12th Presidential Election

The 12th Presidential Election was held on the 23rd of September 2020 in the USOR Federation. The contenders were incumbent President Jens van Kakerken who ran as an independent, and Vladimir Ulyanov, leader of the PFTRC.

Background
This election was scheduled together with the 20th General Election which saw a Conservative plurality. Vladimir Ulyanov is a well-known Communist who has led the PFTRC since its former leader fled into exile.

Incumbent President Van Kakerken was widely criticised because of his handling of the pandemic, tensions with Wolvania and his call with president |Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus.

It was an uphill battle for the incumbent, through many controversies and rising COVID-19 cases.