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{{Short description|none}} <!-- This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" - please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! -->{{Politics of Abkhazia}}
[[Abkhazia]] elects on national level a [[head of state]]
On 28 February 1996 Abkhazia's Parliament adopted a referendum law according to which referendums may be initiated by Parliament, by the President or by a group of citizens who have collected at least 10,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite journal|last=The Jamestown Foundation|author-link=The Jamestown Foundation|title=ABKHAZIA ENACTS REFERENDUM LAW.|journal=Monitor|date=1 March 1996|volume=2|issue=44|url=http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bswords%5D=8fd5893941d69d0be3f378576261ae3e&tx_ttnews%5Bany_of_the_words%5D=abkhaz%20abkhazia%20ardzinba&tx_ttnews%5Bcategories_1%5D=49&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=31&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8386&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=5b91f625922981d59c5fc5de2f1d1e9d|access-date=10 January 2012}}</ref> Since then, Abkhazia has held two referendums [[1999 Abkhazian constitutional referendum|in 1999]] to approve its constitution and declaration of independence, and one [[2016 Abkhazian early presidential elections referendum|in 2016]] to hold early presidential elections, but it was declared invalid due to low voter turnout.
▲Abkhazia elects on national level a [[head of state]] - the [[president]] - and a [[legislature]]. The president is elected for a five term by the people. The '''[[Abkhazian People's Assembly|People's Assembly]]''' has 35 members, elected for a five year term in single seat [[constituency|constituencies]].
==2020 presidential election==
==2005 Presidential elections==▼
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{{Further|2019 Abkhazian
{{Further|2014 Abkhazian presidential election}}
==2012 parliamentary elections==
{{Further|2012 Abkhazian parliamentary election}}
In early March the 35 seats of Parliament were contested by 150 candidates. It was monitored by some NGOs from countries in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/abkhazia_parliamentary_elections/24510997.html |title=Georgia's Breakaway Abkhazia Holds Legislative Elections |publisher=Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty |date=10 March 2012 |access-date=3 April 2012}}</ref> as well as by a delegation from [[Tuvalu]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/tuvalu_visit_abkhazia_visa_deal_monitoring/24510530.html |title=Tiny Tuvalu's Officials In Abkhazia For Visa-Free Deal, Monitoring |publisher=Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty |date=9 March 2012 |access-date=3 April 2012}}</ref>
==2011 Presidential elections==
{{Further|2011 Abkhazian presidential election}}
==2011 Local elections==
{{Further|2011 Abkhazian local elections}}
==2009 Presidential elections==
{{Further|2009 Abkhazian presidential election}}
==2007 Parliamentary elections==
{{Further|2007 Abkhazian parliamentary election}}
==See also==
* [[Electoral calendar]]
* [[Electoral system]]
* [[Elections in Georgia (country)|Elections in Georgia]]
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061107051831/http://www.abkhaziagov.org/en/ President of the Republic of Abkhazia. Official site]
==References==
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