Turnout: Almost 20% of voters appear at ballot box by 12pm
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Almost 700,000 voters throughout the country had cast their vote in the Parliamentary Elections by 12pm this afternoon.
A short time ago Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesperson Ana Mikeladze said voter turnout was 19.81 percent at 12pm - four hours after polling stations opened across the country.
These figures meant by midday, 695,948 citizens had voted.
Mikeladze said the voting process was underway in a calm environment and without any major problems.
Meanwhile by 10am this morning, voter turnout was 8.34 percent.
In comparison, during the 2012 Parliamentary Elections voter turnout by 10am was 10.66 percent and by 12pm it was 25.88 percent.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
By 3pm, more than one million people had voted in Georgia's Parliamentary Elections, said the Central Election Commission. This was 34.8 percent of all voters in the country.
Inmates in a handful of Georgia's prisons are able to vote today in the Parliamentary Elections of Georgia.
By 5pm, more than 1.4 million citizens had cast their vote, said the Central Election Commission (CEC) in its latest media update.
Polling stations across Georgia have closed and results being tallied show over 1.8 million people cast their votes in the October 8 Parliamentary Elections.