2016 Volkian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Volkia on June 19, 2016. The 33rd presidential elections, voters chose a new president as the incumbent, Zakhar Kreskov, was term limited. Because no candidate received a majority of votes in the first round, a run-off between the top two candidates, Yuliya Surkova and Kateryna Lysenka, was held on July 3. Yuliya Surkova won the election in the second round with 55.59% of the vote, the first woman in Volkian history to win a presidential election. The election was also the first in Volkian history to feature two women in the run-off election. Surkova was inaugurated on August, 6, 2016.
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Turnout | 81.45% (first round) 83.40% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Results
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Yuliya Surkova | Social Democratic Union | 8,452,158 | 32.97 | 14,662,054 | 55.59 | |
Kateryna Lysenka | Conservative Party | 7,125,687 | 27.79 | 11,711,502 | 44.41 | |
Sergey Kuznetsov | Liberal Party | 3,298,025 | 12.86 | |||
Andriy Shevchenko | Socialist Labor League | 3,078,951 | 12.01 | |||
Petro Tkachenkov | Volkian Green Party | 2,985,715 | 11.65 | |||
Artur Kamenev | Independent | 378,140 | 1.47 | |||
Viktor Zakharov | Independent | 318,752 | 1.24 | |||
Total | 25,637,428 | 100.00 | 26,373,556 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 25,637,428 | 98.85 | 26,373,556 | 99.07 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 299,224 | 1.15 | 248,904 | 0.93 | ||
Total votes | 25,936,652 | 100.00 | 26,622,460 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 31,842,590 | 81.45 | 31,920,573 | 83.40 | ||
Source: National Elections Commission |
Volkian Federative Republic | ||
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Main article: Volkia | ||
Important Topics: Culture ♦ Lupine ♦ Volkian language ♦ Lunarism ♦ Volkian korona ♦ Defense Forces | ||
Government: Federal Government ♦ President ♦ Cabinet ♦ National Assembly ♦ Federal Supreme Court ♦ Political Parties | ||
History: Grand Principality of Volkia ♦ Duchy of Volkia ♦ Kingdom of Volkia ♦ Volkian Civil War ♦ Northern Revolt ♦ Volkian Revolution | ||
Important Figures (Past and Present): Yuliya Surkova ♦ Aleksey Pushkarev ♦ Stefan Gurkovsky ♦ Ivan Ogarkov ♦ Vasily Tolmachyov ♦ Yulian Lebedev | ||