2012 South Ossetian presidential election

none October 2020 South Ossetia presidential 2011 South Ossetian presidential election 2011 25 March 2012 (first round)8 April 2012 (second round) 2017 South Ossetian presidential election 2017 Leonid Tibilov 2 (cropped).jpeg Leonid Tibilov Independent 15,786 55.38% David Sanakoev cropped.jpg David Sanakoev Independent 12,439 43.64% Acting President Vadim Brovtsev Independent (politician) President Leonid Tibilov Independent politician Presidential elections were held in South Ossetia on 25 March 2012, with a second round on 8 April.South Ossetia’s presidential election rerun due March 25 http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/294181.html ITAR TASS 11 December 2011 10 December 2011 The election selected the first president since the country gained partial international recognition.Tsvetkova Maria http://in.reuters.com/article/georgia-southossetia-election-idINDEE82P0A820120326 https://web.archive.org/web/20151220223311/http://in.reuters.com/article/georgia-southossetia-election-idINDEE82P0A820120326 dead 20 December 2015 Ex-KGB chief leads South Ossetia presidential race In.reuters.com 26 March 2012 10 April 2012 Background The date was set by the parliament after the 2011 election was annulled by the Supreme Court after Alla Dzhioyeva was disqualified following allegations of electoral violations by Anatoly Bibilov. A deal was reached on 9 December 2011 under which the incumbent Kokoity stepped down at the end of his mandate and was replaced by Prime Minister Vadim Brovtsev as acting president.https://www.rferl.org/a/south_ossetian_president_hands_over_power_to_prime_minister/24418012.html Dzhioyeva Threatens More Protests in South Ossetia Rferl.org 10 April 2012 Though Dzhioyeva was previously barred from running again, she was allowed to register in the re-run of the election. However, Kokoity and his supporters reneged on parts of the deal,March 2012 calling into question the stability of the compromise.https://www.rferl.org/a/south_ossetian_opposition_suffers_two_further_setbacks/24421864.html South Ossetian Opposition Suffers Setbacks Rferl.org 10 April 2012 Candidates No candidate participating in the 2011 election registered, including the previous leaders Dzihoyeva and Bibilov. There were four registered candidates:http://cik.ruo.su/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52&Itemid=77 Список кандидатов в президенты РЮО Cik.ruo.su 10 April 2012 Leonid Haritonovich Tibilov, candidate in the 2006 election. David Georgievich Sanakoev, human rights commissioner and war criminal.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jGIIN3oOeDI5k62udMXCMPgrZD_g?docId=CNG.cf996c196adcad68ef31bfc0abf4d3a4.3a1 https://web.archive.org/web/20140226121940/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jGIIN3oOeDI5k62udMXCMPgrZD_g?docId=CNG.cf996c196adcad68ef31bfc0abf4d3a4.3a1 dead 26 February 2014 AFP: Rebel South Ossetia holds run-off election Google 10 April 2012 Dmitriy Nikolayevich Medoyev, ambassador of South Ossetia to RussiaMarch 2012 and backed by Russia. Stanislav Yakovlevich Kochiyev, chairman of the Communist Party of South Ossetia and speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia. Dzhioyeva did not register to run in the election after she was in hospital with allegations of being beaten and held against her will. Another candidate from 2011, Georgiy Kabisov, attempted to register twice, but both times was rejected by the central election commission.Georgy Kabisov again is being nominated as the president of South Ossetia https://cominf.org/en/node/1166491073 State Information Agency 4 September 2023 Yuri Dzitssuty, the vice-speaker of Parliament, attempted to register as a candidate. However, he was rejected by the central election commission due to "irregularities" in the 500 signatures he collected.Верховный суд Южной Осетии оставил в силе решение ЦИК об отказе в регистрации Дзиццойты https://www.caucasianknot.news/articles/202196 Caucasian Knot 3 April 2024 3 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240403150857/https://www.caucasianknot.news/articles/202196 dead Campaign Tibilov and Sanakoyev disagreed with former President Eduard Kokoity who said that South Ossetia would eventually be a part of Russia. Sanakoyev said: "In November–December [2011], it became very clear that those supported by Kokoity did not win. Everyone saw it." Opinion poll A week before the election, an opinion poll by the IR media centre suggested Medoyev or Tibilov would win.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-georgia-southossetia-electionbre82o09m-20120325,0,4774829.story Topic Galleries Chicago Tribune 10 April 2012 September 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Monitors In addition to Russian observers the election commission said that it would call on the Council of Europe.http://cik.ruo.su/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=56&Itemid=82 Международное сотрудничество Cik.ruo.su 24 March 2012 10 April 2012 Results With 40% of the votes counted, Tibilov was in the lead with 42.5% of the votes, Sanakoyev followed with 24.6% of the votes, Medoyev was third with 23.80% of the votes and Kochiyev trailed with 5.62% of votes counted.http://cik.ruo.su/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=346:-40-&catid=57:---2012&Itemid=83 Итоги обработки 40% бюллетеней Cik.ruo.su 10 April 2012 First round turnout was over 65%, with expatriate voting still to be counted.http://cik.ruo.su/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=51&Itemid=74 Повторные выборы Президента РЮО 25 марта 2012 г Cik.ruo.su 10 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120226212348/http://cik.ruo.su/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=51&Itemid=74 26 February 2012 dead Without an absolute winner the election was set for a run off. The second round occurred on Easter with 84 voting centres opening at 8:00 for the 35,000 registered voters. The preliminary result with 95.64% of the ballots counted, indicated Tibilov winning with 53.74%, or 15,257, of the votes, with Sanakoyev getting 42.98%, or 12,272, of the votes.http://cik.ruo.su/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=375:-5371-9167-&catid=51:-2012&Itemid=74 Обработано 95,64% избирательных бюллетеней. Леонид Тибилов продолжает сохранять лидерство Cik.ruo.su 10 April 2012 Leonid Tibilov Independent 11453 15786 David Sanakoyev Independent 6627 12439 Dmitry Medoyev Independent 6415 Stanislav Kochiyev Communist Party of South Ossetia 1417 Against all 216 279 832 662 39030 40929 RES, CIK Reactions After the first round, Tibilov said that "today's figures show that my candidacy is taken normally. Let's hope the second round confirms this." He also denied having Russian backing, but said that he would consult Russia in choosing his new government. Georgia – deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said that South Ossetia "staged a farce. No one will recognise these elections, no matter who wins."Bedwell Helena https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-26/south-ossetia-faces-runoff-as-georgia-calls-elections-a-farce.html South Ossetia Faces Runoff as Georgia Calls Elections a Farce Bloomberg 26 March 2012 10 April 2012 Minister for Reintegration Eka Tkeshelashvili said of that the election that it was "a continuation of farce and an imitation of elections in the Russian-occupied ethnically-cleansed region." Russia – after the first round, the Public Chamber's Maxim Grigoryev said that there were not "material breaches."http://cik.ruo.su/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=57&Itemid=83 Заключения международных наблюдателей Cik.ruo.su 10 April 2012 United States – the embassy in Georgia said it does not recognise the election.http://en.trend.az/regions/scaucasus/georgia/2006882.html U.S. does not recognize 'elections' in Georgian separatist regions – Trend En.trend.az 26 March 2012 10 April 2012 References Category:Presidential elections in South Ossetia South Ossetia Category:2012 in South Ossetia