Elections 2020: ISFED releases results of parallel vote count

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. 

European Georgia received 3.7% of the vote in the parallel vote count. 

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PVT is an election observation methodology that is typically based on a representative random sample of polling stations. The goal of the methodology is to independently verify the election results. 

The PVT results by ISFED are as follows. 

• Georgian Dream - 45.8% (margin of error - 0.7%) 
• United Opposition election bloc, including United National Movement - 26.4% (margin of error - 0.6%) 
• European Georgia - 3.7% (margin of error - 0.2%) 
• Alliance of Patriots - 3.1% (margin of error - 0.1%)
• Lelo for Georgia - 3.1% (margin of error - 0.2%) 
• Strategy Builder - 3% (margin of error - 0.1 %)
• Girchi - 2.8 % (margin of error - 0.2%) 
• Elisashvili Citizens - 1.3% (margin of error - 0.1%) 
• Labour Party - 1% (margin of error 0.1%) 
• United Georgia - 0.9% (margin of error 0.1%)

The ISFED says that in eight per cent of polling stations, ballot papers outnumber the voters’ signatures on the lists ‘which is a serious violation.’

The CEC must recount votes in the election districts,” the ISFED said, noting that  voter turnout was 56.7 % (+/- 0.6 %). 

Meanwhile, the Central Election Commission of Georgia has counted 96.85% of votes. 

The results released by the CEC are as follows: 

• Georgian Dream - 48.12% 
• United National Movement - United Opposition election bloc - 26.92% 
• European Georgia - 3.79% 
• Lelo for Georgia - 3.19% 
• Alliance of Patriots - 3.18%
• Strategy Builder - 3.15% 
• Girchi - 2.95% 
• Aleko Elisashvili Citizens - 1.34% 
• Labour party - 1%

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.