Parliamentary election runoff in Abkhazia

photo: "Ekho Kavkaza"

Polls for a run-off vote to elect a new parliament are currently underway in Abkhazia.

Overall, 22 single-mandate precincts are involved in the run-off process.

12 MPs were elected as a result of the first round, held on March 12^th.

The final 35^th MP will be elected in Gudauta as a result of the ballot re-run, scheduled for May 14^th, 2017. Leonid Chamagua and Leonid Lakerbaia, a well-known politician who was the head of government from 2011–2014 and former ally to the then-president, Alexander Ankvab, will be competing. Neither of them managed to gain half of the required number of electoral votes during the March 12^th election.

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