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Second round of municipal elections to be held tomorrow

The US Embassy said that the municipal elections in Georgia were held in a largely peaceful environment and respected fundamental freedoms. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Agenda.ge, 11 Nov 2017 - 17:55, Tbilisi,Georgia

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.

These are the candidates who will run in the second round of the elections:

Kutaisi

Giorgi Chigvaria – Georgian Dream
Grigol Vashadze – United National Movement

Ozurgeti

Beglar Sioridze – Georgian Dream
Konstantine Sharashenidze – independent candidate

Martvili

Aleksandre Grigalava – Georgian Dream

Mamuka Danelia – United National Movement

Kazbegi

Aleksandre Zagashvili – Georgian Dream
Sandro Kamarauli – Democratic Movement – Free Georgia

Khashuri

Giorgi Guraspashvili – Georgian Dream
Ramaz Nozadze – independent candidate

Borjomi

Levan Lipartia – Georgian Dream
Zaza Chachanidze – Alliance of Patriots

The opposition United National Movement refused to participate in the runoff elections but according to the Georgian election code, their candidates will still be written in election ballots.

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