People's Assembly (Abkhazia)
logo | Parliament building |
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Basic data | |
Seat: | Sukhum |
Legislative period : | five years |
First session: | 1990 |
MPs: | 35 |
Current legislative period | |
Last choice: | May 31, 2009 |
Chair: | Valery Bganba |
Website | |
parliamentra.org |
The People's Assembly ( Abkhazian Аҧсны Жәлар Реизара / Abhasnji Tseljap Reizara , Russian Народное Собрание / Narodnoje Sobranije ) is the parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia, which is internationally recognized by only a few countries .
The People's Assembly is a unicameral parliament , whose 35 members are elected for five years. The election is based on majority voting . To achieve a parliamentary mandate, a candidate must receive more than 50% of the votes cast in his constituency. If no candidate reaches the required majority in a constituency, a runoff election takes place in which the two candidates who received the most votes stand for election again.
Parliamentary President from 2002 to 2012 was Nugsar Aschuba , his successor is Valeri Bganba . A frequent criticism of the composition of the parliament is that the national minorities (mainly Russians , Georgians and Armenians ) are not represented according to their demographic share in the population of Abkhazia.
composition
After the elections on March 4, 2007, the people's assembly was composed as follows:
Parties | Seats | |
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Presidential block | Ajtajra (resurrection) | 28 |
Amzachara | ||
Apzny Aksaara (Some Abkhazia) | ||
Others | Forum of Unity of the Abkhazian People | 7th |
Communist Party of Abkhazia | ||
Russian Citizens' Union | ||
total | 35 |
Web links
- Description of the National Assembly on the Abkhaz President's website (in Russian)
- Abkhazia Electoral Law (Russian)