2001 South Ossetian presidential election

2001 South Ossetian presidential election

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Nominee Eduard Kokoity Stanislav Kochiev Party Independent HIKP Popular vote 12,171 9,009 Percentage 57.46 42.54

President before election Lyudvig Chibirov Independent Elected President Eduard Kokoity Independent

Politics of South Ossetia
Constitution
Executive President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev Prime Minister of South Ossetia Konstantin Dzhussoev
Legislature Parliament of South Ossetia Chairman Alan Tadtaev Political parties
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Administrative divisions First level: Four Raions Second level: Towns / cities
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Dmitry Medoyev International recognition Provisional Administration of South Ossetia Politics of Georgia Georgian–Ossetian conflict Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Diplomatic missions of / in South Ossetia
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Presidential elections were held in South Ossetia in 2001. As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round on 18 November, a second round was held on 6 December, which was won by Eduard Kokoity, who defeated Stanislav Kochiev. Incumbent president Lyudvig Chibirov was eliminated in the first round mostly due to popular disdain in his economic policies.^[1] The elections were boycotted by the Georgian population.^[1]