Voter turnout stands at 8.33% by 10 a.m. in Georgian parliamentary elections
A total of 292,587 voters (8.3% of eligible voters) have cast their ballots in the Georgian parliamentary elections by 10 a.m. To compare, in the parliamentary elections on October 8 of 2016, voter turnout stood at 8.34 per cent (293,047) by 10 a.m. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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A total of 292,587 voters (8.3% of eligible voters) have cast their ballots in the Georgian parliamentary elections by 10 a.m.
To compare, in the parliamentary elections on October 8 of 2016, voter turnout stood at 8.34 per cent (293,047) by 10 a.m.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission says the most active polling station was #19 in Racha-Lechkhumi and Svaneti, where 11.8 per cent of registered voters have cast their vote by 10 a.m.
The least number of voters were registered at #28, #29 and #30 polling stations in Georgia’s western Adjara region(a region-wide turnout of 7.3%) by 10 a.m.
The Central Election Commission says sanitary regulations in all polling stations are being observed.
The Central Election Commission would like to remind Georgian citizens that a voter must wear a face mask when entering the polling station. If he/she does not have one, the administration will provide one. When a voter arrives at the polling stations, he/she has to remove the face mask twice for a short period of time in order to identify him or herself”, says the press office of Central Election Commission.
Disposable pens will be distributed on the site to prevent the possible transmission of the coronavirus.
Georgians are heading to the polls today to elect the country’s 10th national legislature since independence from the Soviet Union back in 1991.
A total of 1,279,947 voters (36.45% of eligible voters) have cast their ballots in the Georgian parliamentary elections by 15 p.m.
The joint observation mission, composed of the International Organization for Democracy, Media and Cultural Exchange, its international observers, and the Center for Development, says the voting process is taking place in a mostly calm and organized environment, although minor procedural irregularities have been reported.
A total of 681,583 voters (19.41% of eligible voters) have cast their ballots in the Georgian parliamentary elections by 12 p.m. throughout the country. Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) says the most active polling station is again #19 in Racha-Lechkhumi and Svaneti, where 28.3 per cent of registered voters have cast their vote by 12 p.m.
Georgian peacekeepers in Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan are casting their ballots in the Georgian parliamentary elections. Polling stations opened at 8 a.m. at Bagram and Mazar-i-Sharif as well as the German camp Marmal. Georgian servicemen in Kabul meanwhile are casting their ballots via a mobile box.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs says parliamentary elections are proceeding peacefully and no serious violations have taken place so far throughout the country.
US Ambassador Kelly Degnan to Georgia addressed Georgians earlier today on election day, noting “these parliamentary elections are very important for Georgia, and the most important thing is to have a calm atmosphere and free elections for the people.”
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia cast his vote earlier today in Tbilisi, stating he ‘voted for the future as no one can imagine a return to the past.’
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has cast her vote in central Tbilisi earlier today, stating that ‘today, we all vote to build a dream country - a democratic, European state.’