A presidential election held on Sunday in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia produced no clear winner, setting up a second round between the top two candidates, state news agency Apsnypress said.

By Ailis Halligan in Tbilisi The snap presidential elections held on February 15 in Abkhazia, a Russia-backed breakaway region in northwest Georgia, will go to a second round after all five candidates – including the Kremlin favourite,

The presidential election in Abkhazia ended without a clear winner, leading to a runoff between acting President Badra Gunba and opposition leader Adgur Ardzinba. Gunba secured 46% of the votes, while Ardzinba received nearly 37%.

A presidential election held on Sunday in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia produced no clear winner, setting up a second round between the top two candidates, state news agency Apsnypress said.

Badra Gunba did not get the necessary 50% of the votes in the presidential elections, so the republic is waiting for the second round of elections. These are the preliminary calculations given by the public,

A second round of the so-called presidential elections in Russian-occupied Abkhazia will take place on March 1, with the top two candidates, Badra Gunba and Adgur Ardzinba, vying for the de facto post.

In the February 15 snap presidential election in Abkhazia, a Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia, every candidate aligned themselves with Russia in rhetoric.

PanARMENIAN.Net - The self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia will hold a second round of presidential elections, according to Dmitry Marshan, head of the local Central Election Commission. Preliminary vote counts from the first round, held on February 15, show that no candidate surpassed the required 50% threshold for an outright victory.

The political leadership of the disputed region of Abkhazia in the Caucasus must be determined in a run-off election after no clear leader emerged in Saturday's first round of voting, reported German news agency dpa.