Repeat vote: About 43% of voters visit ballot box by 5pm
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Voter turnout at today’s repeat vote of the Parliamentary Elections hit almost 43 percent by 5pm.
A short time ago Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesperson Ana Mikeladze said voter turnout was 42.8 percent at Marneuli and Zugdidi at 5pm - three hours before the polling stations closes this evening.
These figures meant by 5pm, 615 people had voted in Marneuli and 1,218 voters had voted in Zugdidi.
A repeat vote was needed after votes were nullified at four polling stations due to incidents on Election Day.
The four polling stations affected were:
- #48 polling station in Marneuli district in southern Georgia; and
- #38, #79 and #108 polling stations in Zugdidi district, western Georgia.
Meanwhile 1,436 voters were registered at Marneuli polling station and a total of 2,844 voters were registered at the three polling stations in Zugdidi.
Mikeladze called on voters to be more active as there was only a couple of hours left before polling booths closed.
All four election stations will shut at 8pm this evening,
The repeat vote is coming to an end and so far the voting environment is peaceful and orderly, says Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), a leading local NGO.
CEC spokesperson Ana Mikeladze said voter turnout was 20.6 percent in Marneuli and 18.46 percent in Zugdidi at 12pm - four hours after polling stations opened in today's repeat vote.
Polling stations have opened and people are encouraged to have their say in today's repeat vote.
A repeat vote of the October 8 Parliamentary Elections of Georgia is taking place place today, Saturday October 22 at several polling stations countrywide where votes were nullified due to incidents on Election Day.
All four polling stations where a repeat vote of Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections was held have closed and results being tallied show over 2,000 people cast their votes today.
Preliminary results of yesterday's repeat vote shows a second round is needed at all four polling stations as no candidate overcame the minimum 50 percent threshold.
One of the leaders of opposition party United National Movement (UNM), Georgia’s ex-First Lady Sandra Roelofs is refusing to participate in the second round of the Parliamentary Elections after claiming the official election results were falsified.