
2022 Abkhazian Parliamentary Elections
Abkhazia’s president wins majority support in parliamentary poll
Supporters of President Aslan Bzhania have won a large majority in parliamentary elections in Abkhazia. On 26 March, residents of Abkhazia voted in runoffs in 17 of 35 seats, another 17 having been won outright in the first round on 12 March. Votes will be held again in two seats: in Gudauta, where turnout was below the threshold during the first round, and in the Sukhumi (Sukhum) constituency 8, where candidates Naur Narmania and Leon Gubaz both won 989 votes in the second round. Of the 3