Parliamentary elections were held in the unrecognized

Diplomatic recognition

Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state...

 Republic of Abkhazia on 4 March 2007; a run-off

Two-round system

The two-round system is a voting system used to elect a single winner where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate...

 round was held in seventeen constituencies on 18 March 2007. 189 polling stations were organized to elect 35 parliament members. 47.25% of about 130,000 registered voters participated in the first round of the elections. Neither Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 nor the EU recognised these elections citing a lack of participation by Georgian refugees.

Candidates

128 candidates were registered to run and included:

• 92 Abkhazians
  Abkhaz people
  The Abkhaz or Abkhazians are a Caucasian ethnic group, mainly living in Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast. A large Abkhazian diaspora population resides in Turkey, the origins of which lie in the emigration from the Caucasus in the late 19th century known as Muhajirism...
  
  
• 10 Armenians
• 5 Georgians
  Georgian people
  The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....
  
  
• 4 Russians
• 1 Ukrainian

Sergei Bagapsh

Sergei Bagapsh

Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh was the second President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was Prime Minister from 1997 to 1999 and was later elected as President in 2005. He was re-elected in the 2009 presidential election...

, the President of Abkhazia, stressed the necessity of having a multiethnic parliament, where all the minorities were represented. He also stated that the prevailing issue of the election campaign was achieving international recognition for the de facto

De facto

De facto is a Latin expression that means "concerning fact." In law, it often means "in practice but not necessarily ordained by law" or "in practice or actuality, but not officially established." It is commonly used in contrast to de jure when referring to matters of law, governance, or...

independent state.

Results

28 of the 35 elected candidates were supporters of president Bagapsh, while the other 7 were opposition members.^{http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=3614} 26 of the elected candidates were Abkhazians, three were Russians, three were Armenians, two were Georgians and one was a Turk.^{http://www.regnum.ru/english/polit/798212.html}