2024 Volkian general election
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Turnout | 83.87% (first round) 82.48% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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26 of 78 seats in the Federal Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 83.87% (first round) 82.48% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 251 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 83.87% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
General elections were held on June 16, 2024 in Volkia to elect the president, vice president, the National Assembly, governors and vice governors, Provincial Legislative Assemblies of all federative units, and other local offices. As no candidate for president — or for the Federal Council or governor in some provinces — received more than half of valid votes in the first round, a runoff election was held on June 30 for these offices. Kirill Kovalenko received the majority of the votes in the second round and became president-elect of Volkia.
Incumbent Yuliya Surkova was unable to run for re-election as she was term limited. Kirill Kovalenko, mayor of Kovdor in Norindzhik Oblast, was selected as the candidate for the Social Democratic Union (SDU) following the party's largest primary contest. He defeated several high profile politicians in the primary election including Senator Oksana Sydorenko, Federal Council Majority Leader Yefim Luzhkov, and Governor Tatyana Alikhanova; the latter would be selected by Kovalenko to be his vice presidential candidate.
Andrei Petrov was selected by the Conservative Party (KP) to be their presidential candidate. Petrov was described as the most politically experienced candidates in the election, having held a position of some kind in the federal government since 1992. The ranking senator from Olyutorsk Oblast and the Opposition Leader in the Federal Council, Petrov selected Uzlovaya Vice Governor Pyotr Markonikov as his running mate.
Kovalenko received the most votes in the first round, with 37.90% to Petrov's 35.84%, which was the closest presidential first round result in recent Volkian electoral history. Both Kovalenko and Petrov performed better than the national opinion polls suggested, with Petrov's performance especially surprising to pollsters. Kovalenko received 53.66% of the votes in the second round compared to Petrov's 46.34%, becoming the first former professional athlete and first person from Norindzhik Oblast to become president-elect.
The newly elected National Assembly will be sworn in on August 1 and Kovalenko will be sworn in on August 6.
Background
Electoral system
Volkia's president and vice president are elected as a joint ticket using the two-round system. The first round is held on the third Sunday of June, which was June 16 in 2024. A candidate who receives more than 50% of the total valid votes in the first round is elected. If the threshold is not met by any candidate, the top two candidates participate in a second round of voting held two weeks after the first round (in this case, June 30, 2024). The candidate that receives a plurality of votes in the second round is elected.
The 2024 Volkian gubernatorial elections to elect the governors and vice governors of all provinces of Volkia and the Federal City of Volkgoroda were held on the same dates and with the same two-round system as the presidential election. One-third of the 78 members of the Volkian Federal Council were up for election in 2024, with one senator from each of the provinces and Federal City using the same system as the presidential and gubernatorial elections.
All 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies (people's deputies) are elected in two ways: 350 are elected in single-member constituencies by plurality vote, and the remaining 150 are elected by proportional representation in three multi-member districts, with seats divided according to the divisor method. Members from some of Volkia's provincial legislatures are also elected with methods varying between provinces.
Voters
Voting in Volkia is allowed for all citizens over 18 years old.
Candidates and political parties
Procedure
Presidential candidates
Candidates advanced to runoff
Party | Presidential candidate | Born | Vice presidential candidate | Born | |
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![]() SDU |
Kirill Kovalenko Mayor of Kovdor (2016–present) People's Deputy for Norindzhik Oblast (2014–2016) |
Poltovka, Shimanovsk Oblast |
November 14, 1974Tatyana Alikhanova Governor of Makushin Oblast (2016–present) Senator from Makushin Oblast (2010–2016) |
Svetlogorsk, Akusha Oblast | January 15, 1971|
![]() KP |
Andrei Petrov Opposition Leader of the Federal Council (2020–present) Senator from Olyutorsk Oblast (2004–present) People's Deputy from Olyutorsk Oblast's 3rd District (1992–2004) |
Likhoslavl, Olyutorsk Oblast |
March 8, 1968Pyotr Markonikov Vice Governor of Uzlovoya Oblast (2020–present) People's Deputy from Uzlovoya Oblast (2012–2020) |
Yadrin, Orlik Oblast | August 8, 1970
Candidates not advanced to runoff
Party | Presidential candidate | Born | Vice presidential candidate | Born | |
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![]() LP |
Olga Kravchenka Governor of Shipayetsk Oblast (2016–present) Member of the Shipayetsk General Assembly (1996–2016) |
Volsk, Shipayetsk Oblast |
July 21, 1965Konstantin Hrekov People's Deputy from Zhukovsky Oblast (2014–present) Member of the Zhukovsky General Assembly (1998–2014) |
Kodyma, Zhukovsky Oblast | December 18, 1965|
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Anastasia Smirnova Senator from Belorerino Oblast (2014–present) City Councilor of Katrovozh (1998–2014) |
Bakhta, Lagan Oblast |
January 30, 1963Svitlana Tkachenka Senator from Orlik Oblast (2022–present) Mayor of Yadrin (2014–2022) |
Zelenodolsk, Belorerino Oblast | November 3, 1961|
![]() VGP |
Alexei Novikov People's Deputy from Akusha Oblast (2016–present) Mayor of Korkino (2008–2016) |
Korkino, Akusha Oblast |
April 22, 1982Pavel Schusev People's Deputy from Kyshtovka Oblast (2022–present) Member of the Kyshtovka Senate (2016–2022) |
Baturyn, Kyshtovka Oblast | May 22, 1979|
Independent | Vladimir Melnyk | Izumrud, Vladinsk Oblast |
December 3, 1977Viktoriya Deyneka | Klintsy, Shipayetsk Oblast | July 19, 1976|
Independent | Maria Bondarenka People's Deputy from Osinsky Oblast's 4th District (2016-2022) |
Petrovskoye, Osinsky Oblast |
February 11, 1965Helena Turovskiya | Lysva, Okostolitsa Oblast | April 6, 1967|
Independent | Artur Kamenev Chairman of the Monarchist Union Party (1989–present) |
Askiz, Uzlovaya Oblast |
September 2, 1957Fyodor Murashko People's Deputy from Uzlovaya Oblast (2000–2016) |
Svalyava, Uzlovaya Oblast | March 3, 1954
Withdrawn or declined to be candidates
National Assembly elections
Federal Council
Chamber of Deputies
Results
President
Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Kirill Kovalenko | Tatyana Alikhanova | Social Democratic Union | 11,292,015 | 37.90 | 15,727,351 | 53.66 | |
Andrei Petrov | Pyotr Markonikov | Conservative Party | 10,678,504 | 35.84 | 13,584,512 | 46.34 | |
Anastasia Smirnova | Vladimir Sechenov | Socialist Labor League | 3,140,229 | 10.54 | |||
Olga Kravchenka | Grigory Korotkov | Liberal Party | 2,317,691 | 7.78 | |||
Alexei Novikov | Anna Mishiev | Volkian Green Party | 1,501,593 | 5.04 | |||
Vladimir Melnyk | Mikhail Tikhomirov | Independent | 489,205 | 1.64 | |||
Maria Bondarenka | Aleksandr Favorsky | Independent | 279,205 | 0.94 | |||
Artur Kamenev | Arkady Nikitin | Independent | 96,108 | 0.32 | |||
Total | 29,794,550 | 100.00 | 29,311,863 | 100.00 | |||
Valid votes | 29,794,550 | 99.02 | 29,311,863 | 99.22 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 295,660 | 0.98 | 231,573 | 0.78 | |||
Total votes | 30,090,210 | 100.00 | 29,543,436 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 35,878,749 | 83.87 | 35,818,445 | 82.48 | |||
Source: National Elections Commission |
Federal Council
Chamber of Deputies
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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 | ||