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CEC: voter turnout at 20.78% at 5 p.m.

Meanwhile, voter turnout was 38.16% at 5 p.m. during the first round of parliamentary elections. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Agenda.ge, 21 Nov 2020 - 18:50, Tbilisi,Georgia

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.

Below is the detail data per region provided by the Central Election Commission (CEC):

Kakheti - 26.7%
Shida Kartli - 25.9%
Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 24.7%
Adjara - 24.1%
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 22.7%
Kvemo Kartli - 22.2%
Imereti - 21.6%
Tbilisi - 17.5%

Meanwhile, voter turnout was 38.16% at 5 p.m. during the first round of parliamentary elections on October 31.

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.

Voter turnout at 16.47% by 3 p.m. in Georgian parliamentary run offs

21 Nov 2020

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. Meanwhile, voter turnout was 36.25% at 3 p.m. during the first round of parliamentary elections on October 31.

Opposition calls on supporters not to vote, ruling party calls voters to be active

21 Nov 2020

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.

Ruling party chair Ivanishvili: ‘I think common sense will prevail, we’ll have a multi-party parliament’

21 Nov 2020

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].’

Central Election Commission: 8.29% voter turnout by 12 p.m.

21 Nov 2020

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.

GYLA, ISFED report vote-buying, threats from ruling party coordinators, activists

21 Nov 2020

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.

UPDATE: Polling stations close, vote count begins for run-off elections

21 Nov 2020

A total of 562,664 people (26.29% of eligible voters) have cast ballots in the second round of Georgian parliamentary elections as of 8 p.m. today. The Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesperson Natia Ioseliani has recently announced that the election run-offs were held in 'peaceful environment' and no 'substantial violations' have been reported.