1969 Besmenian presidential election
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The 1970 Besmenian presidential election took place on 26 April 1970 in Besmenia. It was the first all-Besmenian presidential election after Besmenia was reunited in September 1967.
Electoral system
Albrecht at a election campaign event in Frankenburg in March 1970.
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
Thomas Albrecht
Alois Huthmacher
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 | Free Besmenian Citizen's Party | 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% | ||