The original count had given Aida Ashuba a slim first round majority of 401 votes out of 795 (50.44%), but after a complaint by the campaign team of runner up Valeri Kvarchia, the election commission of precinct 1 held a recount.
[6][7] Neither Ashuba nor Kvarchia managed to gain enough votes to win an outright majority in the first round of the repeat election on 20 May.
[14] On 7 June, the Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia held an extraordinary congress and unanimously nominated Appollon Shinkuba.
[15] On 12 June, Chairman of the Party for the Economic Development of Abkhazia Beslan Butba was nominated by an initiative group.
[22] During the 2012 election, Gamgia had won a plurality in the first round, which was invalidated due to a large turn-out, and ended second to newcomer Eshba in the rerun.
[23] On 22 May, Apsnypress reported that Roman Tskua, Lyuba Ashuba, Nadir Bitiev and Irina Agrba had also been nominated by initiative groups, the latter two of which had failed to be elected in Constituency no.
[28] On 13 June 2014, following the 2014 Abkhazian political crisis, Beslan Butba was appointed as acting Vice Premier.
[34][35] Following his inauguration as President of Abkhazia, Raul Khajimba's Membership of Parliament was formally terminated on 7 October 2014.
[41] On 15 December, the Coordinating Council of Political Parties and Public Organisations resolved to support Ardzinba's candidacy.
[43] On 22 October, newly elected President Raul Khajimba appointed Adgur Kharazia as Acting Mayor of Sukhumi.
[44] Accordingly, the People's Assembly resolved to terminate his mandate as MP from that day onwards, and on 31 October, the Central Election Commission set a by-election for 21 December.
[49][50] On 22 October, newly elected President Raul Khajimba appointed Beslan Bartsits as Acting Governor of Gagra District.
[51] Accordingly, the People's Assembly resolved to terminate his mandate as MP from that day onwards, and on 31 October, the Central Election Commission set a by-election for 21 December.
On 6 April, the Central Election Commission registered the candidacy of Tengiz Agrba (who had narrowly lost the December 2014 by-election in Constituency no.
[67] The election on 10 December was declared invalid due to low turnout, with only 337 votes cast where more than 1800 would have been necessary to pass the 25% hurdle.
[70][71] Following the appointment of Kharazia as acting Mayor of Sukhumi on 22 October 2014, Daur Arshba was unanimously elected to succeed him as Vice Speaker on 12 November.
[72] Arshba's membership of Parliament was terminated on 10 October 2016 due to his appointment as Presidential Administration Head, and he was in turn succeeded by Valeri Kvarchia, who, as the sole candidate, was elected on 2 November by 26 or 27 of the 27 deputies in attendance.
However, Kobakhia also refused the candidacy, saying that he did not want to engage in any backroom games and that Avidzba was highly qualified and deserved the chairmanship.
[77][78] Artur Mikvabia failed to be elected as Chairman of the Committee for Economic Policy, Reform and Innovation.
Tsvinaria refused a proposal by Speaker Valeri Bganba to run for the chairmanship of the Committee for Economic Policy, Reform and Innovation instead, and so the election was repeated the following day.
[79] On 7 October 2014, Kan Kvarchia was elected with 27 to 4 votes (out of 31 present) as chairman of the Committee for Agrarian Policy, Natural Resources and Ecology.