South Ossetia`s Court annuls second round of presidential voting.

The Supreme Court of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia has voided the second round of the region's election to choose a de facto leader in which an opposition candidate was leading according to early preliminary results.

The court declared the November 27 voting illegitimate after ruling that there had been significant electoral violations, informed "Interfax".
According to preliminary results of voting released on November 28, former Education Minister Alla Dzhioyeva was leading with 56.7 percent of the vote, compared to 40 percent for Emergency Situations Minister Anatoly Bibilov.
Bibilov had been openly supported by Moscow, including a ringing endorsement from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
The Supreme Court ruling on November 29 came in response to a complaint by Bibilov alleging that Dzhioyeva supporters had bribed and intimidated voters.
Dzhioyeva's campaign said the election was essentially free and fair and countered that Bibilov's court challenge was an attempt to subvert the legitimate results of the voting.