Presidential elections in Vinalia

Presidential elections in Vinalia refer to the presidential elections that take place at the national level in Vinalia from 1863 until the most recent election in 2021. Presidents were elected to serve as leaders of the Federal Vinalian Assembly between 1863 and 1883, after which they were directly elected until 1968, when they were directly elected by Congress, direct elections returned in 1988 and continued until 1992 when Vinalia unified into the Unified Republic of Vinalia Since 1994 Vinalian presidents have been elected by the Vinalian Parliament.

Criteria

As per the Vinalian constitution of 1993, the criteria for voter eligibility is that all voters be eighteen years or older on election day, and citizens of Vinalia.

All voters must present valid ID, in the form of their National ID Card when presenting themselves to voting polls. Voting polls are by law open between 7 am and 7pm.

Elections

Elections are held every two years for both Chambers of Congress, along with elections to the state Parliaments of the constituent states. Elections at the municipal and local level are held every 4 years.

However, elections can be called at any point for any reason, with early elections almost always due to a vote of no-confidence, as was the case in 2015 when one year after being elected Minister-President Ulyana Hryhorivna called an early election.

Traditionally elections took place the 5th of December with the President taking power the 1st of January, but such a practice was discontinued in the new republic although elections were held in January. An election has not been held in January since 2015 when elections took place on August, thus causing all subsequent elections to take place on August.

List of elections

State of Vinalia (1863-1883)

According to the 1865 Constitution, the right to vote was restricted to men over 21 years old who were not illiterate, and were legal citizens of Chistovodia. The President of the Vinalian Assembly was the leader of that body, and represented the country to the Chistovodian President. Although the President held vast powers inside Vinalia, he was still subject to the Chistovodian President and Assembly.

1863

The very first president was elected by the Vinalian Assembly, and served as Vinalia's sole head of state until 1864 when Vinalia officially joined Chistovodia as a Federal State.

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Markiyan Chornovil	none
Votes	100 (100%)	–
Party	Democratic Front	–

1867

From 1867 on, elections were held every five years.

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Candidate	Markiyan Chornovil	Ananiy Ramenskoi	Erik Sakandelidze
Votes	473,168 (77%)	87,637 (14%)	57,251 (9%)
Party	Democratic Front	Social Front	Anti-Chornovil

1872

	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Candidate	Vadym Oksamit	Markiyan Chornovil	Omelyan Sahaidachny
Votes	403,782 (57%)	195,727 (28%)	104,627 (15%)
Party	Social Front	Democratic Front	Democratic Front (Sahaidachny)

1877

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Omelyan Sahaidachny	Vadym Oksamit
Votes	506,627 (66%)	256,782 (34%)
Party	Democratic Front	Social Front

First Republic of Vinalia (1883-1935)

With the Vinalian War of Independence...

1883

The Vinalian Revolutionary Front representing the secessionist elements of the Vinalian Assembly had elected Omelyan Sahaidachny as President following their declaration of Independence, as Sahaidachny had been deposed by the Chistovodian government and replaced by Oleksandr Shukhevych.

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Omelyan Sahaidachny	none
Votes	150 (100%)	–
Party	Vinalian Revolutionary Front	–

1885 January

Following the death of Omelyan Sahaidachny, new elections were held and Golobordko was elected, to represent the government until new elections could be held

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Valentyn Goloborodko	none
Votes	150 (100%)	–
Party	Vinalian Revolutionary Front	–

1885 December

Following peace negotiations, elections were to be held in December, and were to be held every four years.

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Valentyn Goloborodko	Markiyan Kopyl
Votes	189,790 (79%)	51,672 (21%)
Party	Vinalian Revolutionary Front	Vinalian Revolutionary Front

1889

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Halyna Prohasko	Markiyan Kopyl
Votes	489,620 (66%)	257,517 (34%)
Party	Episemialist Democratic Party	Vinalian Revolutionary Front

1893

	Winner	Runner-up
Candidate	Markiyan Kopyl	Halyna Prohasko
Votes	516,161 (58%)	367,847 (42%)
Party	Federal-Democratic Party	Episemialist Democratic Party

Second Republic of Vinalia (1935-1992)

1968 April

With the 1968 military coup d'état, the direct democracy ended and presidents (who were all members of military) were now elected by Congress which was turned to army control. The interval between elections was irregular.

1988

Return to democracy after the fall of Artem Kotenkos government. Elections were held after 4 years in 1992.

1992

Last direct election for President in the Republic of Vinalia. The Republic of Vinalia and the People's Republic of Vinalia became the Unified Republic of Vinalia in 1993, making the position of President one elected by members of Parliament.