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Elections 2021: polling stations open, Georgia holding municipal elections today

The previous municipal elections were held in the country back in 2017. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 02 Oct 2021 - 09:14, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia is holding municipal elections today.

Voters will elect 2,068 members of 64 city assemblies and 64 mayors.

11 days until municipal elections - all you need to know about the race

They will receive three different ballot papers at the polling station.

43 political parties have been registered for the October 2 elections.

A total of 3,743 polling stations have been established in 73 election constituencies (including nine polling stations in prisons and 70 special polling stations for the individuals who are in self-isolation because of coronavirus).

21,483 representatives from parties, 31,310 observers from 100 local organisations and 1,024 foreign observers from 52 international organisations will monitor the race.

2,927 representatives of 109 media outlets have been registered to cover the race.

3, 497, 345 individuals are eligible to vote in the elections.

Ex-PM, mayoral candidate Gakharia: 'these are elections between the past and the future'.

02 Oct 2021

Former Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, who now leads the opposition For Georgia party, has cast his ballot in today’s municipal elections and said that 'these are elections between the past and the future'. He called on the public to participate in the elections.

Ruling party says provocations expected on election day, urges supporters to stay calm

02 Oct 2021

The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party head Irakli Kobakhidze has stated that ‘provocations are expected from the radical opposition’ on election day today and urged party supporters to stay calm and ‘not to respond to any provocation.’

Central Election Commission urges parties, organisation not to spread disinformation

02 Oct 2021

The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) has dismissed reports by the Civic Election Commission movement that Kutaisi district election commission forgot to send election registrators’ seals to polling stations.

Opposition candidate for head of Tbilisi City Assembly: Georgia’s better future is in hands of voters

02 Oct 2021

Joint opposition candidate for head of Tbilisi City Assembly, founder of the Droa opposition party, Elene Khoshtaria has cast her ballot in today’s municipal elections and said that the country’s fate is in the hands of voters.

President Zurabishvili meets CEC chair, int’l observers ahead of October 2 elections

30 Sep 2021

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has met with the Central Election Commisis0onchair and representatives of international election monitoring missions ahead of the October 2 municipal elections. Reportedly, the chair of the delegation of MEPs, Michael Gahler hoped that the upcoming elections would be transparent and peaceful and wished Georgia success on its European path.

PM Garibashvili: Georgian gov’t will spare no effort to ensure free, transparent elections

30 Sep 2021

“The Georgian government will spare no effort to ensure a free and safe environment for transparent elections”, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated at the meeting with the representatives of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) earlier today.

Council of Europe Congress will observe municipal elections in Georgia

29 Sep 2021

The Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities will observe the October 2 self-government elections in Georgia on the invitation of the Georgian government in 64 municipalities of the country. The mission involves 18 congress observers from 15 countries and is chaired by David Eray from Switzerland.

11 days until municipal elections - all you need to know about the race

20 Sep 2021

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.

Municipal Elections 2021: 7.41% voter turnout by 10 a.m.

02 Oct 2021

A total of 259,273 voters (7.41 per cent of eligible voters) have cast their ballots in the Georgian municipal elections as of 10 a.m. today. Georgia’s Central Election Commission says that the most active constituency is currently Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti where 11.2 per cent of registered voters have cast their vote.

UNM head: opposition winning the ‘referendum,’ we need to boost turnout

02 Oct 2021

Head of the United National Movement (UNM) opposition party Nika Melia, who is running for Tbilisi mayor, has stated that the opposition is winning the municipal elections and urged voters to actively participate in the race to ‘boost the difference’ in the votes received by the ruling party and the opposition.

More than 1.8 mln voters cast ballots in municipal elections

02 Oct 2021

A total of 1,815,776 people (51.92 per cent of eligible voters) have cast ballots in the municipal elections as of 8 p.m. today. The Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairperson Giorgi Kalandarishvili thanked everyone for their participation in the elections.

Polls for municipal run-offs open in Tbilisi, 19 other constituencies

30 Oct 2021

Georgian is holding municipal run-offs in 20 of 64 election constituencies, including all five big cities of Georgia - Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Batumi and Poti. A total of 2,088,722 registered voters can elect mayors and city council (Sakrebulo) members at 1,830 polling stations countrywide.