Elections 2016: Ruling party unveils its final top 10

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.