Central Election Commission:
All polling stations are open to voters
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Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has hosted its first information briefing announcing the opening of polling booths for today’s election runoff.
Earlier today CEC spokesperson Ani Mikeladze said all polling stations for the second round of elections opened at 8am.
Since the voting process was being carried out peacefully.
The second round of the 2016 Parliamentary Elections is taking place today in 50 majoritarian districts; 18 of them in capital Tbilisi and the remaining 32 in Georgia’s regions.
- Municipal by-elections to elect Sakrebulo (local council) members are being held in eastern Lagodekhi and western Senaki municipalities.
- Extraordinary elections are being conducted to elect the Mayor of Akhaltsikhe in Georgia’s south.
- Gamgebeli (local governors) elections are underway in western Zugdidi and Kharagauli and eastern Bolnisi areas.
754 polling stations are accessible for voters in wheelchairs and are equipped with special ballot booths,” Mikeladze said.
She added the CEC had extended the accreditations of international and local observer organisations and media organisations who had registered to observe the first round of the 2016 Parliamentary Elections, held on October 8.
Observers of the second round of elections include:
- 582 representatives of 7 media organisations
- 221 observer of 10 international organisations
- 12,122 observers from local observer organisations.
The CEC urged the public to act responsibly today as the electoral process continued. The agency said any actions that supported political parties were prohibited at polling stations today. It was also prohibited for television and radio companies to broadcast free or paid political advertisements today.
No public surveys were permitted until after voting closed at 8pm this evening.
The second round of the Parliamentary Elections of Georgia takes place today. The election runoff will be held in 50 of Georgia’s 73 election districts. The voting process starts at 8am.
The British and the Netherlands Embassies stated today they will observe the second round of Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections on Sunday.
Today Georgia’s Minister of Internal Affairs said the agency was "fully mobilised not to let any complications” occur during this weekend’s second round of voting.
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.
One of the country’s leading non-governmental organisations monitoring the Second Round of Elections says the electoral process is smooth and peaceful today.
Voter turnout at today’s second round of the 2016 Parliamentary Elections reached almost five percent by 10am.
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), one of key Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) in Georgia, says the Second Round of Parliamentary Elections is better organised than the first round was.
The President of Georgia has cast his vote in the Second Round of the 2016 Parliamentary Elections and he is urging eligible voters to get out and have their say.
Over 300,000 people have voted in today's second round of the 2016 Parliamentary Elections. CEC spokesperson Ani Mikeladze said voter turnout by 12pm was 12.71 percent.