Craftian presidential election, 1987

The Craftian presidential election of 1987 was the inaugural presidential election. It was held on Sunday, 12 April 1987. Utilising the original electoral system in place before the passing of the Popular Election of the President Act 1993, the president was indirectly elected by the Craftian House of Representatives (by secret ballot), with 75 electoral votes in total (75 being the number of Members of the House). Former Chief of the Craftian Army A.L. Thomas defeated former Minister for External Affairs George Huntley in the runoff vote by a wide margin, winning 84.00% of the electoral vote.

Candidates
Prospective candidates could be nominated for the presidential election through nomination and endorsement by at least eight Members of Parliament.

All candidates were required by law to renounce their political membership, thus all presidential candidates were official unaffiliated and independent, though there was no law restricting any political party's endorsement and campaigning for a particular candidate.

Independent

 * Walter Fallon, political activist
 * Gordon Graves, President of the Say No to the War advocacy group (1980–1991)
 * George Huntley, former Minister for External Affairs (1982–1985)
 * Michael Jeddens, CEO of the Jeddens Corporation (1970–1987)
 * Anthony Lindsay Thomas, former Chief of the Craftian Army (1977–1986)

Endorsements
The National Party of Craftia endorsed Thomas, being the only party represented in the federal parliament to endorse a candidate. The Craftia Liberty Party and Protection of Craftia Party both remained neutral during the campaign and granted their members a conscience vote.

Additionally, for the second round of voting, Graves and Jeddens, who were eliminated from the ballot, were nominated as the vice-presidential candidates for Huntley and Thomas respectively (this practice was banned at future elections).