>{{colorbox|#0F0FFF}} Weimer
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| title            =
| before_election  =
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}}
The '''1973 Besmenian presidential election''' took place on 11 March 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 [[Summingia]]n Govenor [[Kurt Weimer]]. The SDU nominated the former [[Federal Ministry for Finance (Besmenia)|Federal Minister for Finance]] [[Uwe Lögermann]]. [[Erwin Pohl]], who served as [[Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Besmenia)|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.
==Candidates==
==Results==
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Candidate
!rowspan=2|Party
!colspan=2|Result
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
|style=background-color:#D3D3D3; |
|align=left|[[Erwin Pohl]]||align=left|Independent||'''26,856,774'''||'''56.3%'''
|-
|style=background-color:#0F0FFF; |
|align=left|[[Kurt Weimer]]||align=left|[[Besmenian People's Party|BVP]]||14,787,922 || 31%
|-
|style=background-color:#FF0000; |
|align=left|[[Uwe Lögermann]]||align=left|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|SDU]]||5,772,059 ||12,1%
|-
|colspan=3 align=left|Invalid/blank votes|| 286,217||0.6%
|-
|colspan=3 align=left|'''Total'''||'''47,702,972''' ||'''100%'''
|-
|colspan=3 align=left|Registered voters/turnout||58,387,975 ||81,7%
|}
{{Bar box
| title    = Popular vote
| titlebar = #ddd
| width    = 600px
| barwidth = 410px
| bars    =
{{Bar percent|Erwin Pohl|#D3D3D3|56.3}}
{{Bar percent|Kurt Weimer|#0F0FFF|31}}
{{Bar percent|Uwe Lögermann|#FF0000|12.1}}
}}
[[Category:Besmenia]]

Revision as of 05:58, 8 February 2023

1973 Besmenian presidential election
Flag of Besmenia.png
← 1970 11 March 1973 1979 →
  Erwin Pohlnew.png Kurt Weimer.jpg Uwe Lögermann.jpg
Candidate Erwin Pohl Kurt Weimer Uwe Lögermann
Party Independent BVP SDU
Home state Laitstadt Summingia Gablitz
Percentage 56,3% 31% 12,1%
Besmenian1973electionmap.png
  Pohl
  Weimer

The 1973 Besmenian presidential election took place on 11 March 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.

Candidates

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%
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