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The '''2nd Annual Wiltshirian Presidential Election '''will be held on February 6, 3021 to either re-elect the first or elect the second [[President of Wiltshire]], to serve the term of February 7, 3021 until February 6, 3022. The election will be the first in which an incumbent president is eligible to seek a second term and will likely have over a million registered voters, assuming the turnout is as high as expected in the [[June 3020 Wiltshire Legislative Elections]].  
The '''2nd Annual Wiltshirian Presidential Election '''was held between 30 June and 2 July 3021 to elect the second [[President of Wiltshire]], to serve the term of 7 July 3021 until 13 February 3022. Incumbent President [[Gaius Selan]] announced on 15 November 3020 that he would not seek a second term in office as President, which saw a contested election in which Prime Minister [[Sonya Inyo]] was elected as the second President of Wiltshire.
 
[[File:Inyo2.png|thumb|Sonya Inyo was elected as the 2nd President of Wiltshire with 57% of the popular vote.]]
Incumbent President [[Gaius Selan]] is eligible to seek re-election and will most likely run as an independent, if he should run. Whether or not President Selan - who holds record popularity - seeks a second term will have a large impact on other candidates in the race. For example, the [[Liberal Conservative Party (Wiltshire)|Liberal Conservatives]] likely wouldn't run a candidate against Selan.  
The presidency of Gaius Selan was extended due to the outbreak of the IDO/NCR war and, as such, the election was dominated by the war and the government imposed restrictions at the time. The government of Sonya Inyo had introduced a historically unprecedented level of wartime restrictions, covering almost all aspects of life from education, to rationing, to policing. As such, Inyo's position as the nation's "wartime leader" often overshadowed Selan himself. President Selan's trademark policy during his presidency was the growth of the Wiltshirian military, which was incorporated into governments of both parties. Notably, the [[Wiltshire Navy]] was formed and became a significant armada - which helped Wiltshire during the war of 3021.
 
President Selan's trademark policy during his time in office has been the growth of the Wiltshirian military, notably the [[Wiltshire Navy]] and the development of the [[Cassin Young-class aircraft carrier]]. Selan would likely seek a second term if he felt this military expansion was at risk, given that he has said he would only appoint a [[Prime Minister of Wiltshire|Prime Minister]] who supported such actions. In addition, the Liberal Conservatives' performance in the June 3020 Assembly elections will likely shape the second half of Selan's term and so will also have an impact on his chances as a candidate. So far, the President has made no comment on the election.


In July 3020, Sebastian Bashira announced that he would stand as a candidate. Following that, a total of eight candidates would announce their intentions. However, only two made it to election day: Prime Minister Sonya Inyo and Former Minevgrad Mayor Kurt Antonov. While the election was mostly dominated by issues surrounding the [[July 3021 Wiltshire Legislative Elections|general election]], voters were cast between the pro-government Inyo alliance and the anti-government Antonov alliance. Inyo soundly defeated Antonov with a majority of votes on the first ballot and was sworn in as President on 7 July 3021.
== Procedure ==
== Procedure ==
The only formal rules for the running of a presidential election comes from the Second Elections Act, 3020 which laid out the following criteria;<blockquote>"On the first Saturday of every February, the citizens shall poll to elect a President of the Republic. The following Sunday shall commence the President-elect's term in office."</blockquote><blockquote>"The poll in the election of the President shall be conducted by the Elections Authority and shall franchise electors aged 18 and older not otherwise prohibited from voting by incarceration."</blockquote>The Elections Authority has yet to release the guidelines for the 2021 Presidential Election, but is expected by August/September.
The only formal rules for the running of a presidential election comes from the Second Elections Act, 3020 which laid out the following criteria;<blockquote>"On the first Friday of every February, the citizens shall poll to elect a President of the Republic. The following Sunday shall commence the President-elect's term in office."</blockquote><blockquote>"The poll in the election of the President shall be conducted by the Elections Authority and shall franchise electors aged 18 and older not otherwise prohibited from voting by incarceration."</blockquote>The Elections Authority released the guidelines for the election as follows:<blockquote>"Candidates for the position of President of the Wiltshire Republic require nomination from three-thousand signatories on a nomination petition in order to access the national ballot in the poll..."</blockquote><blockquote>"... much like in the 3020 poll, this will be conducted via a multi-preference ranked choice ballot, with the candidate requiring a majority of votes cast in order to be elected. The Wiltshire National Assembly is then expected to certify the results of the poll within three working days of the election."</blockquote>These rules were amended due to the IDO/NCR war (surrounding the dates).


== Nominations ==
== Declared candidates ==
The Labour and Progress parties have announced that they will host nomination contests to select their candidates. The Labour Party has said they will conduct their contest by national popular vote of Labour members and Progress has stated that they will host their contest via the local authorities.
 
The Liberal Conservatives, KRV and Socialist parties have not commented on nominations (with the Liberal Conservatives likely not standing a candidate should the President seek re-election).
 
== Candidates ==
The following list of candidates is based on speculation and opinion polling conducted prior to May 26, 3020.
 
=== '''Independent''' ===
{| class="article-table"
{| class="article-table"
!Candidate
!Candidate
!Experience
!Office(s) held
!City
!Home City
!Political Party
!Declared
|-
|-
|[[Gaius Selan]]
|[[Sonya Inyo]]
|1st [[President of Wiltshire]] (since January 3020)
|[[Prime Minister of Wiltshire]] (September 3020 until present)
 
|Juneville
Cabinet Secretary for Internal Affairs (December 3019)
|Liberal Conservative
|Wiltshire (Juneville)
|10 December 3020
|-
|-
|Joe Harris
|[[Kurt Antonov]]
|East Washington Local Authority Councillor (since March 3016)
|Mayor of [[Minevgrad]] (3018 until present)
|Washington
|Minevgrad
|Independent
|7 November 3020
|}
|}


=== '''Liberal Conservatives''' ===
=== '''Suspended candidates''' ===
The following candidates announced their runs but have since suspended their campaigns.
{| class="article-table"
{| class="article-table"
!Candidate
!Candidate
!Experience
!Office(s) held
!City
!Home City
!Political Party
!Announced
!Suspended
|-
|-
|[[Audrick Hill]]
|[[Sebastian Bashira]]
|[[Prime Minister of Wiltshire]] (January 3019 until February 3019; since January 3020)
|Leader of the [[Democratic Party (Wiltshire)|Democratic Party]] (July 3020 until August 3020)


Leader of the Conservative Party (November 3018 until February 3019; October 3019 until January 3020)
Leader of the [[Liberal Party of Wiltshire]] (since August 3020)


Leader of the Liberal Conservative Party (since January 3020)
Member of the [[Wiltshire National Assembly]] (since October 3020)
|Juneville
|Democratic (initially)


Mayor of Washington E.R. (June 3019 until February 3020)
Liberal
 
|14 July 3020
Minister for the Washington Office (November 3013 until January 3015; September 3015 until January 3016)
|1 November 3020
|-
|Paul Norment
|Member of the Wiltshire National Assembly (February 3020 until October 3020)
|Arches
|Socialist
|4 August 3020
|7 November 3020 (endorsed Kurt Antonov)
|-
|Rita Smith
|Prime Minister of Wiltshire (3019)


Minister for the Environment (January 3015 until May 3015)
Leader of the Labour Party (3019)


Minister for Utilities (May 3015 until September 3015)
Minister for Education (3020)


Liberal Conservative Assembly Member (since February 3020)
Foreign Minister (3020)
|Washington
|Juneville
|Labour
|14 August 3020
|8 December 3020
|-
|-
|[[Min Zife]]
|[[Frank Eddington]]
|Secretary of Foreign and Defence Affairs (since February 3020)
|Prime Minister of Wiltshire (3016 until 3010)
 
Chief Secretary of the Privy Council (since March 3020)


Wiltshire Ambassador to the International Defence Organization (January 3019 until December 3019)
Leader of the Socialist Party (3015 until 3019)
|Wiltshire (West Arches)
|Arches
|Socialist/Labour
|26 July 3020
|8 December 3020 (endorsed Kurt Antonov)
|-
|-
|John Pole
|[[Moon-See Park]]
|Liberal Conservative Assembly Member (since February 3020)
|Leader of the National Assembly (3020 until present)


Minister for Policing and Law Enforcement (since February 3020)
Member of the Wiltshire National Assembly for Shipley (3018 until 3019; 3020 until present)
|Wiltshire (West Arches)
|Newton
|Liberal Conservative
|1 December 3020
|9 December 3020 (endorsed Sonya Inyo)
|-
|-
|Sonya Inyo
|[[M Fitzgerald]]
|Assembly Member for Juneville Central's 4th district (January 3016 until April 3019)
|Member of the Wiltshire National Assembly for Richland (3020 until present)
 
|Washington
Chairwoman of the Conservative Party (January 3019 until March 3019)
|Liberal Conservative
 
|30 November 3020
Candidate for President of the [[Novanite Federation]] ([[March 3019 Novanite Presidential Election|March 3019]])
|9 December 3020 (endorsed Sonya Inyo)
 
Candidate for Liberal Conservative Assembly Member (June 3020)
|Wiltshire (Juneville)
|}
|}


=== '''Socialist''' ===
== Results ==
{| class="article-table"
{| class="article-table"
|+3021 Wiltshire Presidential Election results
!Candidate
!Candidate
!Experience
!Party
!City
!Votes
!%
|-
|-
|Tony Beck
|[[Sonya Inyo]]
|Leader of the Socialist Party (since January 3020)
|Liberal Conservative
 
|540,544
Minister of Health (January 3010 until July 3010)
|57.5%
 
Minister for Defence (January 3016 until July 3018)
 
Assembly Member for East Arches 1st district (September 3009 until January 3019)
|Wiltshire (East Arches)
|}
 
=== '''Labour''' ===
{| class="article-table"
!Candidate
!Experience
!City
|-
|-
|Mark Edwin
|[[Kurt Antonov]]
|Leader of the Labour Party (since December 3019)
|Independent
 
|399,532
Labour Assembly Member (since February 3020)
|42.5%
 
Washington City Councillor (July 3018 until February 3020)
|Washington
|-
|-
|Rita Smith
| colspan="2" |Total
|Leader of the Labour Party (February 3019 until June 3019)
|940,076
 
|100%
Director of Wiltshire (April 3019 until June 3019)
 
Assembly Member for Alphenland 4th district (May 3015 until September 3019)
 
Leader of the Socialist Party (January 3019 until February 3019)
 
Labour Assembly Member (since February 3020)
 
Candidate for Wiltshire President ([[3020 Wiltshire Presidential Election|3020]])
|Wiltshire (Alphenland)
|}
|}
[[Category:Politics]]

Latest revision as of 14:34, 30 July 2021

The 2nd Annual Wiltshirian Presidential Election was held between 30 June and 2 July 3021 to elect the second President of Wiltshire, to serve the term of 7 July 3021 until 13 February 3022. Incumbent President Gaius Selan announced on 15 November 3020 that he would not seek a second term in office as President, which saw a contested election in which Prime Minister Sonya Inyo was elected as the second President of Wiltshire.

Sonya Inyo was elected as the 2nd President of Wiltshire with 57% of the popular vote.

The presidency of Gaius Selan was extended due to the outbreak of the IDO/NCR war and, as such, the election was dominated by the war and the government imposed restrictions at the time. The government of Sonya Inyo had introduced a historically unprecedented level of wartime restrictions, covering almost all aspects of life from education, to rationing, to policing. As such, Inyo's position as the nation's "wartime leader" often overshadowed Selan himself. President Selan's trademark policy during his presidency was the growth of the Wiltshirian military, which was incorporated into governments of both parties. Notably, the Wiltshire Navy was formed and became a significant armada - which helped Wiltshire during the war of 3021.

In July 3020, Sebastian Bashira announced that he would stand as a candidate. Following that, a total of eight candidates would announce their intentions. However, only two made it to election day: Prime Minister Sonya Inyo and Former Minevgrad Mayor Kurt Antonov. While the election was mostly dominated by issues surrounding the general election, voters were cast between the pro-government Inyo alliance and the anti-government Antonov alliance. Inyo soundly defeated Antonov with a majority of votes on the first ballot and was sworn in as President on 7 July 3021.

Procedure

The only formal rules for the running of a presidential election comes from the Second Elections Act, 3020 which laid out the following criteria;

"On the first Friday of every February, the citizens shall poll to elect a President of the Republic. The following Sunday shall commence the President-elect's term in office."

"The poll in the election of the President shall be conducted by the Elections Authority and shall franchise electors aged 18 and older not otherwise prohibited from voting by incarceration."

The Elections Authority released the guidelines for the election as follows:

"Candidates for the position of President of the Wiltshire Republic require nomination from three-thousand signatories on a nomination petition in order to access the national ballot in the poll..."

"... much like in the 3020 poll, this will be conducted via a multi-preference ranked choice ballot, with the candidate requiring a majority of votes cast in order to be elected. The Wiltshire National Assembly is then expected to certify the results of the poll within three working days of the election."

These rules were amended due to the IDO/NCR war (surrounding the dates).

Declared candidates

Candidate Office(s) held Home City Political Party Declared
Sonya Inyo Prime Minister of Wiltshire (September 3020 until present) Juneville Liberal Conservative 10 December 3020
Kurt Antonov Mayor of Minevgrad (3018 until present) Minevgrad Independent 7 November 3020

Suspended candidates

The following candidates announced their runs but have since suspended their campaigns.

Candidate Office(s) held Home City Political Party Announced Suspended
Sebastian Bashira Leader of the Democratic Party (July 3020 until August 3020)

Leader of the Liberal Party of Wiltshire (since August 3020)

Member of the Wiltshire National Assembly (since October 3020)

Juneville Democratic (initially)

Liberal

14 July 3020 1 November 3020
Paul Norment Member of the Wiltshire National Assembly (February 3020 until October 3020) Arches Socialist 4 August 3020 7 November 3020 (endorsed Kurt Antonov)
Rita Smith Prime Minister of Wiltshire (3019)

Leader of the Labour Party (3019)

Minister for Education (3020)

Foreign Minister (3020)

Juneville Labour 14 August 3020 8 December 3020
Frank Eddington Prime Minister of Wiltshire (3016 until 3010)

Leader of the Socialist Party (3015 until 3019)

Arches Socialist/Labour 26 July 3020 8 December 3020 (endorsed Kurt Antonov)
Moon-See Park Leader of the National Assembly (3020 until present)

Member of the Wiltshire National Assembly for Shipley (3018 until 3019; 3020 until present)

Newton Liberal Conservative 1 December 3020 9 December 3020 (endorsed Sonya Inyo)
M Fitzgerald Member of the Wiltshire National Assembly for Richland (3020 until present) Washington Liberal Conservative 30 November 3020 9 December 3020 (endorsed Sonya Inyo)

Results

3021 Wiltshire Presidential Election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Sonya Inyo Liberal Conservative 540,544 57.5%
Kurt Antonov Independent 399,532 42.5%
Total 940,076 100%
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