Rustavi 2 commissioned election polls: among newly formed parties in Georgia, Lelo polling the best at 3.7%
The poll, which surveyed 1,200 people around the country between August 26 and September 2, said Lelo would receieve 3.7 per cent of votes. Photo: Lelo.
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Political party Lelo, created last year by the co-founders of TBC Bank Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, has the highest support of voters among newly formed parties in Georgia, says the election polls conducted by British company Survation, commissioned by Georgian Rustavi 2 TV channel.
The poll, which surveyed 1,200 people around the country between August 26 and September 2, gave the following results:
- Lelo - 3.7 per cent
- Girchi - 2.2 per cent
- United Georgia - 1 per cent
- Free Democrats - 0.5 per cent
- Other parties - 0.7 per cent
The poll said that the ruling Georgian Dream party will receive 55.7 per cent of votes in the October parliamentary elections and the United National Movement - 16.2 per cent.
Six per cent of votes in the poll went to Giorgi Vashadze - Strategy Aghmashenebeli, followed by European Georgia with 5.6 per cent of votes, Labour Party with 4.5 per cent of votes and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia with 3.9 per cent of votes.
68.9 per cent of surveyed people said they would go to the elections and vote, 12.5 per cent answered 'maybe', six per cent are not going to vote and 0.4 per cent said 'don't know'.
How do citizens evaluate the activities of various institutions in Georgia?
Of the main public institutions, the Georgian army has the most positive assessment, 84 per cent, followed by the Georgian Church at 83 per cent.
Tbilisi City Hall has the highest rating among public services. Its activity is evaluated positively by 71 per cent of surveyed people and negatively by 27 per cent.
Meanwhile, 68 per cent of surveyed people trust the police, 63 per cent trust local self-government.
To note, the 2020 parliamentary elections will be held in a different manner: 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 (instead of the 76/73 electoral system).
The mandates in the proportional elections will be distributed among parties and election blocs which receive at least one per cent of the vote.
Blocs will be allowed in the 2020 elections. However, with a different election threshold. The percentage of votes received by election blocs must at least amount to one per cent x number of the parties in the bloc.
The United National Movement and nine opposition parties that are members of the Strength is in Unity political movement will nominate former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili as their candidate for the prime minister’s post, announced Chairman of the National Movement Grigol Vashadze.
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.
Coercion and intimidation of voters or the violation of vote secrecy will become criminally liable in Georgia as part of a series of amendments to the election code approved by the Parliament of Georgia in its third and final hearing today.
Starting today, the 59 political parties that have registered with the Central Election Commission (CEC) to run in the 2020 Georgian parliamentary elections can begin their election campaigns.
The poll, which was conducted throughout the country (except for the two Russia-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali) between August 25 and September 7, says that 23 per cent of the 2,850 people surveyed has not decided yet who they will vote for if elections were held today.
Recent polls by the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) have revealed ‘sustained support’ for the government’s management of COVID-19 as well as ‘persistent anxiety over the economy’, saying that these issues ‘are motivating citizens to go to the polls on October 31 and make their voices heard.’
Election polls commissioned by the opposition-minded TV channel Mtavari Arkhi say the ruling Georgian Dream party will receive 25 per cent of votes in the upcoming October 31 parliamentary elections.
Founder of political party Lelo Mamuka Khazaradze has proposed an initiative to make usury punishable by law in Georgia.
The ruling Georgian Dream party received 6,495,650 million GEL in election contributions last month, while the opposition Lelo party, which was founded by co-founders of TBC bank Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, received 1, 312,590 GEL, the State Audit Office reports.
The ruling Georgian Dream party has spent 4.3 million GEL on election commercials between September 1 and September 21.
Ruling Georgian Dream party candidates are again leading in six majoritarian constituencies of Didube-Chughureti, Zugdidi, Akhaltsikhe-Borjomi-Adigeni-Aspindza, Akhalkalaki-Ninotsminda, Kobuleti and Tkibuli-Terjola-Zestaponi-Baghdati in Rustavi 2 commissioned polls.