Brion Presidential Election, 2018

From 17th to 20th April 2018, elections to the Brionian President were held in Brion. The president elected is Edouardo Leite.

The 2018 Brionian presidential election was held on 17 and 20 April 2018. The presidential election was followed by legislative elections to elect members of the National Assembly on 11 and 18 June. Incumbent president Hugue Chapelle of the Democratic Party (DP) was eligible to run for a second term, but declared on 1 December 2017 that he would not seek reelection in light of low approval ratings, making him the first incumbent president of the Republic not to seek re-election.

The President of the Brionian Republic is elected to a one-year term in a two-round election under Article 7 of the constitution: if no candidate secures an absolute majority of votes in the first round, a second round is held two weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes.Per the constitution, the first round of the presidential election must be held between 20 and 35 days before the transition of power at the end of the five-year term of the incumbent president.

To be listed on the first-round ballot, candidates must secure 150 signatures (often referred to as parrainages) from national or local elected officials from at least 8 different regions or overseas collectivities, with no more than a tenth of these signatories from any single commune.

All candidate are from a official party, and be the leader of our's party, for more details see Politics of Brion.

Annoncement
The candidature are officialy opened the 30 December 2017. Five Mounth for all candidate to make they're ideas for the country. In generaly the leader of every Party make a candidature and they're very popular.

The 12 January 2018, Janine Labrue (leader of L'Alliance) annonce her candidature, she make different idea for the egality woman/men. The same day Manuel Strausen (leader of Le Front) annonce his candidature to, with a programm for worker.

The 30 January 2018, Eduardo Leite annonced take a bids.

The 4 Fabuary 2018, Sébastien Deregard and Magali Versachi annonced they're participation after have 150 signatures (often referred to as parrainages) from national or local elected officials from at least 8 different regions or overseas collectivities, with no more than a tenth of these signatories from any single commune.

Finaly the 15 Fabuary 2018, Fabien Loiser (Leader of Les Démocrates) is the final candidate to annonced his participation and to have the 150 signatures (often referred to as parrainages).

System
Brion system is the same like France. The President of the Republic is elected by direct universal suffrage. He is elected for a five-year term by first-past-the-post in two rounds. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes cast in the first ballot, a second ballot shall be held fourteen days later, in which only the two candidates who come first in the first ballot after the possible withdrawal of candidates.

Each candidate must meet several conditions: have prepared a declaration of financial situation; own a campaign bank account. the elected representatives must come from the same department or from the same overseas community. The organic law of 25 April 2016 to modernize various rules applicable to the presidential election requires the publication of all the names, instead of 500 randomly drawn as was the case previously. They must be sent directly to the Constitutional Council, by post, which publishes them as and when on the site set up for this election.The Constitution provides that:
 * be of Brionian nationality and not be deprived of his / her civil rights regarding eligibility;
 * to be at least 18 years old;
 * be registered on an electoral list;
 * to collect 500 "sponsorships" of parliamentarians or local elected representatives: these sponsorships must come from at least 30 different departments or overseas collectivities and not more than one-tenth of

in case of impediment or death in the last week of the candidacy of a person who has announced his intention to be a candidate, the Constitutional Council may postpone the election; if a candidate is unable to attend or dies before the first ballot, the election is postponed; in case of incapacity or death of a qualified candidate for the second round, all the electoral operations are carried out again.

The Constitutional Council is, according to Article 58 of the Constitution, the guarantor of the regularity of the election, the examination of the complaints and the proclamation of the results.

First Round
Voting in the first round took place on Tuesday 17 April from 08:00 to 19:00 (local time). The official election results were declared by the Constitutional Council on 26 April, with Eduardo Leite and Fabien Loiser advancing to the second round. The results was annonced on TB1 at 20:00 in live.

After the vote: Eduardo Leite with 32% was qualifier with Fabien Loiser and have 24%.

Vote
Voting in the second round took place on Friday 20 April from 08:00 to 19:00 (local time). The official election results were declared by the Constitutional Council on 23 April. The results was annonced on TB1 at 20:00 in live.