The ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia (GDDG) has today presented its final top 10 proportional (party) list ahead of the October 8 Parliamentary Elections.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili is number one on the list, followed by Georgia’s current Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze.
GDDG’s top ten figures are:
- Giorgi Kvirikashvili – Prime Minister of Georgia
- Kakha Kaladze – Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Energy of Georgia, famous Georgian footballer who played for Milan, Dynamo Kiev
- Irakli Kobakhidze – GDDG Executive Secretary, lawyer
- Tamar Chugoshvili – Ex-head of Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s adviser in human rights issues, lawyer
- Giorgi Gakharia – A business ombudsman
- Akaki Zoidze – A Columbia University graduate specialising in governance with seven years of experience in public service
- Tamuna Khulordava – A legal scholar who served as First Deputy Minister of Corrections and Probation
- Roman Kakulia – Head of the Department for Coordinating EU Programs at the Office of the State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration;
- Sopho Katsarava – Foreign language expert, served as a Political Officer for the UK Embassy, currently serving as a PR Officer and Project Coordinator for the UK Embassy
- Irina Pruidze – Background in psychology and practical medicine
Georgia has a mixed electoral system in which 73 lawmakers are elected in 73 single-member constituencies.
Generally known as a majoritarian mandate, candidates must gain 50 percent of votes in order to be an outright winner, otherwise a second round of voting must be held.
The remaining 77 seats are allocated proportionally under the party-list contest among other political parties who clear the five percent threshold in the nationwide vote.