Acting Abkhazian president Alexander Ankvab has won the presidential elections receiving 54.86% of votes, Batal Tabagua, the head of Abkhazia's Central Election Committee, said on Saturday, RIA Novosti reports.
Therefore, there will be no second round of voting, as the candidate has to get 50% plus one vote to win the elections.
According to Tabagua, Prime Minister Sergei Shamba got the second place with 21.04% of votes, while opposition leader Raul Khadzhimba became third with 19.83% of votes.
Voter turnout amounted to 71.92%.
"According to the law enforcement agencies, no public order disturbances, which might have influenced the results of the elections, were registered," Tabagua added.
