Election Day tomorrow: Georgia to elect municipal authorities
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Tomorrow, October 21, is election day in Georgia, when the country will vote for 2,058 members of 64 city councils (sakrebulo) and 64 municipal mayors.
The Municipal Elections 2017 will be contested by:
- 375 mayoral candidates from different parties
- 4,727 majoritarian candidates running in city council races
Twenty-two political parties, five election blocs and one initiative group have registered their party lists for tomorrow’s elections.
To win the mayoral elections, candidates must clear a 50 percent threshold. If this is not reached, a second round of voting will be held.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili called on all voters to make it to the polling stations and vote as this is important for the development of the country and building a better future.
A great deal of people will be observing to make sure the voting process goes smoothly throughout the day.
- 71 local observing organisations have registered to monitor the elections
- 30 international organisations have registered to observe the race
- 74 media outlets have registered to cover the election process
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Three Georgian NGOs say in their pre-election report that the Georgian Dream ruling party has received the largest proportion of election donations ahead of the October 21 municipal elections.
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili has hosted representatives of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) monitoring mission at the Government Administration today.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says that this Saturday’s municipal election in Georgia will become yet another proof that, thanks to the democratic reforms undertaken in Georgia, holding a free and fair election has become a standard.
The United States Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly says that the pre-election environment in Georgia is positive. Kelly assessed the upcoming municipal election as he spoke to local media today. Georgia will have the elections this Saturday.
Today is election day in Georgia, when the country will vote for 2,058 members of 64 city councils (sakrebulo) and 64 municipal mayors. The polling stations opened at 8 am this morning for about 3.44 million eligible voters.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has cast his ballot in today's Municipal Elections and voted for "a better Tbilisi”. PM arrived at Saburtalo #24 polling station in central Tbilisi about 9:00am with his family.
Four hours since the polling stations opened for voters this morning and some of Tbilisi mayoral candidates have already cast their ballots in today's Municipal Elections. Georgian Dream candidate Kakha Kaladze arrived at the polling station at about 10 am.