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Some 54.5% of around 67 thousand eligible voted in occupied Abkhazia on March 26 in the runoffs to elect the 35-member legislature for a five-year term, according to local media.

Out of 17 runoff races, candidates scored second-round victories in 16, while a repeat vote will be held in one single-mandate constituency in Sokhumi city within two months.

In the second round, none of the incumbent lawmakers — Batal Aiba, Raul Lolua, Almaskhan Bartsists, Natalie Smyr, Almaskhan Ardzinba, Astamur Tarba — managed to get re-elected.

Of the five candidates of the Amtsakhara party, allied with incumbent Abkhaz leader Aslan Bzhania, four clinched a seat, while one failed to.

In total, Amtsakhara has received five seats in the two rounds of voting. Neither of the four other parties contending managed to score a win.

Meanwhile, the trend of the domination of individual politicians, rather than parties, over the Abkhaz legislature has continued, as overall 28 independent candidates have won a seat on March 26 and 12.