PM Gakharia grateful to intl partners, observers for commitment on election day
Foreign dignitaries and observing organisations have been visiting various polling stations all around the country to monitor the election environment ton the ground. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has thanked international partners and observers for their ‘commitment to Georgia’s democracy’ during the election day.
We are grateful to our intl partners & all observers for their commitment to ????????'s democracy. Our intl partners were integral to the process of enacting electoral reforms that increased proportional representation and political pluralism. @UKinGeorgia @EUinGeorgia @usingeo
— Giorgi Gakharia (@GakhariaGiorgi) October 31, 2020
Ambassadors of the United States, United Kingdom and European Union have been visiting various polling stations across the country, along with other international observers, to monitor the election environment on the ground
The US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan state earlier that 'it’s very important that as the officials begin to count the ballots, supporters of all political parties respect the work of election officials, accept the official results calmly, and show that these elections meet international standards from start to finish'.
British Ambassador Mark Clayton has also expressed his hope that ‘every party will respect the official results’ of today’s parliamentary elections in Georgia.
Good to get the opportunity to compare notes with Central Election Commission @cecgovge chairperson Tamar Zhvania about the process so far.
— Carl Hartzell (@CarlHartzellEU) October 31, 2020
Hard work still ahead, including into the night… pic.twitter.com/t7eDKEwD51
The European Union had deployed a European diplomatic watch, sending over 70 teams to visit over 1,000 polling stations in Georgia on the election day.
The teams aimed to support the ongoing OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission, which has limited its mission in Georgia as well as coordinate with the US and UK embassies.
Meanwhile, no official data is available from the Central Election Commission so far. However, most exit polls have given a lead to the ruling Georgian Dream party in the proportional part of the elections.
However, Mtavari Arkhi TV commissioned poll predicts a run off in most of the constituencies in the majoritarian part of the 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 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 %.
British Ambassador to Georgia Mark Clayton has expressed his hope that the election process will continue ‘as calmly as it has until this moment’ and that ‘every party will respect the official results’ of today’s parliamentary elections in Georgia.
US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan says “It’s very important that as the officials begin to count the ballots, supporters of all political parties respect the work of election officials, accept the official results calmly, and show that these elections meet international standards from start to finish”.
Opposition Mtavari Arkhi TV Director NIka Gvaramia said after the publication of its IPSOS exit poll results that the ruling Georgian Dream party is losing in the parliamentary elections, this is why the Central Election Commission (CEC) is not publishing the initial results of the voting.
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.
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.