2024 Volkian presidential election

2024 Volkian presidential election

June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16) (first round) June 30, 2024 (2024-06-30) (second round)
Turnout	83.87% (first round)
Votes counted	87.05% as of 22:45 Volkian Standard Time
Candidate Kirill Kovalenko Andrei Petrov Party SDU KP Running mate Tatyana Alikhanova Pyotr Markovnikov Popular vote 11,292,015 10,678,504 Percentage 37.90% 35.84%
President before election Yuliya Surkova SDU Elected President TBD

Presidential elections were held on June 16, 2024 in Volkia to elect the President and Vice President of the Volkian Federative Republic. Additionally, the National Assembly was up for election: all 350 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 26 of the 78 seats in the Federal Council. Elections for some Governors and Vice Governors, Provincial Legislative Assemblies, and other local elections were held at the same time. As no candidate for president or for governor in some provinces received more than half of valid votes in the first round, a runoff election was scheduled for June 30, 2024 for these offices.

Incumbent Yuliya Surkova was unable to run for re-election as she was term limited. Kirill Kovalenko, candidate of the Social Democratic Union, won 37.90% of the vote while Andrei Petrov, Conservative Party candidate, won 35.84% of the vote. Kovalenko and Petrov will be advancing to the runoff election on June 30.

Electoral system

Date

Volkian law establishes the date of the first round of presidential elections to be held on the third Sunday in June, with a second round scheduled for two weeks later, if required.

Eligibility requirements

The Constitution of Volkia (Chapter IV) defines the conditions that a presidential candidate must satisfy: must be a natural born citizen, be at least 35 years of age, have resided in Volkia for the last 12 years, and the ability to speak the state language. The Constitution also establishes a term limit: one individual cannot serve more than 2 terms total.

Procedure

Candidates can be nominated by a political party that won at least one seat in the National Assembly in the previous elections, or can be nominated by collecting 75,000 signatures from enfranchised citizens from at least half of the nation's provinces with at least 1,500 signatures in each of them. The election results are only considered valid if turnout is above or equal to 35%. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of votes is elected president; if no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a second round between the top 2 candidates is held two weeks after the first round. The candidate with the largest number of votes in the second round then becomes president.

Candidates

Confirmed

The following is the official candidate list as confirmed by the National Elections Commission:

Name	Born	Prior experience	Party
Kirill Kovalenko	(1974-11-14) November 14, 1974 Poltovka, Shimanovsk Oblast	Mayor of Kovdor (2016–present) People's Deputy from Norindzhik Oblast's 1st District (2014–2016) Hockey player and political activist		Social Democratic Union
Andrei Petrov	(1968-03-08) March 8, 1968 Likhoslavl, Olyutorsk Oblast	Minority Leader of the Federal Council (2020–present) Senator from Olyutorsk Oblast (2002–present) People's Deputy from Olyutorsk Oblast's 3rd District (1992–2002)		Conservative Party
Olga Kravchenka	(1965-07-21) July 21, 1965 Volsk, Shipayetsk Oblast	Governor of Shipayetsk Oblast (2016–2024) Member of the Shipayetsk General Assembly (1996–2016)		Liberal Party
Anastasia Smirnova	(1963-01-30) January 30, 1963 Bakhta, Lagan Oblast	Senator from Belorerino Oblast (2018–present) City Councilor of Katrovozh (1998–2014)		Socialist Labor League
Alexei Novikov	(1982-04-22) April 22, 1982 Korkino, Akusha Oblast	People's Deputy from Akusha Oblast's 3rd District (2016–present) Mayor of Korkino (2008–2016)		Volkian Green Party
Vladimir Melnyk	(1977-12-03) December 3, 1977 Izumrud, Vladinsk Oblast	Journalist and businessman		Independent
Maria Bondarenka	(1965-02-11) February 11, 1965 Petrovskoye, Osinsky Oblast	People's Deputy from Osinsky Oblast's 4th District (2016-2022) Lawyer and law professor		Independent
Artur Kamenev	(1957-09-02) September 2, 1957 Askiz, Uzlovaya Oblast	Chairman of the Monarchist Union Party (1989–present) Political activist		Independent endorsed by the Monarchist Union Party

Declined

The following people were subjects of speculation about their potential candidacy prior to the release of the official candidate list, but they either rejected to run or failed to receive a nomination:

• Ivan Petrov, former leader of the Conservative Party
• Anastasia Shevchenka, Mayor of Volkgoroda (2020–present)
• Dmitry Kovalenko, journalist, founder of TV12
• Olga Sokolova, Senator from Okostolitsa Oblast
• Alexei Filipchenko, Governor of Norindzhik Oblast (2016–present)

Opinion polls

Fieldwork date	Sample size	Kovalenko	Petrov	Kravchenka	Smirnova	Novikov	Melnyk	Bondarenka	Kamenev	I don't know
May 12	Eight candidates confirmed: Kirill Kovalenko, Andrei Petrov, Olga Kravchenka, Anastasia Smirnova, Alexei Novikov, Vladimir Melnyk, Maria Bondarenka, Artur Kamenev
May 12-13	1,500	31.6%	25.3%	10.7%	9.1%	4.3%	2.7%	1.8%	0.3%	14.2%
May 15-17	1,036	31.9%	26.7%	9.6%	10.4%	5.2%	1.5%	1.2%	0.4%	13.1%
May 21-24	1,057	30.2%	27.2%	9.5%	10.7%	6.2%	1.8%	1.3%	0.2%	12.9%
May 27-31	1,100	31.2%	27.8%	9.7%	10.2%	5.8%	1.7%	1.1%	0.4%	12.1%%
June 1-4	1,054	32.7%	28.6%	9.0%	937%	6.1%	1.4%	1.0%	0.3%	11.2%
June 9-12	1,102	33.4%	29.5%	9.6%	10.1%	6.5%	1.1%	1.2%	0.2%	8.4%
June 13-15	1,029	34.6%	30.5%	9.4%	10.4%	7.3%	1.0%	0.5%	0.2%	6.1%

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kirill Kovalenko	Social Democratic Union	11,292,015	37.90
	Andrei Petrov	Conservative Party	10,678,504	35.84
	Anastasia Smirnova	Socialist Labor League	3,140,229	10.54
	Olga Kravchenka	Liberal Party	2,317,691	7.78
	Alexei Novikov	Volkian Green Party	1,501,593	5.04
	Vladimir Melnyk	Independent	489,205	1.64
	Maria Bondarenka	Independent	279,205	0.94
	Artur Kamenev	Independent	96,108	0.32
Total			29,794,550	100.00
Valid votes			29,794,550	99.02
Invalid/blank votes			295,660	0.98
Total votes			30,090,210	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			35,878,749	83.87
Source: National Elections Commission

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