Rustavi 2 commissioned exit poll: GD 51.36%, UNM 25.38%
Exit polls commissioned by different TV channels say the ruling Georgian Dream party received between 41-55% in the proportional part of the elections. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Rustavi 2 TV commissioned exit poll results show that as of 8 p.m. the ruling Georgian Dream party received 51.36% of support in the proportional part of the elections, followed by the opposition United National Movement with 25.38%
Below are the results of other political parties:
- European Georgia-4,20%
- Girchi-3,65%
- Lelo for Georgia-2,94%
- Strategy Builder-2,47%
- Alliance of Patriots-2.36%
- Labour Party-1.23%
- Citizens-1.11%
The updates of Survation poll show a slight increase in some of the figures of the parties compared to the preliminary exit poll results published by Rustavi 2 TV earlier.
Meanwhile, Formula TV also provided its updates of Edison Research survey in the proportional part for Tbilisi only. It said GD is leading with 43%, followed by UNM-led Strength in Unity with 23% and Girchi with 8%.
Lelo for Georgia and Strategy Builder come next with 4%; European Georgia and Alliance of Patriots follow with 3%; while Labour Party and Citizens have 2% of support each.
Interestingly, both the ruling party and opposition are celebrating the victory. However, the Central Election Commission will announce its initial results 5-7 hours after the voting stopped at 8 p.m. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Mtavari Arkhi TV commissioned poll has also been updated:
- Georgian Dream-41%
- UNM/Strength in Unity-33%
- European Georgia-5%
- Lelo for Georgia-4%
- Strategy Builder-3%
- Girchi-3%
- Alliance of Patriots-2%
- Labour Party-2%
- United Georgia-1%
- Citizens-1%
Mtavari Arkhi exit poll, carried out by IPSOS company also says that UNM is leading in Tbilisi with 35%, followed by GD with 30%.
Polling stations closed in Georgia at 8 p.m. with 1,970,540 Georgian voters having cast their ballots in the parliamentary elections.
Polling stations closed in Georgia at 20:00, by which time 1,970,540 Georgian voters had cast their ballots in the Georgian parliamentary elections, says the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia.
The ruling Georgian Dream party says that it has won the elections as all exit polls released by four different TV channels have put their vote count between 41-55 %.
Exit polls commissioned by Mtavari Arkhi, Formula TV and Rustavi 2 say the ruling Georgian Dream party received between 41-53% in the proportional part of the elections. An election bloc or party which receives less than 40.54 per cent of votes (less then 76 seats in the 150-member parliament) in the proportional elections will not be able to form a government. Unlike previous elections, the parties which will receive at least one per cent of total votes will be allowed into parliament.
The US Public Opinion Strategies has released exit polls commissioned by Imedi TV as of 6 p.m. which says that the ruling Georgian Dream party will receive 55 per cent of votes in the proportional elections.
Mtavari Arkhi TV has released separate results of its exit polls carried out by IPSOS. It says in all constituencies except from Gldani, predicting the runoff between the ruling Georgian Dream party and opposition candidates in the majoritarian part of the elections.
The Central Election Commission of Georgia, the election body in the country, is in the process of counting votes cast by eligible citizens in the parliamentary elections of October 31.
Election commissions across Georgia have received 289 complaints about polling violations, the Central Election Commission said following the closure of stations, with most of the formal objections relating to "procedural" issues.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has released the first preliminary results for the October 31 parliamentary elections. As of now, results from 1,085 polling stations nationwide have been counted, which is 28.2% percent of the total number of polling stations in the country.