Run-off election results: ruling party wins in 19 out of 20 municipalities
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. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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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.
100% of the votes are counted in all 20 municipalities.
Incumbent Tbilisi mayor and candidate Kakha Kaladze from the GD took 55.6% of the votes over the UNM’s Nika Melia.
The UNM candidate Giorgi Kharchilava won in Tsalenjikha with 51.11% over the GD’s Goga Gulordava.
The official results for the run-off municipal elections are as followed:
Tbilisi
Kakha Kaladze (GD) - 55.6%
Nika Melia (UNM) - 44.4%
Batumi
Archil Chikovani (GD) - 48.98%
Giorgi Kirtadze (UNM) - 51.02%
Kutaisi
Ioseb Khakhaleishvili (GD) - 51.64%
Khatia Dekanoidze (UNM) - 48.36%
Rustavi
Nino Latsabidze (GD) - 53.72%
Davit Kirkitadze (UNM) - 46.28%
Poti
Beka Vacharadze (GD) - 57.35%
Gigi Ugulava (UNM) - 42.65%
Telavi
Levan Andriashvili (GD) - 56.9%
Giorgi Botkoveli (UNM) - 43.1%
Tianeti
Levan Tsiklauri (GD) - 54.83%
Tamaz Mechiauri (For United Georgia) - 45.17%
Kareli
Zaza Guliashvili (GD) - 56.73%
Nikoloz Akhalkatsi (UNM) - 43.27%
Khashuri
Tengiz Chitiashvili (GD) - 59.08%
Ioseb Buadze (UNM) - 40.92%
Tsageri
Giorgi Nemsadze (GD) - 62.87%
Besarion Bendeliani (For Georgia) - 37.13%
Baghdati
Kakha Enukidze (GD) - 60.69%
Giorgi Robakidze (UNM) - 39.31%
Tskaltubo
Genadi Balanchivadze (GD) - 57.17%
Zaza Metreveli (UNM) - 42.83%
Ozurgeti
Avtandil Talakvadze (GD) - 55.41%
Konstantine Sharashenidze (Independent) - 44.59%
Senaki
Vakhtang Gadelia (GD) - 53.08%
Koba Nakopia (UNM) - 46.92%
Martvili
Tornike Janashia (GD) - 51.84%
Teimuraz Janashia (UNM) - 48.16%
Khobi
Davit Bukia (GD) - 56.78%
Besik Shengelia (UNM) - 43.22%
Zugdidi
Mamuka Tsotseria (GD) - 51.63%
Anzor Melia (UNM) - 48.37%
Tsalenjikha
Goga Gulordava (GD) - 48.89%
Giorgi Kharchilava (UNM) - 51.11%
Chkhorotsku
Dato Gogua (GD) - 50.88%
Badri Karchava (UNM) - 49.12%
Khelvachauri
Zaza Diasamidze (GD) - 55.01%
Misha Bolkvadze (UNM) - 44.99%
An interactive map put together by the Agenda.ge team shows the results of the 2021 municipal election run-offs, displaying voter turnout and other various figures, per region and city.
A total of 1,024,406 voters out of 2,088,722 cast their ballots in Georgia’s local self-government election run-offs, which amounted to 49.9% of eligible voters, the CEC reports.