2016 Gjorkan presidential election

2016 Gjorkan Presidential Election

June 30, 2016
Turnout	49,049,752 (71.2%)
Nominee Roman Vanderburg Martin Kittle Party Forward Gjorka Gjorka United Running mate Julian Vanderburg Rosa Ryan Popular vote 23,641,980 20,012,298 Percentage 48.2% 40.8%

The 2016 Gjorkan Presidental Election was an election held in Gjorka to determine the next president of Gjorka. Incumbent President Roman Vanderburg was re-elected to serve a second term along with his running mate and brother Vice President Julian Vanderburg.

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.

Primaries

Forward Gjorka

Due to his status as an incumbent, Roman Vanderburg ran virtually unopposed in the primary process gnaring 93.4% of the vote. His only major challenger, perennial candidate Alan Donnelly, only granered 2.3% of the remaining vote. Following his nomination, Vanderburg once again selected his brother and incumbent Vice President Julian Vanderburg to be his running mate.

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Roman Vanderburg	Julian Vanderburg
for President	for Vice President
12th President of Gjorka (2011-2021)	6th Vice President of Gjorka (2011-2021)
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Gjorka United

The primary process for Gjorka United was largely a competition between the conservative and moderate wings of the party. The moderate wing of the party eventually coalesced around Martin Kittle, an assemblyman from Gjorka City while the conservative wing united around Kurt Josias, vice president under Joseph Marcos. The campaign between the two was extremely close with both candidates trading leads back and forth in the polls. However, Kittle came out on top on primary day winning with just 2% more of the vote. Following his nomination, Kittle somewhat controversially choose Rosa Ryan to be his running mate. It was controversial mainly since she was a moderate and it was expected Kittle would choose a conservative to ease the conservative base's fears, however it was also due to her openness about her christian faith which is taboo in Gjorkan politics.

65x65px Gjorka United nominees
Martin Kittle	Rosa Ryan
for President	for Vice President
Assembly Member from Gjorka City (2001-present)	Assembly Member from Rusynia (1995-2015)
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