1969 Besmenian presidential election

1970 Besmenian presidential election

26 April 1970

File:Josef Hübner.jpg Candidate Thomas Albrecht Alois Huthmacher Josef Hübner Party SDU BRP Independent Home state Metakumburg Trissia Laitstadt Percentage 56,2% 27,1% 9,1%   File:Gerhard Badenau.jpg Candidate Gerhard Badenau Party Independent Home state Gablitz Percentage 6,9%

Albrecht   Huthmacher

The 1970 Besmenian presidential election took place on 26 April 1970 in Besmenia.

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.

Results

Candidate		Party	Result
			Votes	%
	Thomas Albrecht	SDU	28,600,379	56,2%
	Alois Huthmacher	BRP	13,791,286	27,1%
	Josef Hübner	Independent	4,631,022	9,1%
	Gerhard Badenau	Independent	3,511,434	6,9%
Invalid/blank votes			356,232	0,7%
Total			50,890,353	100%
Registered voters/turnout			57,097,784	89,13%