Juclandian general election, 2013

General elections were held in Juclandia in August 2013, to elect the Presidency of Juclandia and a new Council of State. It was for the first time when the President and the Vice President runned on the same ticket, instead of the winner becoming President and the runner-up Vice President, as the system used to be until 2013. This paved the way for coalitions between parties to be formed. At the same time with the presidential election, an election for the Council of State, the upper house of the Great National Assembly, was held.

The left-wing coalition between the Socialists, the Communists and the Liberals won all 6 seats up for election in the Council of State, but independent Gori Jucărescu managed to beat left-wing candidate Ovia Bogi, and be re-elected for another year.

Background

Official candidates

For the 2013 presidential election, 4 candidates were approved by the Central Electoral Commission to run, having met the requirements.^[1]

Ovia Bogi

The current Deputy Prime Minister of Juclandia was nominated by the Socialist, the Communist and the Liberal parties in a common extraordinary congress in April 2013.^[2] A pragmatic politician, she has been regarding as a freshening face in Juclandian politics and within the governing coalition.

It is believed that she is favoured by King Ciprian I, and some newspapers (Adevărul, Munca and Timpul) present her as the most favourite candidate for winning.

Gori Jucărescu

The incumbent President has stated that he intends to run for re-election.^[3] After his bid was rejected by the Socialist Christian-Democratic Party, he resigned from his position as party president and has decided to run as an independent. After getting the required amount of signatures to put forward his candidacy, Jucărescu has officially been approved by the Central Electoral Commission on 15 May 2013.^[4]

One of the biggest surprises of the election was Pisica Democrescu resigning from the Democratic Party in order to be the running mate of Gori Jucărescu.

If they manage to win the election, the Jucărescu/Democrescu pair would be getting a 4th consecutive term in office, having held the Presidency of Juclandia ever since it was founded on 23 August 2010.

Patriarch Bartholomeos II

It is predicted that New Democracy will nominate incumbent Patriarch and Senator Bartholomeos II.^[5]

Sunis Pavluts

Opinion polling

Polling Firm	Date	Pisica Democrescu	Gori Jucărescu	Ovia Bogi	Bartholomeos II	Sunis Pavluts
ISSUJ	12/04/2013	21%	28%	31%	20%	N/A
ISSUJ	19/04/2013	23%	26%	30%	21%	N/A
ISSUJ	26/04/2013	21%	28%	33%	18%	N/A
ISSUJ	02/05/2013	19%	29%	35%	17%	N/A
ISSUJ	09/05/2013	19%	30%	33%	18%	N/A
ISSUJ	16/05/2013	N/A	39%	32%	17%	12%
ISSUJ	23/05/2013	N/A	37%	35%	18%	10%
ISSUJ	30/05/2013	N/A	36%	36%	19%	9%
DEMSA	02/06/2013	N/A	38%	35%	19%	8%
ROYAL	04/06/2013	N/A	36%	39%	14%	11%
ISSUJ	05/06/2013	N/A	36%	37%	17%	10%
DEMSA	08/06/2013	N/A	37%	35%	21%	7%
ROYAL	09/06/2013	N/A	38%	39%	15%	8%
ISSUJ	12/06/2013	N/A	41%	39%	13%	7%
DEMSA	15/06/2013	N/A	36%	35%	18%	11%
ISSUJ	19/06/2013	N/A	40%	39%	12%	9%
DEMSA	23/06/2013	N/A	39%	37%	16%	8%
ISSUJ	26/06/2013	N/A	38%	39%	16%	7%
ROYAL	28/06/2013	N/A	38%	40%	17%	5%
DEMSA	30/06/2013	N/A	39%	38%	18%	5%
ISSUJ	02/07/2013	N/A	39%	39%	15%	7%
DEMSA	06/07/2013	N/A	39%	38%	16%	7%
ISSUJ	09/07/2013	N/A	39%	41%	15%	5%
ISSUJ	16/07/2013	N/A	40%	42%	12%	6%
ISSUJ	23/07/2013	N/A	45%	39%	12%	4%
ISSUJ	30/07/2013	N/A	44%	40%	11%	5%

Results

President

e • d **Summary of the 11 and 18 August 2013 Juclandian presidential election results**
Candidates				First round		Second round
Candidate		Running mate	Endorsing party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Gori Jucărescu	Pisica Democrescu	Independent	67	38.07	88	51.17
	Ovia Bogi	Bestia Reformescu	Socialist Christian-Democratic Party Liberal Alliance Communist Party of Juclandia	71	40.34	84	48.83
	Bartholomeos II Pravoslavnici	Semiluna Factos	Democratic Party New Democracy - Christian Democratic	27	15.34
	Sunis Pavluts	Tavi Dzaglishvili	Independent	11	6.25
Total valid votes				176	98.88	172	100
Total votes				178	100	172	100
Expected voters (turnout)				189	94.18	189	91.01
Source: First round Run-off

Council of State

e • d **Summary of the 11 August 2013 Council of State election results**
Parties and coalitions				Votes	%	Seats	%	Swing	Royal nominations
		Socialist Christian-Democratic Party	Socialist	58	33.1%	5	83.3%	▲2	0
		Liberal Alliance	Liberal	15	8.6%	1	16.7%		0
Total Progressive Juclandia				73	41.7%	6	100%	▲1	1 (PCJ)
		Democratic Party	Conservative	47	26.9%	0	0%	▼1	3
		New Democracy - Christian Democratic	Christian Democratic	21	12%	0	0%	1	1
Total Union for Development				68	38.9%	0	0%	▼1	4
	Independent candidates		IND	34	19.4%	0	0%		0

Total				175	100%	6	100%		5

Valid votes				175	98.32%
Spoilt and null votes				3	1.68%
Votes cast / turnout				178	94.18%
Abstentions				11	5.82%
Registered voters				189

Source: Official results of the 2013 Council of State election

References

[1] Official presidential candidates announced

[2] Socialist, Liberal and Communist parties select Ovia Bogi as presidential nominee

[3] Gori Jucărescu resigns as party president amid nomination rejection

[4] Gori Jucărescu, independent candidate

[5] Possible right-wing candidates

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