Opposition-minded Mtavari Arkhi’s commissioned polls: ruling party - 35%, opposition UNM - 30%
A total of 241 mayoral and 2,845 majoritarian candidates are running for the municipal elections in Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Election polls commissioned by the opposition-minded TV channel Mtavari Arkhi says that the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party will receive 35% of the vote while the largest opposition United National Movement (UNM) party will get 30% of the vote in the upcoming October 2 municipal race.
The survey conducted by the international French-based company Ipsos also showed that the ruling party's mayoral candidate, incumbent Kakha Kaladze will get 41% of the vote while the united opposition’s joint candidate Nika Melia will receive 36% of the vote.
Per Mtavari Arkhi’s survey the results for political parties are as distributed:
- Georgian Dream - 35%
- United National Movement - 30%
- For Georgia - 9%
- European Georgia - 4%
- For People - 4%
- Lelo for Georgia - 3%
- Third Force - 3%
- Labour Party - 3%
- Girchi - More Freedom - 2%
- Alliance of Patriots - 2%
- Droa - 1%
- Citizens - 1%
- Other parties - 3%
IPSOS-Global released its survey results across Georgia
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The results of the polls for Tbilisi mayor candidates are as followed:
- Kakha Kaladze (GD) - 41%
- Nika Melia (united opposition’s joint candidate) - 36%
- Giorgi Gakharia (For Georgia) - 13%
- Ana Dolidze (For People) - 4%
- Ana Bibilashvili (Lelo) - 2%
- Other candidates - 4%
The survey was conducted between September 21-25 and 1,500 respondents were interviewed. The margin of error of the survey is 3 per cent.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated earlier today that the results of the survey commissioned by the Mtavari Arkhi ‘are falsified,’ noting that ‘the research is conducted by a local Georgian company.’
Of course, this is a falsified study...How can the UNM and our party (GD) which has almost twice as many results, show almost the same result,” Garibashvili stated.
A total of 241 mayoral and 2,845 majoritarian candidates are running for the local elections.
The mayoral candidate must receive more than 50 per cent of the vote in the municipal elections while the majoritarian candidate must get over 40 per cent of the vote to gain the victory in the first round.
The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party is expected to receive 36% of the vote while the largest opposition United National Movement (UNM) party is likely to get 27% of the vote in the upcoming municipal elections nationwide, says Edison Research polls commissioned by opposition-minded TV channel Formula.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili says that if Georgia’s third president Mikheil Saakashvili will return for the October 2 municipal elections in Georgia, he will be arrested. Saakashvili has posted a photo of a reserved ticket from Ukraine to Georgia for the evening of the day of municipal elections in Georgia.
The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party has announced earlier today that it will receive 50.9% of votes in Tbilisi while the largest opposition United National Movement (UNM) party will get 25.2% of the votes in the October 2 self-government elections in Georgia’s capital.
Covid-19 patients who are undergoing treatment in hospitals and individuals in self-isolation or quarantine will be able to participate in the upcoming October 2 self-government elections, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) has reported. "Covid-19 patients in our country will be able to use ballot papers for the election of the mayor and proportional representation and consequently, will be able to exercise their right to vote,” Deputy Chairman of the CEC Giorgi Sioridze said.
All Georgian constituencies will be provided with video cameras to record the vote-counting process during the upcoming October 2 municipal elections, Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Giorgi Sioridze announced earlier today. Sioridze also noted that video recordings are the only ‘new technological innovation’ implemented for the upcoming elections.
There are 3,540,609 potential voters in the updated list which was handed over to the Central Election Commission (CEC) by the Public Service Development Agency (PSDA) today.
Our primary goal is to ensure safe environment for free and fair elections, which are essential for Georgia and its European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has tweeted.
The ruling Georgian Dream party has 49.6% support in the municipal elections, Imedi TV commission poll says. The opposition United National Movement (UNM) comes next with 25.9% of support. Meanwhile, ruling party mayoral candidate Kakha Kaladze would receive 53.6% of the votes if the elections were held today; 27.7% would vote for UNM candidate Nika Melia.
Eleven days are left until the October 2 municipal elections in Georgia when voters will elect 64 mayors and 2,068 members in 64 city councils. The lead up to the elections has been marked by the ruling party’s withdrawal from the April 19 EU-mediated agreement, an attack on journalists by right-wing activists in July during Tbilisi Pride events, the recent leak of alleged personal files and continued vows of Georgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili that he will return.