Georgian Dream candidate wins parliamentary by-electionsGeorgian Dream party candidate Givi Chichinadze won 57.88 percent of the votes in parliamentary by-elections held yesterday in Vano and Khoni election districts.
Chichinadze’s rival, the former mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava from the European Georgia party received 38.38 percent of votes.
By-elections in Vani and Khoni were held because former MP Grigol Liluashvili was appointed to the position of Deputy Head of State Security Service.
The Central Election Committee (CEC) preliminary results for the six candidates participating in by-elections are the following:
Giorgi Ugulava - 10 404 (38.38%)
Giorgi Liluashvili - 124 (0.46%)
Zurab Kartvelishvili - 59 (0.22%)
Mamuka Tuskadze - 399 (1.47%)
Givi Chichinadze - 15 684 (57.86%)
Vasil Kopaliani - 436 (1.61%)
"The polling process as well as vote counting procedures at election precincts were conducted in a peaceful election environment in line with the election legislation. All electoral stakeholders had the opportunity to observe the vote counting procedures”, CEC spokeswoman Ana Mikeladze announced at a news briefing last night.
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.