99.7% of votes counted:
Zurabishvili leads with 59.56%, Vashadze receives - 40.44%
Zurabishvili received 1,146,063 votes and Vashadze - 778,167 votes. Photo: N. Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Georgian Dream ruling party endorsed independent presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili is winning the elections according to the results of the counted 3,683 ordinary and 11 special polling stations - or 99.7% of polling stations.
Zurabishvili received 59.56% (1,146,063 votes) and the opposition candidate Grigol Vashadze garnered 40.44% (778,167 votes) of the votes, says the Central Election Commission (CEC).
Zurabishvili leads elections at all 10 polling stations in the capital of Tbilisi:
- Mtatsminda: Grigol Vashadze 35.66%, Salome Zurabishvili – 64.34%
- Vake: Grigol Vashadze – 33.95%, Salome Zurabishvili – 66.05%
- Saburtalo: Grigol Vashadze – 34.39%, Salome Zurabishvili – 65.61%
- Krtsanisi: Grigol Vashadze – 40.43%, Salome Zurabishvili – 59.57%
- Isani: Grigol Vashadze – 43.06%, Salome Zurabishvili – 56.94%
- Samgori: Grigol Vashadze – 43.59%, Salome Zurabishvili – 56.41%
- Chughureti: Grigol Vashadze – 36.63%, Salome Zurabishvili – 63.37%
- Didube: Grigol Vashadze – 35.02%, Salome Zurabishvili – 64.98%
- Nadzaladevi: Grigol Vashadze – 38.26%, Salome Zurabishvili – 61.74%
- Gldani: Grigol Vashadze – 43.26%, Salome Zurabishvili 56.74%
As for the regions Zurabishvili won all towns of Georgia except for Telavi and Rustavi, says the CEC.
The CEC has also published the results counted at two polling stations opened in Afghanistan for Georgia’s Presidential elections, where Georgian soldiers who are taking part in the NATO Resolute Support mission voted for their favourable presidential candidates.
The results show that Vashadze leads elections at both polling stations. He garnered 366 votes while Zurabishvili received 316 votes at the Bagram air field.
As for the polling station opened in Mazar-i-Sharif, Vashadze and Zurabishvili received 86 and 46 of the votes, respectively.
Meanwhile, the majority of Georgian voters abroad (64.27%) voted in favour of Vashadze. Accordingly, Zurabishvili received 35.73% of votes.
The final results of all polling stations will be announced in a few hours.
The inauguration of Georgia’s new president will be held on December 16.
The Georgian Dream ruling party endorsed independent presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili, who based on exit polls has won the election, made her first comment and stated that her ultimate goal will be fighting for the reintegration of lost territories.
The Central Election Commission of Georgia has reported a 56.23 percent voter turnout for the runoff of presidential election in the country following the closing of polling stations at 8pm local time.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze stated after hearing the results of exit polls that “there is no time to waste in celebrating the victory, it is time to work.”
The Georgian Central Election Commission has released the final results of the presidential elections. The commission has stated that 100 per cent of votes have been counted. Zurabishvili received 1,147,627 votes, while Vashadze-780,633.
Public Movement Multinational Georgia (PMMG) observers have reported 41 incidents in the election process as of 21:00 on November 28.