Gylian presidential election, 1961

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Gylian presidential election, 1961

22 May 1961 1967 →
Turnout95,2%
  File:EiínDairyn(small).jpg File:MalénaLaryn(small).jpg
Nominee Eiín Dairyn Maléna Laryn
Party Ind PA
Final vote 2.068.820 1.979.751
Percentage 51,1% 48,9%

File:Gylias-elections-presidential-1961-final.png
Results of the final preference distribution by region
  Eiín Dairyn   Maléna Laryn

President after election

Eiín Dairyn

Presidential elections were held in Gylias on 22 May 1961. They were the first presidential elections, held after the Constitution was adopted and the post established.

Several well-known political and civic figures ran for office, establishing the tone and character of subsequent presidential elections. Independent candidate Eiín Dairyn unexpectedly won a plurality of first preference votes, and was elected in the final distribution, defeating the Progressive Alliance-supported Maléna Laryn.

Procedure

The election is held through instant-runoff voting.

Candidates are registered with Elections Gylias in accordance with normal procedures. They could either be nominated by a political party or electoral bloc, civic organisations, or self-nomination as independents.

Candidates

Candidate Nominator Office(s) held Details
Eiín Dairyn File:EiínDairyn.jpg Independent None Campaigned on promotion of the arts and culture.
Maléna Laryn File:MalénaLaryn.jpg Progressive Alliance None Campaigned on promotion of gender and sexual revolution.
Hildegard Riese Nancy-Astor-Viscountess-Astor.jpg Union for a New Republic None Campaigned as the main conservative candidate.
Donatella Rossetti DonatellaRossetti(small).jpg Liberal Union Governor of Alscia
(1908–1939)
Campaigned as the main Donatellistliberal candidate.
Arlette Gaubert ArletteGaubert1.jpg Centre Group Delegate to the General Council
(1940–1958)
Member of the Popular Assembly
(1958–1962)
Campaigned on promotion of industrial paternalism.
Françoise Chatelain FrançoiseChatelain1.jpg OMFLGACFEN None Campaigned on promotion of francité.
Junko Maruo JunkoMaruo.png Veterans for a Just Peace None Campaigned on Liberation War veterans' issues.
Luiza Monteira Maria Pia de Bragança 2.jpg Centre of Constitutional Monarchists None Campaigned on promotion of monarchism.

Results

Candidate Nominator First count % Final count %
Eiín Dairyn Independent 1.247.756 28,2% 2.068.820 51,1%
Maléna Laryn PA 951.304 21,5% 1.979.751 48,9%
Hildegard Riese UNR 623.878 14,1%
Donatella Rossetti LU 451.316 10,2%
Arlette Gaubert CG 424.768 9,6%
Françoise Chatelain OMFLGACFEN 331.850 7,5%
Junko Maruo VFJP 199.110 4,5%
Luiza Monteira CCM 141.589 3,2%
Others/write-ins 53.096 1,2%
Total 4.424.668 100% 4.048.571 100%
Registered voters and turnout 4.682.882 95,2%

Maps

First count pluralities by region
Final count majorities by region

Analysis

In contrast to the 1958 Popular Assembly election, which used nationwide party-list proportional representation, this was the first federal election to use ranked voting and regional counts, allowing for a better measurement of federal political trends.

In the first count, Donatella Rossetti won a plurality in Arxaþ and Alţira, trailed by Hildegard Riese and Arlette Gaubert, with the other candidates performing poorly. Commentators attributed this to "Alscian nostalgia", with Donatella, Hildegard, and Arlette being famous representatives of the "hurried province".

Junko Maruo performed notably well in Salxar and Makarces, and narrowly won a plurality in Herlan, aided by the ongoing Arnak Trials. Luiza Monteira won a plurality in the Daláyk islands, although Hildegard won Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk as a whole.

Eiín Dairyn's strong performance was the main surprise: she won pluralities in southern Gylias and finished first overall, with 28,2% of first preference votes.

In the final count, Eiín generally gained transfers from Hildegard, Arlette, and Luiza's voters, while Maléna received most of the transfers from Françoise and Junko's voters. Transfers from Donatella were more evenly split, as Eiín and Maléna were equally appealing to liberal voters.

While Maléna retained most of the regions she had won in the first count, including Mişeyáke, she crucially lost several of the largest regions to Eiín, particularly Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk, Elena and Tomes.

Notably, the northern regions of Salxar, Makarces, Gacar, and Gerşyr, which had given pluralities to Maléna in the first count, switched to Eiín in the final count. Although their voters leaned left generally, Maléna's hétaïre image and association with socialised luxury did not resonate with the largely rural and mountainous regions.