Elections in Abkhazia

Abkhazia

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Abkhazia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five term by the people. The People's Assembly has 35 members, elected for a five-year term in single seat constituencies. Abkhazia is a one party dominant state. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. The last elections seems to show a development towards a multi-party system.

On 28 February 1996 Abkhazia's Parliament adopted a referendum law according to which referendums may be initiated by Parliament, by the President or by a group of citizens who have collected at least 10,000 signatures.^[1] Since then, Abkhazia has held one referendum in 1999 to approve its constitution and declaration of independence.

2014 Presidential elections 1
2012 parliamentary elections 2
2011 Presidential elections 3
2011 Local elections 4
2009 Presidential elections 5
2007 Parliamentary elections 6
Electoral history 7
See also 8
External links 9
References 10

2014 Presidential elections

**Summary of the 24 August 2014 Abkhazian presidential election results**
Presidential candidate	Vice Presidential candidate	votes	%
Raul Khajimba	Vitali Gabnia	50,586	50.60
Aslan Bzhania	Astan Agrba	35,869	35.88
Mirab Kishmaria	Said Lolua	6,390	6.39
Leonid Dzapshba	Boris Abitov	3,397	3.40
Against all		1,870	1.87
Invalid		1,854	1.85
Total number of votes cast		99,966	100.00
Turnout		99,966	75.24
Abstention		32,895	24.76
Total number of registered voters		132,861	100.00
Source: Apsnypress

2012 parliamentary elections

In early March the 35 seats of Parliament were contested by 150 candidates. It was monitored by some NGOs from countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States,^[2] as well as by a delegation from Tuvalu.^[3]

2011 Presidential elections

**Summary of the 26 August 2011 Abkhazian presidential election results**
Presidential candidate	Vice Presidential candidate	votes	%
Alexander Ankvab	Mikhail Logua	58,657	54.90
Sergei Shamba	Shamil Adzynba	22,456	21.02
Raul Khajimba	Svetlana Jergenia	21,177	19.82
Against all		2,023	1.89
Invalid		2,532	2.37
Total number of votes cast		106,845	100.00
Turnout		106,845	71.92
Abstention		41,711	28.08
Total number of registered voters		148,556	100.00
Source: Abkhazian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2011 Local elections

2009 Presidential elections

**Summary of the 12 December 2009 Abkhazian presidential election results**
Presidential candidate	Vice presidential candidate	votes	%
Sergei Bagapsh	Alexander Ankvab	62,231	61.16
Raul Khajimba	Vasilii Avidzba	15,584	15.32
Zaur Ardzinba	Khripsom Jopua	9,296	9.14
Beslan Butba	Almasbei Kchach	8,395	8.25
Vitali Bganba	David Dasania	1,326	1.30
Against all		1,893	1.86
Invalid		3,031	2.98
Total number of votes cast		101,756	100.00
Turnout		101,756	73.50
Abstention		36,691	26.50
Total number of registered voters		138,447	100.00
Source: ЦИК Абхазии: на выборах президента победил Сергей Багапш

2007 Parliamentary elections

**Summary of the 4 March 2007 Abkhazian People's Assembly election results**
Parties		Seats
Pro-president	Aitaira (Revival)	28
	Amtsakhara (Signal Lights)
	United Abkhazia
Others	Forum of Abkhaz People’s Unity	7
	Communist Party of Abkhazia
	Russian Citizens Union
Total (turnout %)		35

Electoral history

Elections and referendums in Abkhazia

Presidential elections	1994 1999 2004 2005 2009 2011 2014

Parliamentary elections	1919 1991 1996 2002 2007 2012

Local elections	1998 2001 2004 2007 2011

Referendums	1991 1999

External links

President of the Republic of Abkhazia. Official site

References

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^ "Georgia's Breakaway Abkhazia Holds Legislative Elections". Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^ "Tiny Tuvalu's Officials In Abkhazia For Visa-Free Deal, Monitoring". Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.

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