Election Day: Polling stations open for 3.44 million voters in Georgia

Today is election day in Georgia, when the country is voting for 2,058 members of 64 city councils (sakrebulo) and 64 municipal mayors.

The polling stations opened at 8 am this morning for about 3.44 million eligible voters.

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.

An elderly man looks closely at an election billboard in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge 

Today’s elections are being 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 today’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.

A great deal of people are 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

Intentional observers say the election campaign has been calm in Georgia. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

All the polling stations countrywide will close at exactly 8 pm and the process of counting votes will begin immediately.

Follow Agenda.ge throughout the day to get all election updates and preliminary results.