Parliament speaker casts ballot in municipal run-offs
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Kakha Kuchava has cast his ballot in today’s municipal run-offs saying he voted for the ruling party candidate Kakha Kaladze.
Of course I voted for Kakha Kaladze because I think he is unreplaceable considering the projects he has carried out in last four years as well as his plans for the next four years. I am sure in his victory”, Kuchava said.
He further said that in the first round of the elections on October 2 the ruling Georgian Dream party has received 47 percent of votes which is ‘a convincing victory’.
Georgian Dream is convincingly leading in municipal elections with 47.25 percent of votes after over 90 percent of preliminary votes counted. pic.twitter.com/pitw8vrfEA
— Georgian Dream (@GeorgianDream41) October 3, 2021
A total of 1,830 polling stations opened at 8 a.m. in 20 of 64 election constituencies, including all five big cities of Georgia - Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Batumi and Poti as Georgian is holding municipal run-offs today.
- Incumbent Tbilisi mayor Kaladze ‘sorry’ for need for runoff, says he is ‘sure’ he will win next vote
There are 2,088,722 voters registered for the municipal run-offs, including 1,002,525 in Tbilisi. The voters will head to polls to elect 20 mayors and 42 majoritarian members of the City Councils (Sakrebulos).