Polling stations in the presidential elections of South Ossetia have been closed; the voting in the Republic came to an end.
As reported to IA "Res" by the CEC Chairman Bella Plieva, the election was declared successful, over 65% of the registered citizens took part in the voting. Later the CEC will present the more accurate data on the turnout of voters.
"The polling stations have been closed. Counting of votes will take place under the supervision of representatives of the staffs of all the presidential candidates at the polls, the data will be summarized in the five territorial election commissions. The results of the will of citizens living abroad will be accumulated in the territorial commission of Dzausky district, which is the closest district to the border of Russia. Then all the data of the territorial commissions will be transmitted to the CEC of South Ossetia ", - said the chairman of the CEC Bella Plieva.
She also noted that live video will be transmitted from the polling stations number 2 and number 10 to the Information Center "Elections of President of South Ossetia - 2012."
Re-election of the president of South Ossetia, according to the decision of Parliament, was held on March 25. 34 thousand 360 people have been registered in the lists of voters in South Ossetia, 40,000 ballots have been printed. The results of the last November 27, 2011 elections were recognized by the Supreme Court of South Ossetia as invalid because of irregularities.
Four candidates are aspiring to the state high office: former head of the KGB of the Republic Leonid Tibilov, Commissioner for Human Rights under the President of South Ossetia David Sanakoev, Ambassador of the Republic of South Ossetia in the RF Dmitry Medoev and ex-Parliament Speaker of the RSO Stanislav Kochiev.
Preliminary election results will be released on March 26. The first data of the CEC is expected to be announced at 23:00 pm. Then the Central Electoral Committee will establish the voting results and draw up a protocol in five days, after which it will officially publish the final results.
To win, a candidate must collect 50% plus one vote.
If the new president is not elected in the first round, a second vote will be held not later than 15 days from the date of establishing the results of the first round. In the second round elections are considered sucessful, if they are attended by more than 30% of the registered voters. The winner is determined by a simple majority.
