Municipal Elections 2017: Polls closed, votes being counted
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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.
The first exit poll results have been revealed for the 2017 municipal elections in Georgia, with the figures presenting the maiden picture of the polling results for the Tbilisi city mayor election race and results for the participating parties.
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.
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. In Georgia 1,026,430 voters throughout the country cast their vote in the Municipal Elections by 3pm this afternoon.
In Georgia 567,699 voters throughout the country cast their vote in the Municipal Elections by 12pm this afternoon.
Georgia has once again proved it is part of democratic world and a member of the European family, ruling Georgian Dream party’s candidate Kakha Kaladze said at today’s briefing.
Fundamental freedoms were generally respected in the October 21 municipal elections in Georgia, and candidates were able to campaign freely. This was stated in the preliminary assessment of the elections released this afternoon by two international observing missions.
A British man who moved to Georgia five years ago not only actively got involved in Georgian political life this election season but has also demonstrated a great deal of political responsibility to local politicians.
Georgia is getting ready for the election runoff that will take place in six municipalities tomorrow, November 12. The election runoff will take place in - Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, and Martvili in western Georgia, and Kazbegi, Khashuri, and Borjomi in eastern Georgia. These are the districts where no candidate cleared the 50 percent threshold during the first vote on October 21.