Municipal Elections 2017: 29.84% voter turnout by 3pm
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In Georgia 1,026,430 voters throughout the country cast their vote in the Municipal Elections by 3pm this afternoon.
Voter turnout was 29.84 percent at 3pm - seven hours after polling stations opened across the country, said the Central Election Commission (CEC) in its latest media update.
The polling stations opened at 8am this morning for about 3.44 million eligible voters and will close at exactly 8pm. Photo by N. Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
The highest voter turnout was evident in Georgia's Racha-Lechkhumi region (46.2 percent) and the lowest in Shida Kartli region (25.4 percent).
The voter turnout by 3pm was the following:
- Tbilisi – 261,137 (27.7 percent)
- Imereti – 168,318 (31.3 percent)
- Samegrelo- Zemo Svaneti – 109,746 (31.9 percent)
- Kvemo Kartli – 106,348 (27.1 percent)
- Kakheti – 92,590 (30.5 percent)
- Adjara – 89,665 (29.2 percent)
- Shida Kartli – 59,829 (25.4 percent)
- Samtskhe-Javakheti – 52,315 (36 percent)
- Guria – 44,552 (40.5 percent)
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti – 25,788 (29.8 percent)
- Racha-Lechkhumi – 16,142 (46.2 percent)
Today, 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.
You can get all election updates including information on voter turnout and preliminary results on an interactive map from Agenda.ge throughout the day.
Inmates in penitentiary facilities across Georgia are participating in the October 21 municipal elections by voting for city council members and mayors at polling stations and boxes provided to their locations.
We have managed to implement the highest election standards in our country, says Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze. Today Georgia is voting for 2,058 members of 64 city councils and 64 municipal mayors.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Mghebrishvili said everything will be done to avoid any conflict and violation on the Election Day. Casting his ballot in today's municipal elections, Minister Mghebrishvili said his team will do everything to protect every vote according to the high western standards.
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.
Georgian citizens whose homes fall behind the Russian occupation line are unable to participate in today’s Municipal Elections. The occupation force warned them not to cross the line to reach a polling station on Tbilisi-controlled territory or they would be fined or even detained.
In Georgia 1,262,809 voters throughout the country cast their vote in the Municipal Elections by 5pm this afternoon. Voter turnout was 36.71 percent at 5pm - nine hours after polling stations opened across the country, said the Central Election Commission (CEC) in its latest media update.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia released latest voter turnout figures a short time ago and the data showed 1,569,992 people voted today. This was 45.64 percent turnout.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has released final preliminary turnout by 8pm and stated it reached 45.64 percent.