2024 Volkian presidential election
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Presidential elections will be held in Volkia on June 16, 2024, with a possible second round to be held on June 30, 2024 if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote. They will be the 35th presidential elections held in Volkia. As the Volkian Constitution allows a maximum of two presidential terms (consecutive or not), incumbent President of Volkia Yuliya Surkova, first elected in 2016 and then re-elected in 2020, is not eligible for re-election. Her second (and last) term will formally end on August 6, 2024. This election will choose the 21st President and 20th Vice President of Volkia.
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
| Name | Born | Prior experience | Party | |
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| Kirill Kovalenko | November 14, 1976 Poltovka, Shimanovsk Oblast |
Mayor of Poltovka (2014–2022) Poltovka City Councilor (2010–2014) Hockey player and political activist |
Social Democratic Union | |
| Andrei Petrov | March 8, 1968 Likhoslavl, Olyutorsk Oblast |
Senator from Olyutorsk Oblast (2002–present) Minority Leader of the Federal Council (2020–present) People's Deputy from Olyutorsk Oblast's 3rd District (1992–2002) |
Conservative Party | |
| Olga Kravchenka | July 21, 1967 Volsk, Shipayetsk Oblast |
Governor of Shipayetsk Oblast (2016–2024) Member of the Shipayetsk General Assembly (1996–2016) |
Liberal Party | |
| Anastasia Smirnova | January 30, 1963 Bakhta, Lagan Oblast |
Senator from Belorerino Oblast (2018–present) City Councilor of Katrovozh (1998–2014) |
Socialist Labor Union | |
| Alexei Novikov | April 22, 1982 Korkino, Akusha Oblast |
People's Deputy from Akusha Oblast's 1st District (2016–present) Mayor of Korkino (2008–2016) |
Volkian Green Party | |
| Vladimir Melnyk | December 3, 1977 Izumrud, Vladinsk Oblast |
Journalist and businessman | Independent | |
| Maria Bondarenka | February 11, 1965 Petrovskoye, Osinsky Oblast |
People's Deputy from Osinsky Oblast (2016-2022) Lawyer and law professor |
Independent | |
| Artur Kamenev | September 2, 1957 Askiz, Uzlovaya Oblast |
Deputy Chairman of the Monarchist Union Party (1975–present)
Political activist |
Independent endorsed by the Monarchist Union Party | |
Declined
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Volkian Federative Republic |
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