Preliminary results: Second round of elections needed in 6 municipalities
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A second round of mayoral elections could be needed in six municipalities across Georgia, says chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Tamar Zhvania, based on preliminary results.
The municipalities are Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, and Martvili in western Georgia, and Kazbegi, Khashuri, and Borjomi in eastern Georgia.
The votes were divided in these areas as per the following:
Kutaisi
- Giorgi Chigvaria – Georgian Dream – 48.56 %
- Grigol Vashadze – United National Movement – 27.05 %
Ozurgeti
- Beglar Sioridze – Georgian Dream – 43.38 %
- Konstantine Sharashenidze – independent candidate – 41.76 %
Martvili
- Aleksandre Grigalava – Georgian Dream – 49.6 %
- Mamuka Danelia – United National Movement – 36 %
Kazbegi
- Aleksandre Zagashvili – Georgian Dream – 44.61 %
- Sandro Kamarauli – Democratic Movement – Free Georgia – 26.88 %
Khashuri
- Giorgi Guraspashvili – Georgian Dream – 41.54 %
- Ramaz Nozadze – independent candidate – 18.59 %
Borjomi
- Levan Lipartia – Georgian Dream – 40.54 %
- Zaza Chachanidze – Alliance of Patriots – 40.23 %
In all other municipal mayoral races the Georgian Dream candidates won, except for Tianeti, where Tamaz Mechiauri – leader of his own party Tamaz Mechiauri for United Georgia – won over the Georgian Dream candidate with a single vote.
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.
Georgia’s Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili and several leading NGOs have already released their assessments of the Election Day.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has released final preliminary turnout by 8pm and stated it reached 45.64 percent.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikahsvili congratulated all of Georgia "with the completion of peaceful and free elections”. Commenting on the first exit poll results for the 2017 municipal elections in Georgia, Kvirikashvili said "this is another extremely important step towards democracy”.
CEC preliminary results for the local councils across Georgia showed that four political parties are leading through the proportional election system.
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.
The polling stations opened at 8 am this morning for about 328,272 eligible voters in Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, and Martvili in western Georgia, and Kazbegi, Khashuri, and Borjomi in eastern Georgia where the election runoff takes place.
Voter turnout was 11.55 percent at 12pm - four hours after polling stations opened in those six districts where no candidate cleared the 50 percent threshold during the first vote on October 21, said the Central Election Commission (CEC) in its latest media update.