3,007 of 3,847 election districts counted: ruling Georgian Dream tops list with 48.3% of vote
According to the preliminary results the Georgian Dream ruling party is expected to take 76 seats in the 150-member parliament, while a second round of elections will take place in 14 majoritarian constituencies where party candidates may also win. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) has counted votes in 3,007 election districts of the total 3,847.
According to the preliminary data nine parties will enter the parliament after overcoming the 1% election threshold.
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The results are as follows as of now:
- Georgian Dream - 48.36% (62 seats)
- United National Movement - United Opposition election bloc-26.35% (33seats)
- European Georgia - 3.79% ( 4 seats)
- Alliance of Patriots - 3.2% (4 seats)
- Lelo for Georgia - 3.27% (4 seats)
- Strategy Builder - 3.16% (4 seats)
- Girchi - 3.07% (3 seats)
- Labour Party - 1.01% (1 seat)
- Aleko Elisashvili Citizens - 1.04% (1 seat)
According to the preliminary results, Georgian Dream candidates are winning the majoritarian race in the first round of elections in 14 of 30 majoritarian constituencies, while a second round of elections on November 21 is expected to take place in 14 constituencies, including in all eight constituencies in Tbilisi.
The United National Movement opposition has accused the CEC of fabricating the elections and announced a rally on central Rustaveli Square in Tbilisi today at 16:00.
For the first time, the elections were held per a mixed electoral system, with 120 members of parliament (MP) to be elected via party lists and the remaining 30 running in single-member majoritarian districts.
An election bloc or party which receives less than 40.54 per cent of votes 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.
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.
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.
The ruling Georgian Dream party expects to take at least 92 seats in the 150-member parliament after the second round of majoritarian elections in 14 of 30 majoritarian constituencies in Tbilisi and regions which is likely to take place on November 21.
Votes from 47 of 57 polling stations abroad have been counted, and preliminary data show that the opposition United National Movement received 44.89 per cent of the vote, with the ruling Georgian Dream party receiving 29.15%, says the Central Election Commission (CEC) which has already counted 90.56 per cent of the votes following yesterday’s parliamentary elections.
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) NGO has released the results of parallel vote tabulation (PVT) which says that the ruling Georgian Dream party received 45.8% of the vote, while the United Opposition bloc (with the United National Movement) received 26.4% of the vote.
The leader of opposition United National Movement (UNM) Nika Melia has called on the public to gather in front of the parliament building at the central Rustaveli Avenue at 4 p.m. on November 1.
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has reacted to the October 31 parliamentary elections in Georgia by welcoming the reforms that enabled the country to conduct the vote 'smoothly' and acknowledging international observers' conclusions on competitive process, but also pointing out 'irregularities and incidents'.
Georgia is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on Saturday, amid the coronavirus pandemic, with citizens going to the polls to elect the country’s 10th national legislature since independence from the Soviet Union back in 1991. For the first time, the elections will be held per a mixed electoral system, with 120 members of parliament (MP) to be elected via party lists and the remaining 30 running in single-member majoritarian districts.