Central Election Commission: Preliminary results will be released by 6am tomorrow
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Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) says preliminary results of today’s Parliamentary Elections will be released about 6am tomorrow, October 9.
CEC spokesperson Ana Mikeladze announced this news at a briefing this morning.
"As you know at some election districts, apart from the Parliamentary Elections, some other elections are also taking place. For example, in Adjara people will also vote to elect members of the Supreme Council of Adjara too,” Mikeladze said.
This means the Commission will have to count four ballot papers here. At other districts there will be three ballot papers because people will elect local authorities too.”
We suppose that at about 6am tomorrow morning we will have preliminary results.”
Today the people of Georgia will vote to elect the 150-seat Parliament of Georgia, 77 members through party lists and 73 in the majoritarian districts.
Nineteen political parties and six 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 six election constituencies, as well as local authorities in some locations, as several local officials had to quit posts for their participation in the elections.
Several opposition leaders have already voted in Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections. Free Democrats leader, one of UNM's leaders and a Republican Party leader have cast their votes this morning.
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.
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has cast his vote in the 2016 Parliamentary Elections of Georgia.
All polling stations in Georgia are now open where people can go and cast their vote in the Parliamentary Elections.
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.
The set-up, opening and operations of polling stations throughout Georgia took place this morning without any substantial violations, say observers from the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED).