November 2021 Pinangese presidential election
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The November 2021 Pinangese Presidential Election was the fifth presidential election in Pinang. The Presidential Election will took place on 6 and 7 November 2021. Esty Carpentieri of PEDEM had been elected President with 61.4% of the vote, while the incumbent national president Tobey Wyles obtained 31.6% and the former prime minister Giuseppe Mazzini received 7%.
Background
Under Article 23 of the Constitution of Pinang, the President is elected to a four-months term in a two-round election. If no candidate takes 50.1% of votes in the first round, a second round is held a week later between the two candidates who received the most votes. If in the second round there is a tie, according to the constitution, the presidential term is divided in half between the two candidates.
Candidates
Summary of candidates
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 Tobey Wyles National Party |
National Party | Moderate Conservatism |
 Esty Carpentieri People's Democracy |
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 Giuseppe Mazzini Reason |
Reason Party | Classical liberalism |
National Party
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| Incumbent President and Deputy Speaker of the Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pinangese Socialist Alliance
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Esty Carpentieri was elected with 100% of the votes as presidential nominee for the Pinangese Socialist Alliance on October 3, 2021, while his opponent Daniel Quintero got 0%.
Defeated in primary
- Daniel Quintero (DEUS): Quintero is the incumbent Speaker of the Senate. He describes himself as a libertarian eco-socialist.
Dropped Out
- Fabian (Workers Party): Fabian was member of the Carpentieri and Marquez shadow cabinets as Shadow Minister of Economy and Labour between July and August 2021. On 31 August 2021 he was appointed Minister of Economy and Labour by the Prime Minister Esty Carpentieri. Fabian is part of the communist faction of the Pinangese Socialist Alliance. On 26 September 2021 he retired from the race and endorsed Esty Carpentieri.
Reason
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| Former Prime Minister, Ambassador of Pinang to Greece and Cyprus and former Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other Candidates
On September 24, 2021, the leader of the communist party Socialism and Freedom announced his candidacy for president. Subsequently, 4 days later he retired from the race. A similar episode was the candidacy of Manuel Tico, Pinangese Ambassador to the Philippines and co-founder of the Unionist Party (along with Nafiz Morshalin), who announced his candidacy on 5 October 2021, to later drop out from the election and endorse Tobey Wyles on 13 October.
Endorsements
Esty Carpentieri
- Mo of Rovia (People's Democracy), Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pinang, Governor of Zmiteria and Ambassador of Pinang to Saudi Arabia
- Lorenzo Marquez (People's Democracy), Deputy Prime Minister of Pinang
- Fabian (Workers Party), Incumbent Minister of Economy and Labour
- Addison Dillon (People's Democracy), Ambassador of Pinang to Mexico
- Chandrachur Basu (People's Democracy)
Tobey Wyles
- Fastgamer (Lemonist Party), former Minister of Health and Ambassador of Pinang to UK
- Chris Link (National Party), former Deputy Prime Minister
- Andrew Perdomo (National Party), incumbent vicepresident
- Moustache Man (Lemonist Party)
Giuseppe Mazzini
Polling
First Round
| Poll source | Date | Respondents | PSA candidate | Tobey Wyles | Nico | Giuseppe Mazzini |
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| The Republican Alternative | 27-28 September 2021 | 10 | 40% | 40% | 10% | 10% |
| The Reformist | 25 September 2021 | 15 | 40% | 40% | 20% | 0% |
Second Round
| Poll source | Date | Respondents | Esty Carpentieri | Tobey Wyles |
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| The Republican Alternative | 2-3 October 2021 | 13 | 30.8% | 69.2% |
Results
| Candidate and Party | Votes (% and №) | |
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| Esty Carpentieri, People's Democracy | 61.4% (35) | |
| Tobey Wyles, National Party | 31.6% (18) | |
| Giuseppe Mazzini, Reason | 7% (4) | |