Both ruling party, opposition UNM celebrate victory in Tbilisi mayoral run-offs
Based on Gorbi exit polls commissioned by Imedi TV Kaladze wins in Tbilisi with 57.2%, while Anoa polls commissioned by Mtavari Arkhi says that Melia received 51% of the vote. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Both Tbilisi mayoral candidates Kakha Kaladze and Nika Melia from the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party and the United National Movement (UNM) celebrate the victory in the municipal election run-offs ahead of the official announcement of the results.
Kaladze has thanked the supporters of the GD and stated that ‘I am happy that we achieved a decent victory.’
I am ready to serve this city and to all the people 24 hours a day. I was the mayor of everyone and so I am going to continue,” Kaladze said.
He noted that he will begin to implement the projects starting the following day.
Melia in his turn stated that ‘the Georgian people won,’ calling on the GD to ‘admit the defeat.’ Photo: Netgazeti.ge.
Acknowledge the results, admit the defeat, there is nothing tragic about that,” Melia said addressing the ruling party.
Two Georgian TV channels Imedi and opposition-minded Mtavari Arkhi have released the results of their exit polls offering different results.
Based on Gorbi exit polls commissioned by Imedi TV Kaladze wins in Tbilisi with 57.2%, while Anoa polls commissioned by Mtavari Arkhi says that Melia received 51% of the vote.
Municipal election run-offs took place in Georgia today in 20 out of 64 election constituencies nationwide, in which 2,088,722 voters were eligible to participate.
In 17 of the 20 election constituencies, the candidates of the GD and the UNM opposition were competing, while in the remaining three constituencies, the ruling party faced the For Georgia party.
Overall, 1,830 polling stations were open in the country.
The results of exit commissioned by Imedi TV from Gorbi and by opposition-minded Mtavari Arkhi channel from Anova have been released following the closure of polling stations in Georgia in the municipal election run-offs. The exit polls offer differing pictures of the results.
Tbilisi mayor candidate from the United National Movement (UNM) Nika Melia and the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party members Beka Davituliani and Giorgi Amilakhvari have clashed at the polling station in Vazisubani district in Tbilisi earlier today due to a power outage at the spot.
The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) says that 97 complaints have been presented on voting procedures by 40 observers and 57 representatives of political parties in today’s municipal election run-offs.
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.
An investigation is underway into the case of a physical assault of Nika Melia, Tbilisi mayor candidate from the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party, to find out the attacker.
Georgia's Central Election Commission has reported a 49.09 percent turnout for the municipal election runoff in the country on Saturday, as the body is expected to release its preliminary results for the voting during the night between Saturday and Sunday.
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.
The preliminary results of the Central Election Commission (CEC) show that the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party mayoral candidates are leading in all five large self-governing cities of Georgia. The GD Tbilisi mayor candidate and incumbent mayor Kakha Kaladze leads with 55% in the city where 57% of the votes are counted.
The official results of the Central Election Commission (CEC) for the 2021 municipal election run-offs in Georgia show that the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party mayoral candidates have won in 19 municipalities, while the opposition United National Movement (UNM) contender has won in just one. Incumbent Tbilisi mayor and candidate Kakha Kaladze from the GD took 55.6% of the votes over the UNM’s Nika Melia, with 100% of the votes counted.
The CEC says the results remain unchanged, and the process did not affect the overall results of elections.