Edison Research: ruling party - 36%, opposition UNM - 27%
Edison Research’s survey reports that 12% of GD voters in the 2020 parliamentary elections are now supporters of the For Georgia political party which was established by former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia soon after his resignation in February. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
Per Edison Research’s survey the results for political parties nationwide are as followed:
- Georgian Dream - 36%
- United National Movement - 27%
- For Georgia - 11%
- Labour Party - 4%
- Lelo - 4%
- Girchi - More Freedom - 4%
- European Georgia - 2%
- Girchi - 2%
- Third Force - 2%
- Alliance of Patriots - 2%
- Droa - 1%
- For People - 1%
- Citizens - 1%
- Others - 3%
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The results of the survey for Tbilisi mayor candidates are as distributed:
- Kakha Kaladze (GD) - 43%
- Nika Melia (united opposition’s joint candidate) - 30%
- Giorgi Gakharia (For Georgia) - 12%
- Ana Dolidze (For People) - 6%
- Ana Bibilashvili (Lelo) - 3%
- Other candidates - 6%
#Tbilisi mayoral candidate ratings according to the recent @edisonresearch poll. The Poll was commissioned by Formula TV
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The mayoral candidate must receive more than 50% of votes in the local self-government elections while the majoritarian candidate must obtain over 40% of votes to gain the victory in the first round.
Edison Research’s survey reports that 12% of GD voters in the 2020 parliamentary elections are now supporters of the For Georgia political party which was established by former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia soon after his resignation in February.
The survey also says that 4% of the ruling party’s voters in previous elections are now supporting the UNM while the Lelo and the Labour Party are supported by two per cent each.
The polls were conducted between September 12-25 and 1,500 respondents were surveyed. The margin of error of the survey is 3%.
However, the ruling party distrusts the polls commissioned by the opposition-minded TV channels calling them ‘manipulation.’
Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili stated that the polls commissioned by two TV channels Mtavari Arkhi and Formula are ‘falsified.’
This research (Edison Research) is being done by one of Saakashvili's (Georgia’s former president under the UNM government) main election falsificator. I would like to remind the population that Mr Levan Tarkhnishvili was the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) and he has been repeatedly exposed to the worst cases of fraud by our population,” Garibashvili said.
Overall 241 mayoral and 2,845 majoritarian candidates are running for the local elections and over 3.4 million country’s citizens will be able to elect them in various cities of Georgia.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has reported earlier today that the cases of pressure, abuse and threat on the district and precinct election commission members have increased ahead of municipal elections. "In some cases, there has been an attempt by observers to overstep their authority to stage a provocation,” a spokesperson of the CEC Natia Ioseliani stated.
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.
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 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.