2000 Tarraki Presidential Election

The first round of the 2000 Tarraki Presidential Election was held on May 10, 2000 alongside the Parliamentary Election. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was held on June 15, 2000.

6 people were officially confirmed to be presidential election candidates. Social Democrats' Ed Davey was the front-runner since the beginning of the election campaign, alongside the Conservative Party candidate John Key. However, Layla Moran of the Opportunities Party started gaining a lot of support during the election campaign. Moran's increasing popularity is attributed to her anti-corruption plan, massive support for a Universal Basic Income and other parties' poor election campaigns.

As election results started to come in, it became clear that Layla Moran will not receive enough votes to make it to the run-offs.

With 100% of results counted, it was declared that Ed Davey has won the plurality of votes (36.2%) in the first round, followed by John Key with 31.4%, Layla Moran with 18.7%, and others.

During the election campaign for the second round, the Greens and the Opportunities Party came out in support of Ed Davey, Tarraki First and the Libertarians urged their supporters to boycott the second round of voting.

In the second round of voting that took place on June 15, 2000, Ed Davey came out on top, winning 57.6% of the popular vote.