2013 Luepolan presidential election

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2013 Luepolan presidential election
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← 2009 24 April 2013 (2013-04-24) 2017 →
Registered41,699,657
Turnout62.09%Decrease
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Nominee Sebastijan Ilić Miroslav Šalaj
Party PRAL ResP
Popular vote 21,842,280 19,857,377
Percentage 52.59% 47.41%

President before election

Sebastijan Ilić
Luepolan Workers' Party

Elected President

Sebastijan Ilić
Luepolan Workers' Party

The 2017 Luepolan presidential election was held on 3 and 24 April 2013. The first round of voting saw incumbent president Sebastijan Ilić of the Workers' Party win a significant plurality but not a majority; thus, a runoff was held between him and the Republican nominee Miroslav Šalaj. The second round of voting resulted in a narrower victory for Ilić.

Prime Minister Marek Vládović, himself a Republican, resigned from the prime ministership shortly after Šalaj's defeat. Ilić appointed Sabina Škupovna in his stead, thus making her the first woman to serve as Prime Minister.