2020 Ørdegnien presidential election

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2020 Ørdegnien presidential election

14 May 2020 2025 →
  Johan Olsson Valdemar Söderberg
Candidate Johan Olsson Valdemar Söderberg
Party Independent KKF
Popular vote 11,052,343 4,502,017
Percentage 71.1% 28.9%

President before election

Johan Olsson (Acting)
Independent

Elected President

Johan Olsson
Independent

The first round of the 2020 Ørdegnien presidential election will be held on 7 May 2020. Should no candidate win a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff will be held between the top two candidates two weeks later. The incumbent president is Johan Olsson, an Independent, who was appointed as Acting President when the Ordennyan government established the separate offices of President as head of state and Prime Minister as head of government. It will be the first election of a directly-elected President in Ordennyan history.

Declared Candidates

Independent

Conservative Capitalist Front

  • Valdemar Söderberg, former Secretary of State for Finance, former Vice President of Ørdegnien

Declined to run

Green Party

The Green Party declined to put forward a candidate, instead endorsing incumbent President Johan Olsson. The following people were previously discussed as candidates and/or expressed interest in running;

  • Rune Nyström, Euclean Commissioner for Climate Change, former leader of the Green Party
  • Niamh Cooper, Secretary of State for Technology, Science, and Innovation, former leader of the Green Party

Conservative Party of Ordennya

The Conservative Party declined to put forward a candidate, instead endorsing KKF candidate Valdemar Soderberg. The following people were previously discussed as candidates and/or expressed interest in running;

Labour Party

The Labour Party declined to put forward a candidate, instead endorsing incumbent President Johan Olsson. The following people were previously discussed as candidates and/or expressed interest in running;

  • Väinämö Stoltenberg, Secretary of State for Defence
  • Esther Steffensen, Leader of the Senate, Chair of the Federal Council
  • Fredrik Manson, former President of Ørdegnien

Liberal Party

The Liberal Party declined to put forward a candidate, instead endorsing incumbent President Johan Olsson. The following people were previously discussed as candidates and/or expressed interest in running;

  • Jon Sinclair, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats, former Home Secretary

New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party declined to put forward a candidate, instead endorsing incumbent President Johan Olsson. The following people were previously discussed as candidates and/or expressed interest in running;

  • Jennifer Alexander, former leader of the New Democratic Party, former Home Secretary