South Ossetia Faces Runoff as Georgia Calls Elections a Farce
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The breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia will hold a runoff after no candidate received the 50 percent of votes needed to win yesterday’s presidential election, which Georgia called a “farce.”
The former local head of the KGB security service, Leonid Tibilov, got 42.5 percent while David Sanakoyev garnered 24.6 percent after all votes had been counted in the capital, Tskhinvali, Rustavi-2 television reported today. A second round of voting will take place on April 8.