2020 Abkhazian presidential election

2020 Abkhazian presidential election
	Results by electoral district; Bzhania: 45-50% 50-55% 55-60% 60-65% 65-70%; Ardzinba: 45-50% 50-55%
President before election; Valeri Bganba (interim); Independent	Elected President ; Aslan Bzhania; Independent

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]

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

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	Career	Supporting parties	Vice presidential candidate
Adgur Ardzinba	Current Minister for Economy and Vice Prime Minister	Apsny,^[6] Aruaa,^[6]^[7] Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia, People's Party of Abkhazia^[8]	Arda Ashub
Aslan Bzhania	Former Head of the State Security Service of Abkhazia	Amtsakhara,^[9] United Abkhazia^[10]	Badra Gunba
Leonid Dzapshba	Former Minister for Internal Affairs of Abkhazia	Akzaara	Viktor Khashba

Candidate	Running mate	Votes	%
Aslan Bzhania	Badra Gunba	53,741	58.92
Adgur Ardzinba	Arda Ashub	33,686	36.93
Leonid Dzapshba	Viktor Khashba	2,114	2.32
None of the above		1,666	1.83
Total		91,207	100.00

Valid votes		91,207	95.90
Invalid/blank votes		3,902	4.10
Total votes		95,109	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		132,916	71.56
Source: Abkhaz World

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See also: Elections and referendums in Georgia Elections and referendums in South Ossetia

2020 Abkhazian presidential election

Results

Aftermath

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