Preliminary data from polling stations abroad: UNM – 44.89%, Georgian Dream – 29.15%
According to the preliminary data nine parties will enter the parliament after overcoming the 1 per cent election threshold. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
Voters abroad cast their ballots for:
- UNM – 44.89%
- Georgian Dream – 29.15%
- Girchi – 7.88%
- European Georgia – 3.27%
- Lelo – 3.14%
- Strategy Aghmashenebeli – 2.03%
- Labour Party – 1.17%
- Georgian Idea – 1.05%
- 3,007 of 3,847 election districts counted: ruling Georgian Dream tops list with 48.3% of vote
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.
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.
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. According to the preliminary results, Georgian Dream candidates are winning the majoritarian race in the first round of elections in 16 of 30 majoritarian constituencies, while a second round of elections is expected to take place in 14 constituencies, including in all eight constituencies in Tbilisi.
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.
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 of Georgia should recount votes in eight per cent of polling stations where there were more ballots than registered voters, says the chief executive director of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), Elene Nizharadze.
Georgia has held peaceful, just, safe and democratic elections, says Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.
“Georgia’s parliamentary elections were competitive and, overall, fundamental freedoms were respected”, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in its preliminary statement today.