Central Election Commission: ‘results from 11 stations corrected, data of 3 portable ballot boxes annulled’

The Central Election Commission (CEC) reports that 11 district election commissions (DECs) have corrected results from the October 31 parliamentary elections, annulled data of three portable ballot boxes and corrected results in nine cases. 

The preliminary data of the CEC shows that in the first round of the elections  the majoritarian candidates of the ruling Georgian Dream party in Mtskheta, Dusheti, Tianeti and Kazbegi constituencies did not receive 50 per cent of the vote – enough to win in the first round.

As a result of the updated data, the vote between the first two candidates are distributed as follows:

Shalva Kereselidze (Georgian Dream) – 49.67 per cent

Cezar Chocheli (Strength in Unity) – 33.78 per cent

This means that the second round of parliamentary elections will be held on November 21 in these constituencies.

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Opposition politicians and their supporters gathered yesterday evening at various DECs in Tbilisi and regions where the election administration was reviewing the election-related appeals.

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Demanding that their complaints be fairly reviewed, all the parties asked to attend the process, but police did not allow them into the DECs.

Nine people including three opposition United Georgia party members were detained during the clashes with police in Tbilisi.

25 local NGOs, including Transparency International Georgia, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, stated  yesterday that the Georgian Dream government has failed to conduct October 31 parliamentary elections in line with democratic standards.