2020 Aswingtonian local elections

Aswingtonian local elections, 2020

4 July 2020

The Aswingtonian local elections, 2020 was an election held on Saturday, July 4, 2020. Voters elected the mayors of the three cities of the country. It was the only election in which voters elected a mayor and the last election in the country held before the promulgation of the Constitution.

Background

The government announced the call for elections on January 13, 2020. They were to be held on February 22, for the purpose of electing the governors of the autonomous regions, however, due to the abrogation of the Decree about Autonomous Regions by the parliament, the elections were suspended.

Months later, on March 24, the government called a new election, this time for the end of June this year. This time, the mayors of the cities of Agdik, Steperyan and Armapat are be elected. Subsequently, the Electoral Committee announced that the elections would be held on July 4.

Electoral System

The poll is organized in a single round, the candidate with the largest number of votes is elected. This election is conducted on a national basis. In this election, voters chose their candidates on three separate ballots, each for the region.

Results

National

Party			Votes	%	Mayors	+/–
	National Democratic Party	NDP	7	46.7	2	▲ 2
	Ecological Movement	EM	4	26.7	1	New
	Independents	IND	3	20.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes			1	6.7	–	–
Total			15	100.0	3	3
Registered voters/turnout			15	100.0	–	–
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Local

Armapat

Party			Candidate	Votes	%
	National Democratic Party	NDP	Juan Cisneros	4	80.0
Invalid/blank votes				1	20.0
Total				5	100.0
Registered voters/turnout				5	100.0
Source:

Agdik

Party			Candidate	Votes	%
	National Democratic Party	NDP	Max Stenner	3	75.0
	Independent	IND	Leonnor Smith	1	25.0
Invalid/blank votes				–	–
Total				4	100.0
Registered voters/turnout				4	100.0
Source:

Steperyan

Party			Candidate	Votes	%
	Ecological Movement	EM	Simon Reeve	4	66.7
	Independent	IND	Hasan Çakar	2	33.3
Invalid/blank votes				–	–
Total				6	100.0
Registered voters/turnout				6	100.0
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Aftermath

After the promulgation of the Constitution, the three regions of the country were reestablished. As a result, the mayor's offices were dissolved and a process of reorganization of the country's administrative divisions was carried out.