Municipal Elections 2017: 45.64% final voter turnout
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Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has released final preliminary turnout by 8pm and stated it reached 45.64 percent.
CEC announced in total 1, 570, 500 voters participated in the elections, out of the registered 3,440,123 voters.
Final election turnout in Tbilisi was 43.4percent.
CEC spokesperson Ana Mikeladze said that 204 complaints have been written in the voting process and most of them were because of procedural violations.
Many of the complaints have been immediately responded and settled,” Mikeladze said.
Today Georgians voted for 2,058 members of 64 city councils (sakrebulo) and 64 municipal mayors.
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.
Zaal Udumashvili from the United National Movement opposition, Elene Khoshtaria from the European Georgia opposition and an independent candidate for Tbilisi mayor’s post Aleko Elisashvili have made their comments after the first exit poll released.
The latest exit poll conducted by GORBI, commissioned by Imedi TV, reports the Georgian Dream ruling party received 54percent of votes.
Georgia’s Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili and several leading NGOs have already released their assessments of the Election Day.
Ruling Georgian Dream party’s candidate Kakha Kaladze appears to be winning the mayoral race in capital Tbilisi. The Central Election Commission (CEC) released preliminary results of the Municipal Elections 2017.
A second round of mayoral elections could be needed in six municipalities across Georgia, says chair of the Central Election Commission Tamar Zhvania, based on preliminary results. The municipalities are Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, Martvili, Kazbegi, Khashuri, and Borjomi.
Six candidates were participating in the parliamentary by-elections. Five candidates are nominated by political unions and one by an initiative group.
Voter participation at the polling stations in Vani and Khoni reached 57.9 percent or 27,846 people while the total number of registered voters in these election districts is 48,123.