How much have political parties spent on commercials, ads ahead of the October 31 elections?

The ruling Georgian Dream party has spent 4.3 million GEL on election commercials between September1 and September 21. 

Of that sum, 1 million GEL was spent on TV commercials, 32,750 GEL for ads in printed media, 267,797 for Internet ads, 1.6 million GEL for outdoor ads, while the remaining 179,859 were other advertising expenses. 

• Election campaign period starts today in Georgia

Strategy Agmashenebeli spent 913,272 GEL for election commercials between September 1 and September 21, more than any other opposition party.

• Ruling Georgian Dream, Lelo‌ top two recipients of September election contributions

Then comes European Georgia with 593,905 GEL expenses for election commercials, Lelo - 408,765 GEL and the United National Movement - 188,068 GEL.