2019 Abkhazian presidential election

2019 Abkhazian presidential election

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Candidate Raul Khajimba Alkhas Kvitsinia Party FNUA Amtsakhara Running mate Aslan Bartsits Dmitri Dbar Popular vote 39,741 38,742 Percentage 48.68% 47.46%

President before election Raul Khajimba FNUA Elected President Election results annulled Valeri Bganba becomes interim president

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Presidential elections were held in the partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia in 2019. As no candidate gathered more than 50% of the votes in the first round 25 August, a second was held on 8 September between the top two candidates, incumbent President Raul Khajimba of the Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia and Alkhas Kvitsinia of Amtsakhara.^[1] Khajimba was subsequently re-elected with a margin of less than 2% in the second round. On September 20, the Supreme Court in Abkhazia declared the decision of the Central Election Commission to recognize incumbent Raul Khajimba's victory in the second round of the presidential election as legal.^[2]

In January 2020 the Abkhazian Supreme Court annulled the results, following protests against Khajimba.^[3] Khajimba resigned the presidency on 12 January, and new elections were called for 22 March.^[4]