1919 Abkhazian People's Council election

none Abkhazian Autonomy 13 February 1919 yes All 40 seats in the People's Council of Abkhazia 21 Social Democratic Party of Georgia 27 New Independent Socialists 4 New Non-partisans 4 New Socialist-Revolutionary Party of Georgia 3 New #e4012e Georgian Socialist-Federalist Revolutionary Party 1 New National Democrats of Georgia 1 New #b5011e Elections to the People's Council were held in Abkhazia on 13 February 1919, alongside parliamentary elections in Georgia. Results The Social Democrats won 27 of the 40 seats; 11 members of the party were Abkhazians and 11 Georgians, with the remaining five having other ethnicities.Zurab Paparskiri (2008) "Abkhazia and the Abkhazians in the common Georgian ethno-cultural political and state exspanse, Part II", The Caucasus & Globalisation, Vol 2, Issue 4, pp95–107 Seats were also held by social federalists, an Abkhaz independent socialist group, an independent right-wing group, Socialist Revolutionaries, people's democrats and colonists.Unitarianism with Attributes of Regionalism – Certain Aspects and Relevant Georgian Context https://constcourt.ge/files/4/Erkvania2022-1.pdf Tinatin Erkvania Journal of Constitutional Law 2022 1 16 Of the 40 members, 18 were Abkhazian, 16 Georgian and six from other ethnic groups. Aftermath Following its election, the Council split along ethnic lines, with Abkhaz members of the Social Democratic Party joining the independent socialists to form an Abkhaz opposition.Arsène Saparov (2014) From Conflict to Autonomy in the Caucasus: The Soviet Union and the Making of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno Karabakh, Routledge, p46 Despite the split, the Council voted in favour of Abkhazia being an autonomous region of Georgia.Mariam Goshadze (2008) Inventing the self: Instrumentalisation of history in Abkhazian-Georgian conflict, p51 References Category:20th century in Abkhazia Category:1919 in Georgia (country) 1919