2024 New Hathingsberg presidential election

Presidential elections were held in New Hathingsberg on 24 February 2024. As no candidate for president received more than half of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff election contested only by the top two candidates was held on 9 March. Incumbent president Gustav Rivest of the New Hathingsberg Party was defeated by a left-wing ticket led by Labour candidate Bruno Towler.
==Electoral system==
New Hathingsberg's president and vice president are elected as a joint ticket using the two-round system. The first round of elections is held at least six years and one week after the previous election, unless specified otherwise. A candidate who receives more than 50% of the total valid votes in the first round is elected. If the 50% threshold is not met by any candidate, the two candidates who receive the most votes in the first round participate in a second round of voting, held at least two weeks after the first round (in this instance, 9 March 2024), and the candidate who receives a plurality of votes in the second round is elected.
===Voters===
Voting in New Hathingsberg is allowed for all citizens over 16 years old. There is compulsory voting for literate citizens between 18 and 70 years old, except those actively serving in the military. Those who are required but do not vote in an election and do not present an acceptable justification, such as being absent from their voting locality at the time, must pay a fine, normally NH$13.55, which is equivalent to JN₳2.72 as of February 2024.
===Candidates and political parties===
All candidates for the presidential office must be nominated by a political party. For offices to be elected by majority or plurality (executive offices and senators), parties may form an electoral coalition to nominate a single candidate. The coalitions do not need to be composed of the same parties for every nomination, and do not need to be maintained after the election.
==Candidates==
Party	Party 	Presidential candidate	Presidential candidate 	Vice presidential candidate	Vice presidential candidate 	Coalition
 	New Hathingsberg Party(NH-11) 	 	Gustav Rivest (campaign)President of New Hathingsberg (2018–present)	 	Wilson Meckstroth (NHP)Vice President of New Hathingsberg (2018–present)	
 	Liberal Democratic Party(NH-08) 	 	Jordan Hillenmeyer (campaign) 	 	Duane Bennington (Forward) 	United For Change 
*LDP
*Forward
*NHNP
*CDP
 	Republicans(NH-15) 	 	Loren Sandow (campaign) 	 	Elijah Bayoc (SDP) 	New Hathingsberg For Everyone
*Republicans
*SDP
*BFP
 	New Hathingsberg Labour Party(NH-06)	 	Bruno Towler (campaign) 	 	Cary Steinseifer (Green) 	Progressive Collective 
*Labour
*Green
*CPNH
*WPNH
*TAO
*ANH
==Results==
Candidate 	Candidate 	Running mate 	Party 	First round	First round	Second round	Second round
Candidate 	Candidate 	Running mate 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Votes 	%
 	Bruno Towler 	Cary Steinseifer (Green) 	Labour 	10,601,334 	36.4 	16,580,629 	57.0
 	Gustav Rivest 	Wilson Meckstroth (NHP) 	NHP 	9,957,259 	34.2 	12,522,130 	43.0
 	Loren Sandow 	Elijah Bayoc (SDP) 	Republicans 	5,102,799 	17.5 	 	
 	Jordan Hillenmeyer 	Duane Bennington (Forward)	LDP 	3,482,560 	11.9 	 	
Total 	Total 	Total 	Total 	29,143,952 	100.0 	29,102,759 	100.0
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Valid votes 	Valid votes 	Valid votes 	Valid votes 	29,143,952 	96.1 	29,102,759 	95.9
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	1,194,142 	3.9 	1,238,777 	4.1
Total votes 	Total votes 	Total votes 	Total votes 	30,338,094 	100.0 	30,341,536 	100.0
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	Registered voters/turnout	31,657,119 	95.8 	31,657,119 	95.8
==See also==
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Category:2024 New Hathingsberg presidential election
Category:President of New Hathingsberg
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Category:Elections
Category:Elections in New Hathingsberg
Category:Presidential elections in New Hathingsberg
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