2023 Soravian presidential election
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The 2023 Soravian presidential election is scheduled to begin on October 21, 2023, with an additional second round on November 4, 2023 if no candidate receives more than half of the votes in the first round. The winner of the election is scheduled to be inaugurated on December 4, 2023.
Soravia is widely regarded as an authoritarian state where democratic freedoms are limited. Alexei Kadnikov is the candidate for the ruling Patriots' Front.[1] Boris Yudin is expected to be the main opposition candidate, running for the united opposition party United for the Fatherland (Yedbat)[2], while other opposition candidates include Damian Saltanov, Artem Fekhlachev, and Natalya Zubareva.
Nearly all of Soravia's main media outlets and political figures have endorsed Kadnikov, whilst some traditional opposition figures have withdrawn their candidacy to endorse Yudin and Yedbat. The election is expected to be one of the tightest in recent times, after The Continental reported that the Soravian opposition were polling at unprecedented highs.[3]
Background
Candidates
| Candidate name, age, political party |
Political offices | Campaign | Details | Registration date | ||
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| Artem Fekhlachov (aged 56) Voskreshaty–New National Revival |
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Chairman of Voskreshaty–New National Revival (2012–) Member of the Chikanshiva City Rada (2016–2021) |
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Fekhlachov is a Soravian businessman and television personality who founded and has led Voskreshaty–New National Revival since 2012. He was first elected to political office in 2016 as a member of the Chikanshiva City Rada. In 2021 he left his position to pursue a presidential candidacy, which his party nominated him for in January 2023. Ideologically, Fekhlachov has variously been described as a right-wing populist, neo-functionalist, corporatist and a minarchist, and his party's appearance bares notable similarities to the former Soravian Nationalist and Revivalist Party. | August 10, 2023 | |
| Alexei Kadnikov (aged 63) Patriots' Front |
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Mayor of Vydryche (2010–2013) Governor of Tokarev Oblast (2013–2020) Minister of the Environment, Ecology and Resources (2021–2022) |
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Kadnikov is the son of the Soravian oligarch Klavdiy Kadnikov, who owned SMEC before it was sold to Zakhaz in the 1980s. Kadnikov has endorsed a "global" new outlook on Soravian policy, looking to solidify relationships with allies outside of Euclea.[1] Domestically his policies are viewed as similar to prior PF candidates. | August 17, 2023 | |
| Boris Yudin (aged 49) United for the Fatherland |
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Member of the Grand Khural of Zalykia (2014–2022) Chairman of United Left–Protsvitannya (2016–2023) |
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Yudin was previously leader of the centre-left party United Left–Protsvitannya, before leaving to take up the presidential nomination for United for the Fatherland, a merger between United Left–Protsvitannya and the regionalist Movement for Zalykia. Yudin is generally described as a social democrat or social liberal. | June 30, 2023 | |
| Damian Saltanov (aged 41) Damian Saltanov Bloc |
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Chairman of the Damian Saltanov Bloc (2022–) |
Saltanov is a former boxing world champion. Having retired in 2014, he has gained notoriety in Soravia and online for his promotion of alternative forms of living. Saltanov claims to live on a boat on the river Sarpa and is a Badi convert. He promotes fads such as anti-vaccine activism and the carnivore diet, and his proposed policies include a complete abolition of taxes. | June 9, 2023 | ||
Campaigns
Artem Fekhlachov
Alexei Kadnikov
Damian Saltanov
On October 19, Saltanov accused "Senro-communists" of attempting to "sterilise" Soravian children through the Internet and anime.[4]
Boris Yudin
Yudin has campaigned on a platform of democratising and liberalising Soravia. He refers to his platform and ideology as "politics of the 21st century" (Soravian: Політика для 21 століття; Polityka dlya 21 stolittya).
On October 15, Yudin was reportedly seen on an Aeronovo flight between Samistopol and Nizhnebersutsk, the capital of George Ruset Land[5], leading some to speculate that he had potentially won the territory's vote. It was later found to be a hoax, after Yudin was seen campaigning in Samistopol later that day.
Natalya Zubareva
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kadnikov looks to usher in a new era for Soravian foreign policy" DM. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ↑ "Soravia's opposition unite in historic agreement" DM. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ↑ "Soravian opposition poll at record high in run-up to October election" The Continental. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ↑ "@zoravyyaintel" Chirper. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ "@zoravyyaintel". Chirper. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.