Voter turnout at 16.47% by 3 p.m. in Georgian parliamentary run offs
Voter turnout was 36.25% at 3 p.m. during the first round of parliamentary elections on October 31. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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A total of 352,456 people (16.47% of eligible voters) have cast ballots in the second round of Georgian parliamentary elections as of 3 p.m. today.
Based on the updated data provided by the Central Election Commission (CEC), the highest number of voters cast ballot in the eastern region of Kakheti, while the lowest number of voters cast ballot in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
Below is the detail data per region:
- Kakheti - 21%
- Shida Kartli - 20.6%
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 19.7%
- Adjara - 18.8%
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 18.6%
- Kvemo Kartli - 17.6%
- Imereti - 17.2%
- Tbilisi - 13.9%
Meanwhile, voter turnout was 36.25% at 3 p.m. during the first round of parliamentary elections on October 31.
Opposition politicians - who have qualified for today’s run offs - call on their supporters not to head to polling stations today claiming the October 31 parliamentary elections were falsified.
Meanwhile, the ruling Georgian Dream party members call on their supporters to head to polling stations today and vote.
Opposition politicians - who have qualified for today’s run offs - call on their supporters not to head to polling stations today claiming the October 31 parliamentary elections were falsified. The opposition has unanimously declared their unwillingness to participate in the second round of the elections even though their names remain on the majoritarian ballot papers per law.
The head and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili says that some political parties are ‘very emotional and ambitious. However, I think that common sense prevails and we will have a multi-party parliament [in the end].’
A total of 177,462 people (8.29% of eligible voters) have cast ballots in the second round of Georgian parliamentary elections as of 12 p.m. today. Meanwhile, voter turnout was 19.41% at 12 p.m. during the first round of parliamentary elections on October 31.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, who has cast his vote in the election run-offs earlier today, has stated that the government and the opposition must learn to work together to benefit the country.
A total of 443,969 people (20.74% of eligible voters) have cast ballots in the second round of Georgian parliamentary elections as of 5 p.m. today. One of the ruling party leader Mamuka Mdinaradze has stated that the coronavirus pandemic and opposition’s boycott are among the reasons of the low voter turnout in the second round of the parliamentary elections.
The Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) and International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) have reported election violations in a number of majoritarian constituencies during the second round of parliamentary elections in Georgia.