Gunba won the second round of presidential elections in Abkhazia

"Badra Gunba received the most votes in the re—election and was elected president of Abkhazia," Marchand announced at a briefing.

Gunba scored 56.85% of the total votes cast for both candidates, while Adgur Ardzinba scored 43.15%.

According to the CEC, the voter turnout was 70%. The number of people who came to the polling stations increased compared to the first round. A total of 100,000 citizens of Abkhazia voted.

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was held in Abkhazia on March 1.https://iz.ru/1847146/2025-03-01/v-abkhazii-startoval-vtoroi-tur-prezidentskikh-vyborov ">the second round of the presidential elections. Two candidates took part in it — Gunba and Adgur Ardzinba, who lagged behind him by 10% in the first round. Polling stations for voting completed their work at 20:00 Moscow time. Gunba later stated about his victory in the second round of elections.

Many Abkhazians living in Russia came to the Russian capital from other cities specifically to vote. Observers who are working on the second round of the March 1 elections said that the process organized transparently.