2006 South Ossetian presidential election

none South Ossetia presidential 2001 South Ossetian presidential election 2001 2011 South Ossetian presidential election 2011 12 November 2006 Kokojty detail.jpg Eduard Kokoity 1C408A Unity Party (South Ossetia) 51,150 98.06% Leonid Tibilov 2 (cropped).jpeg Leonid Tibilov Independent politician 476 0.91% President Eduard Kokoity Unity Party (South Ossetia) Eduard Kokoity Unity Party (South Ossetia) Presidential elections were held in South Ossetia on 12 November 2006, coinciding with the South Ossetian independence referendum. Incumbent Eduard Kokoity was seeking a second full five-year term. He was re-elected with more than 98% of the vote. According to the de facto authorities, the election was monitored by a team of 34 international observers from Germany, Austria, Poland, Sweden and other countries at 78 polling stations.S.Ossetia Says ‘International Observers’ Arrive to Monitor Polls https://web.archive.org/web/20080813035722/http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=14058 2008-08-13 , Civil.ge, November 11, 2006 The election process was criticised by local civic society and the results were deemed likely to be inflated. Results Eduard Kokoity 51150 Leonid Tibilov 476 Inal Pukhayev 194 Oleg Gabodze 175 Against all 168 280 55163 Cominf Alternative elections and referendum South Ossetian opposition politicians, some of whom had left Tskhinvali due to a conflict with the de facto president Eduard Kokoity, set up an alternative Central Election Commission and nominated their candidates for presidency: Gogi Chigoyev, Teimuraz Djeragoyev, Tamar Charayeva, and Dmitry Sanakoyev, who served as defense minister and then as prime minister for several months in 2001 under Kokoity's predecessor, Ludwig Chibirov. Voters were also to answer a question: "do you agree with the renewal of talks with Georgia on a federal union." The alternative elections and referendum were held in the villages with mixed Georgian-Ossetian population not controlled by the secessionist government. The Salvation Union of South Ossetia which organised the election turned down a request from a Georgian NGO, “Multinational Georgia”, to monitor it and the released results were also very likely to be inflated.Georgia’s South Ossetia Conflict: Make Haste Slowly, Europe Report N°183, 7 June 2007 References Georgia: South Ossetia Seeks To Contain Opposition Challenge, Radio Free Europe, 2006-11-10 Staging ‘Alternative Choice’ for S.Ossetia, Online Magazine - Civil Georgia, November 7, 2006. South Ossetia to Elect Two Presidents, Kommersant, November 11, 2006. Georgia: South Ossetia Seeks To Contain Opposition Challenge, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, November 10, 2006. Category:Presidential elections in South Ossetia Category:2006 in Georgia (country) South Ossetia South Ossetia Presidential election