Elections in South Ossetia

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South Ossetia elects on the national level a head of state—the President—and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The Parliament of South Ossetia has 34 members, elected for a five-year term using party-list proportional representation.

Latest elections[edit]

Presidential elections[edit]

On 10 April 2022, incumbent President Anatoly Bibilov lost the first round of the presidential election to Alan Gagloev, who received most votes.[1][2] As none of the candidates received more than 50% of the vote, a requirement to win the presidency, a second round was called between Bibilov and Gagloyev. The three eliminated candidates declared their support for Gagloyev for the second round, which was scheduled for 8 May 2022, after initial confusion over its date.[3] Gagloyev won this round with 56.2% of the vote. The Election Commission set the transfer of power on 24 May 2022.[4]

According to local experts, Bibilov's defeat after an easy victory in 2017 can be explained by the number of scandals and abuse of power accusations that took place in recent years. There was for example the scandal around the Murder of Inal Djabiev, which caused civil unrest and a paralyzed parliament.[5]

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Alan GagloevNykhaz10,70738.5516,13456.08
Anatoly BibilovUnited Ossetia9,70634.9511,76740.90
Aleksandr PliyevPeople's Party3,43412.37
Garry MuldarovIndependent2,5929.33
Dmitry TasoyevIndependent8222.96
None of the above5101.848673.01
Total27,771100.0028,768100.00
Valid votes27,77195.5728,76897.77
Invalid/blank votes1,2864.436552.23
Total votes29,057100.0029,423100.00
Registered voters/turnout39,28273.9739,79873.93
Source: CIKRUO, CIKRUO

Parliamentary elections[edit]

PartyProportionalDistrictTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
United Ossetia7,77834.9674,71324.17714–6
People's Party of South Ossetia4,84921.7941,7769.1115+1
Nykhaz3,19814.3731,2116.21140
Unity of the People2,88312.9622,13910.9713–3
Communist Party of South Ossetia1,6227.2911,2636.4812+2
Fatherland Socialist Party7103.19070.04000
Unity Party6302.830000
Homeland2721.40000
Independents6,99335.8766+6
Against all5792.601,1235.76
Total22,249100.001719,497100.0017340
Valid votes22,24995.2819,49794.94
Invalid/blank votes1,1024.721,0405.06
Total votes23,351100.0020,537100.00
Registered voters/turnout35,25466.2433,95460.48
Source: CIKRUO,[6] Respublika[7]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Opposition Candidate Takes Lead in First Round of S. Ossetia Polls". Civil Georgia. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  2. ^ "S. Ossetian Runoffs Rescheduled to May 8". Civil Georgia. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Opposition leader wins first round in South Ossetia presidential poll". OC Media. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Инаугурация избранного президента Южной Осетии Алана Гаглоева пройдет 24 мая, ЦИК огласила окончательные итоги выборов (The inauguration of the elected President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev will be held on May 24, the CEC announced the final results of the elections)". IA Res (in Russian). 14 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  5. ^ ""Anyone, but Bibilov" - South Ossetia elects a new president". JAM News. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  6. ^ "ПРОТОКОЛ №2 ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЙ ИЗБИРАТЕЛЬНОЙ КОМИССИИ ОБ ИТОГАХ ГОЛОСОВАНИЯ ПО ЕДИНОМУ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКОМУ ОКРУГУ". Central Election Commission of the Republic of South Ossetia. 12 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
  7. ^ "На первый-второй рассчитайся!»: в стране проходит инвентаризация партийных рядов перед парламентскими выборами". Respublika. 22 April 2019.