Gylian presidential election, 1995

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Gylian presidential election, 1995

← 1991 22 January 1995 1999 →
Turnout94,5%
  AninaBergmann.jpg SeneaLieni.jpg
Nominee Anina Bergmann Senea Lieni
Party PA NB
Final vote 4.889.548 4.660.351
Percentage 51,2% 48,8%

Gylias-elections-presidential-1995-final.png
Results of the final preference distribution by region
  Anina Bergmann   Senea Lieni

President before election

Anina Bergmann

President after election

Anina Bergmann

Presidential elections were held in Gylias on 22 January 1995.

Incumbent Anina Bergmann was re-elected, defeating National Bloc candidate Senea Lieni. This was the only presidential election to coincide with a federal election, as subsequent reform of the Gylian Parliament's term of office stabilised the electoral calendar.

Procedure

The election was held through instant-runoff voting.

Candidates were registered with Elections Gylias in accordance with normal procedures. They could either be nominated by a political party or electoral bloc, civic organisations, or self-nomination as independents.

Candidates

Candidate Nominator Office(s) held Details
Anina Bergmann AninaBergmann-1991.jpg Progressive Alliance President of Gylias
(since 1991)
Campaigned as the main leftist candidate.
Senea Lieni SeneaLieni.jpg National Bloc Governor of Tomes
(1982–1990)
Campaigned as the main conservative candidate.
Ilona Stahler IlonaStahler-1999.jpg Love, Nature, Democracy Minister without portfolio with responsibility for sexual hygiene
(since 1994)
Campaigned on promotion of free love and sexarchism.
Alike Demetriou AlikeDemetriou4.jpg Independent None Campaigned on promotion of the arts and culture.
Françoise Chatelain FrançoiseChatelain1.jpg OMFLGACFEN None Campaigned on promotion of francité.
Brigitte Nyman BrigitteNyman4.jpg Animal Protection PartyGreen Party None Campaigned on promotion of animal rights and environmentalism.

Results

Candidate Nominator First count % Final count %
Anina Bergmann PA 2.419.450 22,7% 4.889.548 51,2%
Senea Lieni NB 2.184.966 20,5% 4.660.351 48,8%
Ilona Stahler LND 1.684.022 15,8%
Alike Demetriou Independent 1.492.172 14,0%
Françoise Chatelain OMFLGACFEN 1.481.513 13,9%
Brigitte Nyman APPGP 1.108.470 10,4%
Others/write-ins 287.776 2,7%
Total 10.658.370 100% 9.549.899 100%
Registered voters and turnout 11.473.752 94,5%

Maps

First count pluralities by region
Final count majorities by region

Analysis

This was the only presidential election to fall on the same date as a federal election. (The 1976 one had been held months after its federal counterpart, coinciding with the municipals.) The government adopted special regulations to alternate campaign days, but the concurrence still provoked fears that the presidential election would be overshadowed or affected by the federal one. This gave the presidential campaign something of a lower profile than usual.

In the first count, incumbent Anina Bergmann slightly improved on her 1991 performance, increasing her first preference vote by 1,6%. National Bloc candidate Senea Lieni came second, with 20,5% of the vote and pluralities in four regions — although notably not Tomes, which she had been governor of, and where she came second. Incumbent minister Ilona Stahler capitalised on the strong sympathy vote caused by Moana Pozzi's death, finishing third overall with pluralities in Nezyál and Sváen — although narrowly beaten by Anina in Mişeyáke. As the foresitter of Love, Nature, Democracy after Moana's death, she was the only one to benefit from the simultaneous federal and presidential elections.

Alike Demetriou's performance was a surprise, since she'd registered as a lark. Although her campaign was officially focused on cultural policy, it actually revolved around the playfully nostalgic persona she had perfected in her acting career. The knowingly elegiac tone of her campaign unexpectedly struck a chord amidst the atmosphere of national optimism and nostalgia for Groovy Gylias, leading to a fourth place finish with pluralities on the western coast. She also took the role Moana had fulfiled in 1991 as the staunchly unilingual candidate. One popular campaign stunt was appearing in a segment of The Havomar Report, in which she discussed her candidacy in Hellene while her interviewer sagely nodded despite not understanding her at all.

Françoise Chatelain's gains continued, with a 1,3% increase in first preference votes. She won pluralities in Arxaþ, Alţira, and Herlan, benefiting from the absence of an official liberal candidate. Brigitte Nyman finished sixth, with a still respectable 10,4% of first preference votes and pluralities in Nauras and Ḑarna. She was the first candidate to be endorsed by the Green Party, which mainly focused on legislative elections, but her campaign was based on her signature issue of animal rights.

In the final count, Anina generally gained transfers from Ilona and Françoise voters, while Senea generally gained transfers from Alike voters. Brigitte's voters were surprisingly split, although the regions she'd won pluralities in were notable strongholds of green conservatism.

Anina gained Françoise and Ilona's regions, which appeared on the map as a sweep of the eastern coast, while Senea gained Alike and Brigitte's regions, which appeared as a sweep of the western coast except for Sváen. The results in Arxaþ and Alţira were very close, leading some commentators to speculate that Senea winning them would've carried her to the presidency. As it was, Anina won re-election with 51,2% of the final vote to Senea's 48,8% – only a 0,4% difference compared to the final round of 1991.