Election Day tomorrow: Georgia to elect municipal authorities

Tomorrow, October 21, is election day in Georgia, when the country will vote for 2,058 members of 64 city councils (sakrebulo) and 64 municipal mayors.

The Municipal Elections 2017 will be contested by:

• 375 mayoral candidates from different parties
• 4,727 majoritarian candidates running in city council races

Twenty-two political parties, five election blocs and one initiative group have registered their party lists for tomorrow’s elections.

To win the mayoral elections, candidates must clear a 50 percent threshold. If this is not reached, a second round of voting will be held.

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili called on all voters to make it to the polling stations and vote as this is important for the development of the country and building a better future.

A great deal of people will be observing to make sure the voting process goes smoothly throughout the day.

• 71 local observing organisations have registered to monitor the elections
• 30 international organisations have registered to observe the race
• 74 media outlets have registered to cover the election process

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Follow Agenda.ge throughout the day tomorrow to get all election updates and preliminary results in a timely manner.