Occitanian presidential election, December 2017

Occitanian presidential election, December 2017
Turnout	50% (▼5.73)
President before election; Babou Chkaya; Esquerra!	Elected President ; Juan Cisneros; Progressive Independent Party

The Occitanian presidential election, December 2017 was the first presidential election of the Popular Union of Occitania were the president is elected by direct universal suffrage. The vote were realized on December 20, 2017, the same day where the legislative elections were also held.

For the first time, the actual President of Occitania, Babou Chkaya is not running for this election, and his party does not send any candidate. The three candidates are first, Juan Cisneros (PIP), founder of the Republic of Tagtabazar, has started a fulgurous political rise since taking office, David Stardust, the outsider who presents himself as the Occitanian Macron and finally the communist leader, Lorena Serantes.

Background

Electoral system

In the Popular Union of Occitania, everybody, occitanian or not, may be a candidate by completing this form. The closing date for applications is 17 December 2017.

The President of the Union is elected by direct universal suffrage for a one-year term. There is only one round in the election.

Vote

The election will take place on 20 December 2017. In Himeji, Sezentrania and Tagtabazar due to the time difference, the election will take place on 19 December (this prevents the European results from being published before the vote in the this territories). Also, for the citizens living abroad, the portal online will be open from 18 to 20 December.

Renovation of the political system campaign

This election puts an end to the renovation of the political system campaign. This campaign is a series of organic laws and constitutional amendments aimed at drastically changing the mode of elections and the individual powers of the occitanian leadership positions. This is the first time that the Occitanian president is elected directly by the people.

Chkaya's Withdrawal

For the first time, Babou Chkaya, President of Occitania since the creation of the micronation is not candidate for his reelection, but leads a list in the legislative elections.

Candidates

Candidate	Political Offices	Political Party	Details
Juan Cisneros	President of the Republic of Tagtabzar (2017 -) Minister of Medias and Telecommunication (2017 -) Leader of the Opposition (2017 -) Occitanian Ambassador to Venezuela (2017 -)	Progressive Independent Party	It is his second participation as presidential candidate. Previously, he was a presidential candidate in the November elections.
David Stardust	Minister of Immigration (2017 -)	En Marcha!	His proposals were published online.
Lorena Serantes	Minister of the Spaniard minority (2017 -) Occitanian Ambassador to Spain (2017 -)	Agrarian Socialism - Communist Party