Municipal Elections 2017: Polls closed, votes being counted

Voting for Municipal Elections has finished across Georgia. The process of counting votes and tabulating results is now underway. 

All polling stations closed at exactly 8pm this evening. 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.

Voter turnout was 45.64 percent at 8pm - nine hours after polling stations opened across the country, said the Central Election Commission (CEC) in its latest media update. Photo by N. Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

The highest voter turnout was evident in Georgia's Racha-Lechkhumi region (60.2 percent) and the lowest in Kvemo Kartli region (40.7 percent).

The voter turnout by 8pm was the following:

• Tbilisi – 409,763 (43.4 percent)
• Imereti – 249,636 (46.5 percent)
• Samegrelo- Zemo Svaneti – 162,614 (47.3 percent)
• Kvemo Kartli – 159,825 (40.7 percent)
• Kakheti – 146,023 (48.1 percent)
• Adjara – 138,120 (45 percent)
• Shida Kartli – 97,161 (41.2 percent)
• Samtskhe-Javakheti – 79,912 (55 percent)
• Guria – 64,372 (58.5 percent)
• Mtskheta-Mtianeti – 41,562 (48.1 percent)
• Racha-Lechkhumi – 21,004 (60.2 percent)

Today, October 21, is election day in Georgia, when the country voted for 2,058 members of 64 city councils (sakrebulo) and 64 municipal mayors.

All polling stations were closed at exactly 8pm this evening and results being tallied showed up to 1,569,992 people cast their votes in the second round of the Municipal Elections. Photo by N. Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

• Check an interactive map from Agenda.ge throughout the day to get all election updates, including voter turnout and preliminary results.