2001 South Ossetian presidential election

2001 South Ossetian presidential election
18 November 2001 (first round)
6 December 2001 (second round)
 
Nominee Eduard Kokoity Stanislav Kochiev
Party Independent HIKP
Popular vote 12,171 9,009
Percentage 57.46 42.54
President before election

Lyudvig Chibirov
Independent

Elected President

Eduard Kokoity
Independent

Presidential elections were held in South Ossetia in 2001. As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round on 18 November, a second round was held on 6 December, which was won by Eduard Kokoity, who defeated Stanislav Kochiev. Incumbent president Lyudvig Chibirov was eliminated in the first round mostly due to popular disdain in his economic policies. The elections were boycotted by the Georgian population.

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