2017 Abkhazian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Abkhazia in the spring of 2017. The first round was held on 12 March and a runoff held on 26 March. Voters elected the 6th convocation of the People's Assembly.

Campaign 27 out of 33 incumbent deputies were standing for re-election. Among the candidates was former President Alexander Ankvab, who was ousted in the 2014 revolution. Ankvab was nominated by initiative groups in three different constituencies, but decided to run in constituency 18 (Gudauta).

First round Twelve candidates were elected in the first round of the elections, with 22 constituencies going to a second round. The first round was re-run in one constituency (17, Gudauta 1).The Central Election Commission announced the preliminary results of the elections to the Parliament of Abkhazia Apsny Press, 13 March 2017

ConstituencyWinning candidateVotes%Total votesRegistered votersTurnout2Almas Japua1,09556.271,9465,60634.7110Yury Khagush1,74560.552,8825,32154.1611Astamur Arshba1,39159.442,3404,80348.7214Dmitry Dbar1,04353.511,9493,28859.2815Dmitry Ardzinba1,34352.692,5493,73568.2516Mikhail Sangulia1,09465.711,6653,81443.6518Aleksandr Ankvab1,02852.261,9673,57355.0522Levon Galustyan1,01262.321,6243,39347.8624Ashot Minosyan1,28160.282,1253,49660.7825Said Kharazia1,27752.082,4525,09948.0929Astamur Tarba1,07556.281,9102,62372.8230Batal Tabagua92753.491,7332,58167.14Source: Apsnypress

Second round 22 seats were contested in the second round.Центризбирком зарегистрировал 22 избранных депутата, Apsnypress, 1 April 2017

ConstituencyWinning candidate1Givi Kvarchia3Valery Agrba4Batal Ayba5Lasha Ashuba6Raul Lolua7Alkhas Jinjolia8Akhra Abukhba9Beslan Smyr12Aleksandr Tsishba13Levon Dashan19Dmitry Gunba20Natali Smyr21Almaskhan Ardzinba23Valery Kvarchia26Ilya Gunia27Venori Bebia28Astamur Logua31Aslan Bzhania32Inal Tarba33Tayfun Ardzinba34Omar Jinjolia35Kakha Pertaia

Later Election A re-voting was held in the constituency 17 of Gudauta District, on 14 May.Леонид Чамагуа одержал победу на повторных выборах в Парламент, Apsnypress, 15 May 2017

ConstituencyWinning candidate17Leonid Chamagua

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