Opposition leader Aslan Bzhania leads so-called presidential elections in Georgia’s occupied region of Abkhazia, Bzhania’s press secretary Alkhas Cholokua said about it on Sunday evening.

He noted that according to preliminary results, Bzhania gained 51.1 of votes and his rival Adgur Ardzinba – garnered 35.55 % of votes.

A total of 80 000 people participated in today’s so-called “elections.”