Latest preliminary results: Who will enter Parliament?
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UPDATED: 17:10
The third party, the Alliance of Patriots, has overcome the 5% threshold for entering the ninth Parliament of Georgia, latest preliminary results show.
The Alliance of Patriots party currently has 5.00323% of total votes.
According to Georgia's Election Code, parties need at least 5 percent votes to enter Parliament.
The third party received additional 150 votes after official changes were made in the protocols from several voting stations.
So far the CEC has counted 99.92 percent of all votes.
Votes from only three polling stations are yet to be counted.
FIRST UPDATED: 15:11
Two parties have received enough votes to gain seats in Parliament, but the future of a third party is the most interesting and still unclear.
The Alliance of Patriots party, currently in third place, has 4.9984289873945 percent of total votes.
According to Georgia's Election Code, parties need at least 5 percent votes to enter Parliament.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesperson Ana Mikeladze said if the number of votes received by the Alliance of Patriots does not change once all the votes are counted, the CEC will discuss whether or not 4.998 percent could be counted as overcoming the minimum five percent threshold.
So far the CEC has counted 99.92 percent of all votes.
Votes from only three polling stations are yet to be counted.
EARLIER: 11:12
Georgia’s Central Election Commission has counted 99.92 percent of all votes cast in Saturday's Parliamentary Elections in Georgia.
Latest preliminary results show three parties are likely to enter Parliament - Georgian Dream, United National Movement (UNM) and Alliance of Patriots.
According to Georgian legislation, a party must gain at least five percent of total votes to enter Parliament.
As of 11am today, October 10, preliminary results for Georgia's Parliamentary Elections 2016 are:
- Georgian Dream – 48.6%
- United National Movement – 27.14%
- Alliance of Patriots – 5%
These three parties are followed by:
- Free Democrats – 4.61%
- Nino Burjanadze – Democratic Movement – 3.54%
- Paata Burchuladze – State for People – 3.45%
- Labour Party – 3.13%
All other parties gained less than 2% votes.
On Saturday, October 8, Georgian citizens voted to elect the 150-seat Parliament of Georgia, 77 members through party lists and 73 in the majoritarian districts.
"The UK aligns itself with the assessment of the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights – and other international monitoring missions – that these elections were competitive, well-administered and generally respectful of the fundamental rights of the people of Georgia,” read the official statement of Sir Alan Duncan today.
Two European Union (EU) top officials say the 2016 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia were "competitive, well-administered and fundamental freedoms were generally respected”.
"We believe the results of the elections are falsified,” says leader of opposition party United National Movement (UNM) Nika Melia.
Third party 0.01% away from threshold for entering Parliament
Georgia’s Central Election Commission has counted 99.41 percent of all votes countrywide. Latest preliminary results showed two leading parties, but a third party is only 0.01% away from overcoming the five percent threshold for entering Parliament.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission has finished counting majoritarian votes from all 73 districts countrywide. In 20 districts a candidate from Georgian Dream won, while a second round will be held in the remaining 50 districts.
The majority of Georgian citizens living abroad have voted to keep Georgian Dream in power.
The current Speaker of Georgia’s Parliament and leader of opposition Republican Party, David Usupashvili, says no one should question the legitimacy of the election results.
Opposition party United National Movement (UNM) gained the second highest number of votes in Saturday’s Parliamentary Elections but might refuse to participate in a second round of voting.
Germany and Latvia are congratulating Georgia on "the successful first round of its Parliamentary Elections”.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission has counted all votes cast in Saturday's Parliamentary Election. As of 11am today three parties received enough votes to gain seats in Parliament.
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