Incumbent President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov votes in the elections for the head of the republic at polling station No. 17 at the Sports Palace in TskhinvaliTSKHINVAL , April 10 President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov said that there will be a second round in the country's presidential elections. «We already understand that there will be a second round,» he said at a press conference. According to Bibilov, his opponent will be Alan Gagloev.Presidential elections were held in South Ossetia on Sunday, 76 polling stations in the republic, as well as in North Ossetia, Moscow and Sukhum worked from 8:00 to 20:00. 
Final turnout in the presidential elections in South Ossetia was 82.07% post since April 2017, leader of the Nykhas party Alan Gagloev, former MP Dmitry Tasoev, MP Garry Muldarov and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alexander Pliev. Some time after the elections, a referendum on unification with Russia is planned. President Bibilov previously told RIA Novosti that his initiative for a nationwide vote on this issue is a step towards the «strategic goal» of the Ossetian people. He noted that Tskhinval had the opportunity to realize this goal back in 2014, when Crimea was reunited with Russia, but then it was not realized. Moscow recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on August 26, 2008. This happened after the operation to force Georgia to peace, whose troops invaded Ossetian territory and tried to storm Tskhinval. , said the deputy
