2023 Monsilvan presidential election

2023 Monsilvan presidential election

1 December 2023 (first round) 14 December 2023 (second round)
Registered	42,238,384
Turnout	72.3% (first round) 71.8% (second round)
Nominee Chiu Zan Lai Shan Ho Tang Party FDP RNP Liberal Running mate Wu Yin-tu Wan Liang Tao Peizhi Popular vote 13,223,106 (first round) 18,317,604 (second round) 9,741,734 (first round) 12,009,555 (second round) 4,947,213 Percentage 43.3% (first round) 60.4% (second round) 31.9% 39.6% 16.2%   Nominee Peng Ma Zhao Shuchun Party People's New Green Running mate Wu Chunhua Tan Da Popular vote 1,190,996 1,099,381 Percentage 3.9% 3.6%
President before election Chiu Zan Freedom and Democracy Party Elected President Chiu Zan Freedom and Democracy Party

The 2023 Monsilvan presidential election took place on 1 and 14 December 2023. Chiu Zan was re-elected for the third time, the first time a Monsilvan president has been elected for a fourth term as term limits had been abolished earlier in the year. This election was also the first held in Monsilva with a two round system, in which the top two parties from the first round enter a second round if no party won a majority in the first round. The system is intended to allow voters who voted for an eliminated candidate to choose among the remaining two they would prefer be president.

Chiu Zan lead both rounds, with 43.3% of the vote in the first round and 60.4% in the second round. Her immense popularity throughout her previous terms has allowed her to gain a significant lead against fellow candidates. The country's recent success against Zloveshchiy in the OU military intervention in Akvatika and her support for welfare projects for young people have gained her support from a wide range of voters. Lai Shan's non-political or academic background damaged his reputation amongst many voters which may have also contributed to Chiu's large lead. The Liberal Party candidates, Ho Tang and Tao Peizhi, were popular within their party and gained 16.2% of the vote in the first round, which is the highest since Ling Mu in the 2008 election.

The People's New Party and the Green Party both saw increased success in this election, winning 3.9% and 3.6% of the vote respectively in the first round.

Nominees

2023 Freedom and Democracy ticket
Chiu Zan	Wu Yin-tu
for President	for Vice President
President of Monsilva (2009–present)	Vice President of Monsilva (2009–present)

2023 Reformed National ticket
Lai Shan	Wan Liang
for President	for Vice President
CEO of the Amking and Luhai Banking Corporation (2011–2023)	Secretary of State for the Treasury (2018–2020)

2023 Liberal ticket
Ho Tang	Tao Peizhi
for President	for Vice President
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Leliu Constituency (2012–2023)	Head of the Politics Department at Jilong University (2002–2022)

2023 People's New ticket
Peng Ma	Wu Chunhua
for President	for Vice President
Chairwomen of the People's New Party (2021–present)	Member of the Legislative Assembly for Shannan and South Baojie (2023–present)

2023 Green ticket
Zhao Shuchun	Tan Da
for President	for Vice President
Member of the Green Party (2009–present)	Member of the Green Party (2010–present)