Follow Central Election Committee's counting of election votes live [VIDEO]
The election body has put up a livestreamed video of the ballot-counting process on the web. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
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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.
While the eagerly awaited initial results of the vote have not been revealed yet, the CEC has followed its custom over the last elections and made available a livestream of the ballot-counting process on the web.
The commission has said its preliminary results will be made public five to seven hours following the closure of polling stations earlier in the evening. The voting ended at most stations at the formal deadline of 8pm local time, however some voting sites continued to a later time.
The election body will also need to count more bulletins than at the previous polling in 2016. The October 31 elections had a turnout of 56.11 percent of eligible voters according to data available at 8pm, which is higher than the 51.63 percent of citizens who went to stations four years ago.
In numbers, the 2020 elections saw 1,970,540 citizens cast their vote - again by 8pm local time - compared to 1,814,276 in the 2016 edition.
A polling station election commission from a Marneuli Municipality village in southern Georgia has reported its summary protocol paper missing after the closure of voting at the location.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has thanked international partners and observers for their ‘commitment to Georgia’s democracy’ during the election day.
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.
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%
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.
Georgian Dream Executive Secretary Irakli Kobakhidze has told local media at least a dozen election districts across the country are expected to go into runoff after the Saturday voting of parliamentary elections.