2004 Presidential Elections
Already during the 2002 Parliamentary elections, while still Prime Minister, Jergenia had supported the parliamentary candidates of public movement Amtsakhara. In 2003, he spoke at Amtsakhara's congress, where he argued in favour of reducing Presidential powers and moving towards a mixed presidential/parliamentary model of government. Jergenia then became Amtsakhara's favoured candidate for the October 2004 presidential elections before it entered into an alliance with United Abkhazia and chose to back Sergei Bagapsh instead. A minority faction of Amtsakhara continued its support for Jergenia, and he did enter into the elections, with Ruslan Kishmaria as his Vice-Presidential candidate, head of the Gali district assembly. The pair came in only fourth place in the first round, receiving 2277 votes, and did not contest the second.
| Presidential candidate | Vice presidential candidate | votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Bagapsh | Stanislav Lakoba | 43,336 | 50.08 |
| Raul Khadjimba | Vitali Smyr | 30,815 | 35.61 |
| Sergei Shamba | Vladimir Arshba | 5,993 | 6.93 |
| Anri Jergenia | Ruslan Kishmaria | 2,277 | 2.63 |
| Iakub Lakoba | Fatima Kvitsinia | 806 | 0.93 |
| Against all | 1,230 | 1.42 | |
| Invalid | 2404 | 2.78 | |
| Total amount of votes cast | 86,525 | 100.00 | |
| Turnout | 86,525 | 62.90 | |
| Abstention | 51,039 | 37.10 | |
| Total number of registered voters | 137,564 | 100.00 | |
| Source: Протокол N 11 Центральной избирательной комиссии по выборам Президента Республики Абхазия от 11 октября 2004 г. | |||
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