Preliminary results: Kaladze wins Tbilisi mayoral race, 4 parties enter city council

The 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 2017 Municipal Elections.

Tbilisi mayoral race

CEC calculated votes from all 737 precincts across Tbilisi. The preliminary results were as the following:

• Kakha Kaladze – Georgian Dream – 51.06 %
• Aleksandre Elisashvili – independent candidate - 17.47 %
• Zaal Udumashvili – United National Movement – 16.53 %
• Elene Khoshtaria – European Georgia – 7.13 %

To win the mayoral race, a candidate must clear a 50 percent threshold. According to these preliminary results, Kaladze has become Tbilisi mayor and no election runoff will be needed in the capital city.

Other self-governing cities

There are four more self-governing cities other than Tbilisi in Georgia.

CEC preliminary results showed that in all of these cities – Batumi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Poti – the Georgian Dream candidates are winning overwhelmingly.

In Batumi, Rustavi and Poti, Georgian Dream candidates overcame the 50 percent threshold, however in Kutaisi the leading candidate only has 48.56 %. This means a second round of mayoral elections might be needed in Kutaisi.

Tbilisi City Council

CEC preliminary results for the Tbilisi City Council (sakrebulo) elections showed that four political parties have made it into the Council through the proportional election system.

A party must clear a 4 percent threshold to enter Sakrebulo. The parties who managed this are:

• Georgian Dream – 52.96 %
• United National Movement – 17.62 %
• European Georgia – 9.19 %
• Alliance of Patriots – 5.64 %

As for the majoritarian system, in all election districts of Tbilisi the races have been won by Georgian Dream candidates.

• To see real time municipal elections results district by district across Georgia, check out this interactive map by Agenda.ge.