Mayor-elect: Tbilisi to move to new stage of development
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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.
Thanking voters for their trust and support Kaladze said it has been an overwhelming victory.
It is a great responsibility and honour to be the mayor of our capital, Tbilisi. Your support even doubles this responsibility and encourages me to do my best to deal with the challenges each citizen of Tbilisi is facing”, Kaladze said.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) released preliminary results of the 2017 municipal elections last night in which Kaladze received 51.06 percent of the vote.
We will start dealing with the problems of Tbilisi and implementing the program that we have declared. Each citizen of Tbilisi will soon feel the positive results of our work and I am sure that pretty soon our beloved city will move to a new stage of development”, Kaladze said.
Kaladze said he welcomes cooperation with anyone who loves Tbilisi, including his political rivals, those "who have specific realistic ideas and want to contribute to building a better future for our capital”.
He said "we have been rivals, but never enemies” and "we all love and want to have a better Tbilisi tomorrow” that is more beautiful, comfortable and ecologically safe.
Kakha Kaladze arrived at the polling station to cast his ballot in the Municipal Elections yesterday. Photo from Kakha Kaladze/Facebook
Yesterday Georgians voted 2,058 members of 64 city councils (sakrebulo) and 64 municipal mayors.
Twenty-two political parties, five election blocs and one initiative group had registered their party lists for yesterday’s elections.
- To see real time municipal elections results district by district across Georgia, check out this interactive map by Agenda.ge.
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.
The latest exit poll conducted by GORBI, commissioned by Imedi TV, reports the Georgian Dream ruling party received 54percent of votes.
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.
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”.
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.
CEC preliminary results for the local councils across Georgia showed that four political parties are leading through the proportional election system.
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