Central Election Commission: 12.71% voter turnout by 12pm
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Over 300,000 people have voted in today’s second round of the 2016 Parliamentary Elections.
A short time ago Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesperson Ani Mikeladze said voter turnout by 12pm was 12.71 percent.
This was equivalent to 315, 009 votes being cast at 50 majoritarian districts where a runoff is taking place.
The most active polling station was #37 polling station in eastern Mtskheta, where 22.7 percent of registered voters have cast their vote.
High turnout was also reported in western Lanchkhuti and Chokhatauri polling stations (19.9 percent voter turnout) and also in western Baghdati and Kharagauli election areas (18.5 percent turnout).
Meanwhile the least number of voters were detected at #41 polling station in eastern Gori region (7.2 percent) and at #9 polling station in Isani district of capital Tbilisi (7.9 percent).
Mikeladze said the voting process was being carried out in a peaceful environment.
To compare, almost 700,000 voters throughout the country cast their vote in the First Round of Parliamentary Elections by 12pm on October 8, which was equivalent to about 20 percent of voters.
One of the country’s leading non-governmental organisations monitoring the Second Round of Elections says the electoral process is smooth and peaceful today.
All polling stations are open to voters
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.
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.
The Second Round of Parliamentary Elections is underway in a peaceful environment in Georgia’s penitentiary facilities where a group of inmates are casting their votes.
A short time ago Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesperson Ana Mikeladze said voter turnout was 25.3 percent at 3pm - seven hours after polling stations opened across the country.
Voters visit polling stations with fingers already inked
The CEC said a handful of citizens arrived at several polling stations in Tbilisi’s Isani and Mtatsminda districts, also in western towns of Poti and Batumi with their fingers already inked, indicating they had already voted.
By 5pm this evening 767,907 voters throughout the country had cast their vote in the Second Round of the 2016 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia.