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Ruling party receives 56% of support in Imedi TV commissioned poll

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia told journalists yesterday that the election campaign of the ruling Georgia Dream party is ‘very open and transparent’. Photo: Georgian Dream/Facebook

Agenda.ge, 28 Oct 2020 - 20:41, Tbilisi,Georgia

The ruling Georgian Dream party would receive 56% of votes if elections were held today, Imedi TV commissioned poll says.

Two election polls commissioned by different Georgian TV channels show large difference in results

The poll, carried out by US-based Public Opinion Strategies, is based on 1,518 interviews conducted by Gorbi between October 9 and October 20.

Based on the results:

Georgian Dream received 56%
United National Movement received 19.9%
Alliance of Patriots received 4.6%
Strategy Aghmashenebeli received 4.5%
European Georgia received 4.3%
Lelo for Georgia received 3.9%
Girchi received 3%
Labour Party received 2.2%
United Georgia received 1.6%

The recent election poll conducted by British company Survation between October 16 and October 22, the Georgian Dream received 55% of support. It was followed by the opposition United National Movement with 22%.

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