2020 Baranese judicial election

2020 Baranese judicial election

26 November 2020 (2020-11-26) (first round), 28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) (second round)

Nominee Imrich Kvajda K.Č. T.L. Party SDP FB Liberal Popular vote 3 votes 2 votes 3 votes Percentage 50% 33, 3% 50%   Nominee M.B. A.H. P.L. Party FB PA DaC Popular vote 2 votes 0 votes 1 vote Percentage 33, 3% 0% 16, 7%

Supreme Judge before election Vacant Elected Supreme Judge T.L. Liberal

Judicial election was held in Baránok on 26 November 2020 to fill 3 vacant seats of the Supreme Court. 6 candidates ran.

Background

After the creation of the Supreme Court was approved on 6 November 2020, elections were set up to hold sometime in November, and finally, the date was set on 26 November.

The "Big Three" controversy

On 24 November 2020, a group of opposition MPs found out that all the three highest state officials (President, Prime Minister and President of the Federal Assembly, or the "Big Three") are running for the office of Judges. It sparked a large controversy, and, finally, a public voting for new constitutional amendment was held, about that if they could run in judicial election. The results of the referendum approved that they could run, as less than a half of population participated (5 from 13 citizens).

Results

T.L. and Imrich Kvajda were elected into the Supreme Court in the first round. K.Č. and M.B. contested for the third seat in the second round, with M.B. winning.

Candidate		Party	Results
			N°	%
	Imrich Kvajda	SDP	3	50%
	T.L.	Liberal	3	50%
	M.B.	FB	2	33, 3%
	K.Č.	FB	2	33, 3%
	P.L.	DaC	1	16, 7%
	A.H.	PA	0	0%
Total				100.00