Abkhazia
Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a List of states with limited recognition, partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It cover ...
elects, on the national level, a
head of state
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He or HE may refer to:
Language
* He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads
* He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English
* He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana)
* Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter cal ...
being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...
– the
president
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*President (government title)
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– and a
legislature
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. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The
People's Assembly has 35 members, elected for a five-year term in single seat
constituencies
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.
On 28 February 1996, Abkhazia's Parliament adopted a referendum law according to which referendums may be initiated by Parliament, by the President, or by a group of citizens who have collected at least 10,000 signatures. Since then, Abkhazia has held two referendums
in 1999 to approve its constitution and declaration of independence, and one
in 2016 to hold early presidential elections, but it was declared invalid due to low voter turnout.
Presidential elections
2025 presidential election
2020 presidential election
2019 Presidential elections
2014 Presidential elections
2011 Presidential elections
2009 Presidential elections
Parliamentary elections
2022 Parliamentary elections
2017 Parliamentary elections
2012 Parliamentary elections
In early March the 35 seats of Parliament were contested by 150 candidates. It was monitored by some NGOs from countries in the
Commonwealth of Independent States
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, as well as by a delegation from
Tuvalu
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.
2007 Parliamentary elections
Local elections
2016 Local elections
2011 Local elections
See also
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Electoral calendar
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Electoral system
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Elections in Georgia
External links
President of the Republic of Abkhazia. Official site
References
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