Parliamentary elections were held in

South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...

on 23 May 2004.

Electoral system

At the time of the election, South Ossetia's parliament had 34 seats, an increase from 33 in

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. Of these, 15 were elected by

party-list proportional representation Party-list proportional representation (list-PR) is a subset of proportional representation electoral systems in which multiple candidates are elected (e.g., elections to parliament) through their position on an electoral list. They can also be us ...

, 15 were elected by

single-member district plurality Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per ...

voting, and four were designated for the Georgian minority who consistently boycotted elections. This election was the last time this system was used, as in the 2009 election, all 34 seats were filled using party-list proportional representation.

Results

As of 13:00 local time, 52% of registered voters had cast their votes, crossing the electoral threshold of 50% plus one vote. The South Ossetian election commission has thus declared the elections valid. The election was won by

President of South Ossetia The president of the Republic of South Ossetia ( os, Хуссар Ирыстоны президент, russian: Президент Южной Осетии) is the ''de facto'' head of state of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia ...

Eduard Kokoity Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoyty ( os, Кокойты Джабейы фырт Эдуард, Kokojty Ĝabejy fyrt Edward; born 31 October 1964) is an Ossetian politician who served as President of the partially recognized state of South Ossetia. His t ...

's Unity Party, which got 9 of the 15 party-list seats (54.6% of all votes), as well as another 11 constituency seats, giving the party a controlling 20-seat majority. Znaur Gassiyev of the Unity Party was elected speaker, replacing Stanislav Kochiev of the

Communist Party of South Ossetia The Communist Party of South Ossetia ( os, Хуссар Ирыстоны Коммунистон парти, Hussar Irystony Kommuniston parti; ka, სამხრეთ ოსეთის კომუნისტური პარტია, tr; ...

. Gassiyev was one of the leaders of the Republic of South Ossetia in its forming days in the early 1990s, and acted as

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in 1991.

References

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2004 in Georgia (country) 2004 in South Ossetia Election and referendum articles with incomplete results