Vyvlander presidential election, 2010
| Flag of Vyvland | |||||||
| 8th presidential election in Vyvland | |||||||
| ← Previous election 2006 |
Next election → (2014) | ||||||
| 23rd / 30th June 2010 | |||||||
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| File:Robert Ujson.jpg | File:Curtis Blymont.jpg | ||||||
| Party | Liberal | Conservative | |||||
| Alliance | L-S-G | K-N | |||||
| Nominee | Robert Ujson | Kurt Blymont | |||||
| Votes (Round 2) | 8,892,030 | 8,330,618 | |||||
| Share | 52% | 48% | |||||
| Votes (Round 1) | 4,679,546 | 5,004,016 | |||||
| Incumbent President Sofia Beket Socialist |
Resulting President Robert Ujson Liberal | ||||||
The 2010 Vyvlander presidential election was the third held in the country, on the 23rd and 30th June 2010. The election resulted in the election of Robert Ujson to the office, who narrowly beat Kurt Blymont in the second round of voting and replaced incumbent President Sofia Beket, who did not stand in the election. The election was the eighth since the office was established in 1986.
Ujson, the Leader of the Opposition until the 2009 general election, was running as a joint ticket candidate in a Liberal Party-Socialist Party-Greens alliance. However, Kurt Blymont, the leader of the Conservative Party and shadow Business Minister, progressed through the first round as the frontrunner with a clear plurality of the votes.
Blymont, who was running with the support of the National Party, failed to receive a majority of valid votes in the second round of voting after an unsuccessful week in which he declared that National voters were "reactionary retards", leading to many National supporters voting instead for Ujson, despite political differences. Although the statement was made in private, Blymont was still wearing a microphone while in a public toilet with an advisor.
Ujson followed up on strong showings in the 2009 parliamentary election nine months previously for his party, although failed to garner as much support as hoped. Nevertheless, his presidential term was mostly rated as successful, similarly to that of his predecessor Sofia Beket, who did not stand due to her Socialist Party's longstanding electoral pact with the Liberals to field a joint candidate alternating between the two parties.