2020 Abkhazian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Abkhazia on 22 March 2020 following the decision of the Supreme Court to annul the results of the 2019 election on 10 January, and the subsequent resignation of President Raul Khajimba due to protests against his presidency.[2]

2020 Abkhazian presidential election

22 March 2020
Turnout70.95%
 
Candidate Aslan Bzhania Adgur Ardzinba
Party Independent FNUA[1]
Running mate Badr Gunba Arda Enverovich Ashub
Popular vote 53,741 33,686
Percentage 58.92% 36.93%

President before election

Valeri Bganba (interim)
Independent

Elected President

Aslan Bzhania
Independent

Aslan Bzhania was considered the frontrunner in the elections,[3][4][5] and was elected with around 59% of the vote.

Candidates

Presidential candidate Career Supporting Parties Vice Presidential candidate
Adgur ArdzinbaCurrent Minister for Economy and Vice Prime MinisterApsny, Aruaa,[6] Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia, People's Party of Abkhazia[7]Arda Enverovich Ashub
Aslan BzhaniaFormer Head of the State Security Service of AbkhaziaAmtsakhara,[8] United Abkhazia[9]Badr Gunba
Leonid DzapshbaFormer Minister for Internal Affairs of AbkhaziaAkzaaraViktor Shamilovich Khashba

Results

CandidateRunning mateVotes%
Aslan BzhaniaBadr Gunba53,74158.92
Adgur ArdzinbaArda Enverovich Ashub33,68636.93
Leonid DzapshbaViktor Shamilovich Khashba2,1142.32
None of the above1,6661.83
Total91,207100.00
Valid votes91,20795.90
Invalid/blank votes3,9024.10
Total votes95,109100.00
Registered voters/turnout132,91671.56
Source: Abkhaz World

Aftermath

After the elections results were announced, Bzhania gave a press conference. He announced planned constitutional reforms and that Alexander Ankvab would be the next prime minister.[10][11]

References

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