# Elections in South Ossetia

South Ossetia elects on the national level a head of state—the President—and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The Parliament of South Ossetia has 34 members, elected for a five-year term using party-list proportional representation.

## Latest elections
### Presidential elections

On 10 April 2022, incumbent President Anatoly Bibilov lost the first round of the presidential election to Alan Gagloev, who received most votes. As none of the candidates received more than 50% of the vote, a requirement to win the presidency, a second round was called between Bibilov and Gagloyev. The three eliminated candidates declared their support for Gagloyev for the second round, which was scheduled for 8 May 2022, after initial confusion over its date. Gagloyev won this round with 56.2% of the vote. The Election Commission set the transfer of power on 24 May 2022.
According to local experts, Bibilov's defeat after an easy victory in 2017 can be explained by the number of scandals and abuse of power accusations that took place in recent years. There was for example the scandal around the Murder of Inal Djabiev, which caused civil unrest and a paralyzed parliament.
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Alan Gagloev | Nykhaz | 10,707 | 38.55 | 16,134 | 56.08 |
| | Anatoly Bibilov | United Ossetia | 9,706 | 34.95 | 11,767 | 40.90 |
| | Aleksandr Pliyev | People's Party | 3,434 | 12.37 | | |
| | Garry Muldarov | Independent | 2,592 | 9.33 | | |
| | Dmitry Tasoyev | Independent | 822 | 2.96 | | |
| None of the above | None of the above | None of the above | 510 | 1.84 | 867 | 3.01 |
| Total | Total | Total | 27,771 | 100.00 | 28,768 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 27,771 | 95.57 | 28,768 | 97.77 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,286 | 4.43 | 655 | 2.23 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 29,057 | 100.00 | 29,423 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 39,282 | 73.97 | 39,798 | 73.93 |
| Source: CIKRUO, CIKRUO |||||||

### Parliamentary elections

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats | +/– |
| | United Ossetia | 7,778 | 34.96 | 7 | 4,713 | 24.17 | 7 | 14 | –6 |
| | People's Party of South Ossetia | 4,849 | 21.79 | 4 | 1,776 | 9.11 | 1 | 5 | +1 |
| | Nykhaz | 3,198 | 14.37 | 3 | 1,211 | 6.21 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | Unity of the People | 2,883 | 12.96 | 2 | 2,139 | 10.97 | 1 | 3 | –3 |
| | Communist Party of South Ossetia | 1,622 | 7.29 | 1 | 1,263 | 6.48 | 1 | 2 | +2 |
| | Fatherland Socialist Party | 710 | 3.19 | 0 | 7 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Unity Party | 630 | 2.83 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Homeland | | | | 272 | 1.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | | | | 6,993 | 35.87 | 6 | 6 | +6 |
| Against all | Against all | 579 | 2.60 | – | 1,123 | 5.76 | – | – | – |
| Total | Total | 22,249 | 100.00 | 17 | 19,497 | 100.00 | 17 | 34 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 22,249 | 95.28 | | 19,497 | 94.94 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,102 | 4.72 | | 1,040 | 5.06 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 23,351 | 100.00 | | 20,537 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 35,254 | 66.24 | | 33,954 | 60.48 | | | |
| Source: CIKRUO, Respublika ||||||||||