Gylian presidential election, 1961

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Gylian presidential election, 1961

22 May 1961 1968 →
Turnout95,2%
  RedaKazan-4.jpg Nancy-Astor-Viscountess-Astor.jpg
Nominee Reda Kazan Hildegard Riese
Party PA UNR
FP vote 2.216.758 606.179
Percentage 50,1% 13,7%

Gylias-elections-presidential-1961-first.png
Results of the first preference distribution by region
  Reda Kazan   Hildegard Riese   Donatella Rossetti   Junko Maruo

President after election

Reda Kazan

A presidential elections were held in Gylias on 22 May 1961. It was the first presidential election, held after the Constitution was adopted and the post established.

Several well-known political and civic figures ran for office, establishing the tone and character of subsequent presidential elections. Reda Kazan, supported by the Progressive Alliance, unexpectedly won a majority of first preference votes, and was elected without any further distribution.

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
Reda Kazan RedaKazan-4.jpg Progressive Alliance None Campaigned on promotion of culture, the arts, and socialised luxury.
Hildegard Riese Nancy-Astor-Viscountess-Astor.jpg Union for a New Republic None Campaigned as the main conservative candidate.
Donatella Rossetti DonatellaRossetti(small).jpg Liberal Union Governor of Alscia
(1908–1939)
Delegate to the General Council
(1939–1958)
Member of the Popular Assembly
(since 1958)
Campaigned as the main Donatellistliberal candidate.
Arlette Gaubert ArletteGaubert1.jpg Centre Group Chief executive of Gaulette
(1914–1939)
Delegate to the General Council
(1940–1958)
Member of the Popular Assembly
(since 1958)
Campaigned on promotion of industrial paternalism.
Françoise Chatelain FrançoiseChatelain1.jpg OMFLGACFEN None Campaigned on promotion of francité.
Junko Maruo JunkoMaruo.png Veterans for a Just Peace None Campaigned on Liberation War veterans' issues.
Luiza Monteira Maria Pia de Bragança 2.jpg Centre of Constitutional Monarchists None Campaigned on promotion of monarchism.

Results

Candidate Nominator First count %
Reda Kazan PA 2.216.758 50,1%
Hildegard Riese UNR 606.179 13,7%
Donatella Rossetti LU 451.316 10,2%
Arlette Gaubert CG 424.768 9,6%
Françoise Chatelain OMFLGACFEN 331.850 7,5%
Junko Maruo VFJP 199.110 4,5%
Luiza Monteira CCM 141.589 3,2%
Others/write-ins 53.096 1,2%
Total 4.424.668 100%
Registered voters and turnout 4.682.882 95,2%

Map

First count pluralities by region

Analysis

In contrast to the 1958 Popular Assembly election, which used nationwide party-list proportional representation, this was the first federal election to use ranked voting and regional counts, allowing for a better measurement of federal political trends.

Reda Kazan's stature as an iconic figure of the Free Territories, backed with the support of the Progressive Alliance, proved an insurmountable advantage. Her campaign themes included promotion of culture and the arts, support of socialised luxury as rationing was recently abolished, and a promise to use her stature to preserve the Free Territories' revolutionary heritage. This helped her construct a large coalition that propelled her to victory.

Reda won pluralities or majorities in almost all regions. The exceptions were Arxaþ and Alţira, where the bulk of the vote was monopolised by Donatella Rossetti, Hildegard Riese, and Arlette Gaubert; Elena, which Donatella won by a plurality; Herlan, where the ongoing Arnak Trials propelled the VFJP's Junko Maruo to a plurality; and Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk, which Hildegard Riese won by a plurality.

Although Reda's victory was somewhat expected, its scale surprised the public. Reda won 50,1% of first preference votes, amassing a 1,6 million vote lead over the second-placed candidate, Hildegard. She was thus elected on the first count, with no further preference distribution necessary.