2024 Torisakia Federal Election
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All 220 constituencies of Torisakia 111 votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 60.5%  1.7pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reporting | 99.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of constituencies in Torisakia (including Gonzalez Isle and Happiness Island) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Torisakia Federal Election was held on October 8, 2024. It was the 49th quadrennial presidential election and the 14th of the Democracy era. Voters elected the president and vice president directly using the first-past-the-post method. The candidate with the most votes in a constituency is declared to have 'won' that constituency and is awarded it. The first candidate to win a majority of the constituencies is elected president. A series of presidential primary elections and caucuses were held from January to June 2024. The nominating process is a direct election, where voters cast ballots selecting the nominee for a respective party directly through popular vote.
Incumbent president Doug McDowell was ineligible to run as he was term-limited by the Constitution of Torisakia.
Marcell Perrault defeated Faines, Ellis, Bibi, Warrick, and Logan in one of the closest presidential elections in Torisakia's history. Perrault barely won enough constituencies to gain a majority, however he handily won the popular vote. Perrault won 113 constituencies and 51.3% of the popular vote, while Faines won 97 constituencies and 44.1% of the popular vote, Ellis with 5 constituencies and 2.2% of the popular vote, Bibi with 4 constituencies and 1.8% of the popular vote, Warrick with 1 constituency and 0.4% of the popular vote. Caroline Logan did not win any constituencies but carried 0.2% of the popular vote. Perrault is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 6, 2025.
Background
Procedure
Article Two of the Torisakia Constitution states that for a person to serve as president, the individual must be a natural-born Torisakian citizen, at least 35 years old, and a Torisakia resident for at least 10 years. Candidates typically seek nomination from the various political parties of Torisakia, which is typically conducted under a three-stage runoff election. Each stage is a direct election where voters choose the candidate of their choice. The first stage typically consists of all the candidates within a specific party. The top three candidates with the most votes move on to the second stage, where another vote is held. The top two candidates then move on to the third stage, where the winner of that election is named the nominee. The presidential nominee typically chooses a running mate to form that party's ticket. The general election in October is also a direct election, with each nominee receiving constituencies based on the popular vote. If a nominee receives the majority of votes in a constituency is said to have 'won' said city-district and is awarded it. The candidate with the most constituencies is declared the winner of the election and is formally President of Torisakia.
The Thirteenth Amendment states that an individual cannot be elected to the presidency or serve as President more than twice. This prohibits former presidents Adrian La-Pryor, Kian Logan, Steven Douglas, Johnson Crandall, and Doug McDowell from being elected president again. Former president Rosalind Dupond, having only served roughly half of her first term, would normally be allowed to be elected president again. However, Article Two of the Torisakia Consitution prohibits any president that has been removed from office via impeachment from serving as president again. Therefore, because Dupond was removed from office in 2016 via impeachment, she is not allowed to run for president again.