GD head: Ruling party winning in all 20 municipalities
Kobakhidze said that according to the data by 7 p.m, the ruling party is winning in all 20 municipalities. Photo: Irakli Kobakhidze's Facebook page
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The chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party Irakli Kobakhidze has said that according to the data by 7 p.m, GD is winning the municipal run-offs in all 20 municipalities.
The local self-government election run-offs are held today in 20 out of 64 election constituencies, including the five large cities of Georgia: Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Batumi and Poti.
Kobakhidze mentioned earlier today that the ruling party was winning in 18 out of 20 municipalities, while in the remaining two municipalities, the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party was close to the 50% threshold.
A total of 1,830 polling stations are open nationwide in Georgia.
In 17 of the 20 election constituencies, the candidates of the GD and the UNM are competing, while in the remaining three constituencies, the ruling party faces the For Georgia party.
A total of 825,129 voters (39.5 per cent of eligible voters) have cast their ballots in the Georgian municipal run-offs as of 5 p.m. today.
The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party head Irakli Kobakhidze has stated that the GD is winning in 18 out of 20 municipalities, saying that in the remaining two municipalities the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party is close to 50% threshold.
Ruling Georgian Dream party chair Irakli Kobakhide, who has cast his ballot in today’s municipal run-offs, said the choice is ‘very simple’ between the two political forces – the Georgian Dream and the opposition United National Movement.
The second round of municipal elections will take place in Georgia tomorrow, including in all big cities of the country, amid a polarized political environment and continued rivalry between the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party and the main opposition, the United National Movement. The GD claims they will ‘finally defeat and end the UNM’ in the race, describing it ‘as an evil force’ which has been hampering development for 18 years, while the UNM still hopes the run-offs will lead to snap parliamentary elections ‘and the changing of the GD government.’
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has said that according to the preliminary results, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party has won the run-off municipal elections in all municipalities. After the announcement of exit poll results commissioned by Imedi TV, Garibashvili congratulated incumbent Tbilisi mayor Kakha Kaladze and other GD candidates on winning the mayoral run-offs.
Agenda.ge team has put together an interactive map showing results of the 2021 municipal elections in real time, as the Central Election Commission is preparing to announce its preliminary data on the votes late during the night between Saturday and Sunday.