Abkhazia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) announced Raul Khajimba has won the presidential elections.
According to the CEC, Khajimba received 101,500 votes (52.84%), Sergey Bagapsh – 64,500 (33.58%), Sergey Shamba 19,050 (9.92%), Jakub Lakoba 5,259 (2.73%) and Anri Jergenia 1,800 (0.94%).
Sergey Bagapsh, the main opposition candidate, is likely to challenge the validity of these results.