2021 Besmenian presidential election

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2021 Besmenian presidential election
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Candidate Vincent von Schilling Wolfgang Blühm
Party BVP SDU
Home state Gablitz Metakumburg
Popular vote 26,522,415 23,514,200
Percentage 52,9 % 46,9 %

President of Besmenia before election

Sebastian Bergmann

Elected President of Besmenia

Vincent von Schilling

The 2021 Besmenian presidential election took place on 28 February 2021 and on 14 March 2021 in Besmenia.

The incumbent president Sebastian Bergmann (GPB) ran for a second term. No candidate was able to achieve the required absolute majority in the first ballot on 28 February 2021. Sebastian Bergmann took first place ahead of Vincent von Schilling (BVP). Von Schilling. was able to win the run-off election on 14 March 2021.

This was the first presidential election where the voting age was 16.

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.

Electoral law

Eligible to vote were all who:

  • had reached the age of 16 by February 28, 2021 at the latest
  • had Besmenian citizenship and their main place of residence in Besmenia and were not disqualified from voting
  • were Besmenians abroad who appeared in the electoral register of an Besmenian municipality

Candidates

Candidates who are officially on the ballot

Earlier candidate speculation

Election campaign

TV duels

A television duel with all candidates ran on February 21, 2021 in the evening program of BRF 1 and BRF 2.

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Wolfgang Blühm SDU 0 0 0 0
Vincent von Schilling BVP 0 0 0 0
Mona Lautenschläger Independent 0 0
Hans-Peter Göhring NBP 0 0
Wilfried Wetzstein PBL 0 0
Georg Säcker Independent 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 0 0.3% 0 0
Total 0 100% 0 100%
Registered voters/turnout 0 0 0 0