2017 South Ossetian presidential election

2017 South Ossetian presidential election

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Turnout	79.63%
Nominee Anatoly Bibilov Leonid Tibilov Alan Gagloev Party United Ossetia Independent Independent Popular vote 17,736 10,909 3,291 Percentage 54.80% 33.71% 10.17%
President before election Leonid Tibilov Independent Elected President Anatoly Bibilov United Ossetia

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
Elections Elections Presidential: 2017 2022 Parliamentary: 2019 2024
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 on 9 April 2017 alongside a referendum on changing the official name of the state to "Republic of South Ossetia–the State of Alania", or "South Ossetia–Alania" for short.^[1] Incumbent President Leonid Tibilov ran for a second and final term in office,^[2] but was defeated by Anatoly Bibilov of the United Ossetia party.