2021 Besmenian presidential election

2021 Besmenian presidential election

28 February 2021 (first round) 14 March 2021 (second round)

Candidate Vincent von Schilling Sebastian Bergmann Party BVP GPB 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 is scheduled to be held in Besmenia on March 14th, 2021.

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.

Candidates

Candidates who are officially on the ballot

• Sebastian Bergmann - President of Besmenia (2015–2021), former party leader of GPB (2001–2015), former environment minister (1993-2001)
• Hans-Peter Göhring - Former chairman of the NBP faction in the Federal Chamber (2013-2021), former member of the Federal Chamber (2005-2021)
• Mona Lautenschläger - Lawyer, columnist and author
• Georg Säcker - Former ambassador to Zamastan (2009-2017), former ambassador to Timeria (2003-2009)
• Vincent von Schilling - Governor of Gablitz (2014-2021), former interior minister in Gablitz (2010-2014), former member of the Federal Chamber (2005-2009)
• Wilfried Wetzstein - Journalist, author, political commentator

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  Sebastian Bergmann
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  Hans-Peter Göhring
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  Mona Lautenschläger
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  Georg Säcker
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  Vincent von Schilling
• Wilfried Wetzstein new image 2022.png

  Wilfried Wetzstein

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	%
	Gerhard Mahler	SDU	23,140,208	42.1%	31,897,643	53.6%
	Ursula Kummstein	FBBP	16,489,459	30%	26,005,361	45.9%
	Adam Radinger	BVP	10,828,078	19.7%
	Michael Breitmann	NBP	4,067,400	7.4%
Invalid/blank votes			439,718	0.8%	283,282	0.5%
Total			54,964,863	100%	58,186,286	100%
Registered voters/turnout			64,868,467	84,73%	64,868,467	89,70%