Opposition leaders vote in Parliamentary Elections
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Several opposition leaders have already voted in Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections.
Head of opposition party Free Democrats and Georgia’s ex Defence Minister Irakli Alasania visited eastern Gori region this morning to cast his ballot.
I’m from Gori that’s why I’m here to vote. I voted for a better future, a better Court and a better economy,” Alasania said.
Other opposition leaders voted in capital Tbilisi.
One of the leaders of United National Movement (UNM), Georgia’s ex-First Lady Sandra Roelofs, appeared at a polling station with her son Nikoloz Saakashvili.
I voted for the peaceful political force that will gain victory, do a good job and fulfill all its promises given to people as soon as the elections are over. I am sure everyone will make the right choice,” Roelofs said.
Parliament Speaker, head of the Republican Party David Usupashvili said the current elections were held with unprecedented freedom. Photo by the Republican Party press office.
Head of the Republican Party, Parliament Speaker David Usupashvili, voted early this morning with his wife, Georgia’s ex-Defence Minister Tinatin Khidasheli.
Usupashvili stressed the current elections were being held with "unprecedented freedom” and he urged people to make their free choices.
I made my choice and I take responsibility for my choice. I wish everyone to make their own free choices and also take responsibility for their decisions. More freedom means more responsibility,” Usupashvili said.
Head of the election bloc Paata Burchuladze-State for People,Paata Burchuladze, said he voted for Georgians' welfare. Photo by ipress.ge.
Meanwhile Georgia’s famous opera star Paata Burchuladze who is head of the election bloc Paata Burchuladze-State for People, said he voted for "Georgia’s freedom and fighting against poverty”.
Today Georgians will vote to elect the 150-seat Parliament of Georgia, 77 members through party lists and 73 in the majoritarian districts.
19 political parties and 6 election blocs are also running in the race.
People will also vote to elect lawmakers in the 21-member Supreme Council of Adjara, Georgia’s western Autonomous Republic, in Resix election constituencies, as well as local authorities in some locations, as several local officials had to quit posts for their participation in the elections.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has cast his ballot in today's Parliamentary Elections and voted for Georgia’s "European future and fast economic development.”Kvirikashvili went on to say his choice promoted health and better education for the country’s youth.
All polling stations in Georgia are now open where people can go and cast their vote in the Parliamentary Elections.
At 8am this morning polling stations around the country opened for 3.5 million voters to elect a new Parliament that will later form the Government of Georgia. This will be the ninth Parliament in the history of independent Georgia.
All you need to know from Georgia’s Election Commission
Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) hosted a final briefing ahead of elections. 42,092 representatives from different political parties or blocs will observe the elections, 29,931 members of 111 local observing organisations will monitor the election process 1,440 representatives from 55 foreign observing missions will observe the race.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) says the preliminary results of today’s Parliamentary Elections will be released about 6am tomorrow. CEC spokesperson Ana Mikeladze announced this at a briefing this morning.
Georgian citizens living in Russia are not able to cast their vote in Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections today. No polling stations were opened in Russia for Georgian citizens.
It's been four hours since polling stations opened and so far the environment is peaceful and orderly, says Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, a leading local non-governmental organisation.
A short time ago Central Election Commission spokesperson Ana Mikeladze said voter turnout was 8.34 percent by 10am - two hours after polling stations opened throughout the country.
Head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Catholics Patriarch Ilia II has cast his vote and has appealed to all Georgian citizens to also have their say on who they want to run the country.
For the first time in Georgia's history, an election station has opened in the Southern Hemisphere for today's Parliamentary Elections.
An election commission in the central Georgian town of Gori had a pleasant-busy morning by a mischievous owl at a local polling station.
By 12pm, almost 700,000 people (or 19.81 percent) had voted in Georgia's Parliamentary Elections, said Central Election Commission spokesperson Ana Mikeladze.