2085 Heavenfall presidential election

2085 Heavenfall presidential election (1st round)

25 August 2085
Turnout	59.5% 3.1 pp
Nominee Robin Lin Gustavo Gutiérrez Michelle Wang Party Labor Liberation Movement Liberation Movement Home state Dome500 Dome West Dome North Running mate  Samiha Karim Jimmy Duddridge Demeke Ali Popular vote 4,078,214 2,097,816 2,058,952 Percentage 49.32% 25.37% 24.90%

2085 Heavenfall presidential election (2nd round)

8 September 2080
Turnout	63.6%
Nominee Robin Lin Gustavo Gutiérrez Party Labor Liberation Movement Home state Dome500 Dome West Running mate  Samiha Karim Jimmy Duddridge Popular vote 7,100,989 1,736,798 Percentage 80.34% 19.65%
President before election Robin Lin Liberation Movement Elected President Robin Lin Labor

The 2085 Heavenfall presidential election was held on 25 August and 8 September 2085. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held between incumbent President Robin Lin of the newly-formed Labor Party (LAB) and Gustavo Gutiérrez of the Liberation Movement (LMV), which Lin won by a large margin. This marked the first time in Heavenfall history that a presidential election went on to a second round.

Lin took office in July 2082 following the death of Harvey Guinto. Lin was chosen by the newly-formed Labor Party to be their presidential candidate in their first ever race. Despite speculation about a joint Lin-Wang ticket, Michelle Wang announced her candidacy for the president in March 2085. Later that month, Lin would announce Samiha Karim, the incumbent vice president and president's girlfriend, as their running mate. In early April 2085, conservatice Liberation Movement assemblymember Gustavo Gutiérre issued an ultimatum to Wang: either make him her running mate or he would run for president. The next morning, Wang announced economist Demeke Ali as her running mate, and Gutiérrez announced his candidacy a few hours later. Simultaneously, he announced assemblymember Jimmy Duddridge as his running mate. A week later, Duddridge endorsed Wang, claiming he did not consent to be on the same ticket as Gutiérrez.

Despite their popularity, Lin unexpectedly failed to achieve a first-round vicotry in the election, largely credited to the fallout of the Daemans scandal and Parlor tricks affair, which implicated members of Lin's Cabinet of different parties in corruption. After her failure to make the second-round, Wang endorsed Lin and campaigned heavily against Gutiérrez.