263 political parties registered in Georgia, 80 are active
The parliamentary elections will be held in Georgia at the end of October. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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There are 263 political parties registered in Georgia. However, only 80 of them are active, says Georgia’s State Audit Office.
The agency reports that 13 political blocs were registered this year, while 68 political parties requested registration for the upcoming parliamentary elections in October.
The State Audit Office says that political parties have received more than seven million GEL in contributions in the first six months of 2020.
The Georgian Dream ruling party received 67 per cent of this sum, then comes Lelo with 21 per cent of the contribution and the United National Movement with seven per cent.
The European Georgia and the Alliance of Patriots have received two percent of the total amount of political contributions each.
As for the expenses of the political parties, the agency says that their expenses have exceeded 12 million GEL in the first six months of 2020, including the expenses for television ads which is about one million GEL.
A bill has been registered in parliament per the agreement of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party and the opposition on March 8.
The Georgian Dream ruling party is likely to receive 39 per cent of votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections in October, says the recently published US Edison Research’s polls, commissioned by Georgian channel Formula TV.
The ruling Georgian Dream party has released a statement earlier today, saying that Georgia’s ‘radical opposition’ chooses ‘anti-western’ statements and campaigns, while the choice of the Georgian people is 'to further consolidate Georgian democracy and to ensure the full realisation of Georgia's Western aspirations'.
With 136 votes in favour and five against, the Georgian parliament has passed an electoral bill establishing a more proportional electoral system in its first hearing today. The bill says that 120 seats in parliament will be distributed based on the votes received in proportional elections, while remaining 30 per the votes received in majoritarian elections.
A total of 66 political parties have registered to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia on October 31. The Central Election Commission also stated that now the registered parties must provide their party lists and majoritarian candidates no later than October 1.