2011 Gjorkan presidential election

2011 Gjorkan Presidential Election

June 30, 2011
Turnout	47,049,752 (68.2%)
Nominee Roman Vanderburg Joseph Marnell Ronn Berot Party Forward Gjorka Gjorka United Pro-Gjorkan Initiative Running mate Julian Vanderburg Kurt Josias Anton Williams Popular vote 25,500,965 14,161,975 3,340,532 Percentage 54.2% 30.1% 7.1%   Nominee Greg Hamerfell Party Green Party Running mate Sindy Ross Popular vote 2,352,487 Percentage 5.0%
President before election Joseph Marnell Gjorka United Elected President Roman Vanderburg Forward Gjorka

The 2011 Gjorkan Presidental Election was an election held in Gjorka to determine the next president of Gjorka. The election saw a blowout victory for Roman Vanderburg who defeated incumbent president Joseph Marnell by 24 percentage points. Vanderburg was the first president to garner over 50% of the vote since the 1996 election, and garnered the highest percentage of votes since the 1977 Gjorkan presidential election.

Electoral System

The Constitution of Gjorka espouses the President of Gjorka is elected to a five-year term in a popular vote election. Whoever garners the most votes in the election, shall be the next President of Gjorka. By law, the election is to be held June 30 every five years to give due process for a transition of power between administrations. As well, Presidents are allowed a maximum of two five year terms. Since President Joseph Marnell had only been elected once in the 2006 election he was eligible to run for a second term and choose to do so.

Results

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Roman Vanderburg	Julian Vanderburg	Forward Gjorka	25,500,965	54.25
	Joseph Marnell	Kurt Josias	Gjorka United	14,161,975	30.13
	Ronn Berot	Anton Williams	Pro-Gjorkan Initiative	3,340,532	7.11
	Greg Hamerfell	Sindy Ross	Green Party	2,352,487	5.01
	Andrew Tabor	Saoirse Garvin	National Social Party	1,176,243	2.50
	Other	Other	Other	469,961	1.00
Total				47,002,163	100.00
Valid votes				47,002,163	99.90
Invalid/blank votes				47,589	0.10
Total votes				47,049,752	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				70,210,005	67.01

Vote share Roman Vanderburg   54.2% Joseph Marnell   30.1% Ronn Berot   7.1% Jame Gary   5.0% Andrew Tabor   2.5% Other   1.0%