2022 Benjastanian presidential election

2022 Benjastanian presidential election

20 June 2022

Party PNLF Patrioto Co-oP

Incumbent President Ben Olson PNLF

The 2021 Benjastanian presidential election will be held on 20 June 2022. Benjastan uses a runoff election system, in which the two candidates with the highest percentage in the first vote advance to a second round of voting if no candidate receives an absolute majority. Incumbent president Ben Olson announced on 10 May 2021 that he would not run for a third term.

Background

On June 25 2020, Ben Olson receieved 55.6% of the vote in the presidential elections, so no runoff was needed. Olson defeated Governor Crispin Speakman of the Independent Conservative Party and Governor Mo Olson of the Independence Party.

Candidates

Picklista National Liberation Front

Declared

• Addison Dillon - activist; member of the Chamber of Deputies (2020-2021); United Right nominee for governor of Kitcha in September 2020

Publicly expressed interest

• Mo Olson - Admiral of the Navy since 2020; Governor of Greater Mollyopolis (2020-2020); Independence Party nominee for president in 2020

Potential

• Sha'uri Ellis - Vice President of Benjastan since 2017
• Logan Jack - General of the Benjastanian Armed Forces since 2020; Secretary of State (2020-2020); Chairman of the People's National Congress (2020 2020)

Declined

• Ben Olson - President of Benjastan since 2017
• Roy Jackson - member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2020; Governor of Outer Benjastan (2020-2020)

Patrioto

Potential

• Tom Mark - member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2021
• Raphaël Olivier - member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2020; Secretary of State (2020-2020)

Community of the People

Declared

• Alex Andrei - governor of Kitcha since 2020
• Edmond Yamolo - member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2021

Potential

• Sean Dunkerque - Governor of Attika (2020-2020); Secretary of Labour (2020-2020); Chair of the People's National Congress (2020-2020), candidate for president in 2020
• Leon Montan - Secretary of Home Affairs on Justice since 2020
• Gaia Grìbhinneach - member of the Chamber of Deputies (2020-2021

Polling

First Round

Poll source	Date	Ben Olson	Raphaël Olivier	Sean Dunkerque	Addison Dillon
BNG	26 September 2020	54.5%	36.4%	-	9.1%
BNG	26 September 2020	45.5%	36.4%	9.1%	9.1%

Second Round

Olson vs Olivier

Poll source	Date	Ben Olson	Raphaël Olivier
BNG	26 September 2020	54.5%	45.5%

Olson vs Dunkerque

Poll source	Date	Ben Olson	Sean Dunkerque
BNG	26 September 2020	81.8%	18.2%