2022 South Ossetian presidential election

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2022 South Ossetian presidential election
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Nominee Alan Gagloev Anatoly Bibilov
Party Nykhaz United Ossetia
Popular vote16,13411,767
Percentage56.08%40.90%
President before election

Anatoly Bibilov
United Ossetia

Elected President

Alan Gagloev
Nykhaz

Presidential elections were held in the disputed territory of South Ossetia on 10 April 2022. [1] As none of the presidential nominees obtained at least 50% of the votes, a runoff was held on 8 May 2022, [2] between the top two candidates, Alan Gagloev and incumbent president Anatoly Bibilov. [3]

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Prior to the run-off, Gagloyev received endorsements from the three candidates eliminated in the first round, Alexandr Pliyev, Garri Muldarov, and Dmitry Tasoyev, heading into the runoff against incumbent president Anatoly Biblov. [3] Gagloyev went on to win with 56.1% of the vote, [4] [5] while Bibilov conceded defeat on the election night. [6]

Electoral system

The election is held using the two-round system; a candidate would be declared the winner if they received over 50% of the vote in the first round. As no candidate passed the 50% threshold, a run-off will be held. The President is elected for five years with one consecutive re-election possible. [7]

According to the constitution, a citizen of South Ossetia not younger than 35 years old, fluent in the state languages (Ossetian and Russian) and permanently residing in South Ossetia for the last 10 years can be elected president of South Ossetia. [7]

Candidates

Registered

CandidatePartyOffices heldNominatedRegistered [8]
Anatoly Bibilov [9] United Ossetia President of South Ossetia (2017–present)8 February 202216 March 2022
Alan Gagloev [10] Nykhaz Leader of Nykhaz (2020–present)7 February 202216 March 2022
Garry Muldarov [11] IndependentMember of Parliament (2019–present)7 February 202216 March 2022
Aleksandr Pliyev [12] People's Party Leader of People's Party (2014–present);
Deputy chairman of Parliament (2019–present)		5 February 202216 March 2022
Dmitry Tasoyev [13] IndependentMember of Parliament (2014–present)9 February 202216 March 2022

Disqualified

Withdrew

Campaign

On 25 February 2022, President Bibilov fired his defense minister and presidential candidate Ibrahim Gazseev. [16]

If re-elected, Bibilov announced that a referendum on the unification of South Ossetia with Russia would be held in the near future. [17] Gagloyev was critical of the proposal, since "public opinion on the subject is known." [18] Bibilov was endorsed by Denis Pushilin (head of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic), Lyudvig Chibirov (first president of South Ossetia) and representatives of the United Russia party. [19]

On 14 April chair of the Central Election Commission Emilia Gagiyeva stated that the election runoff was scheduled for 28 April. As 28 April falls on a Thursday, the CEC sent a letter to the president asking him to declare it a day off. On 23 April the Supreme Court of South Ossetia revoked the CEC decision as it was in contrary with Article 10 of the Constitution of South Ossetia, which says that voting could be held only on Sunday. [20]

Results

On 10 April 2022, incumbent President Anatoly Bibilov lost the first round of the presidential election to Alan Gagloev, who received most votes. [21] [22] 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. [23] Gagloyev won this round with 56.2% of the vote. The Election Commission set the transfer of power on 24 May 2022. [24]

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. [25]

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Alan Gagloev Nykhaz 10,70738.5516,13456.08
Anatoly Bibilov United Ossetia 9,70634.9511,76740.90
Aleksandr Pliyev People's Party 3,43412.37
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: Central Electoral Commission, Final results CEC, Protocol CEC

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