By-elections set for April 2 in Batumi, Rustavi

Voting will be held at 14 polling stations of Batumi, while in Rustavi and Gardabani a total of 117 polling stations will be opened for citizens to cast their vote. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 02 Feb 2022 - 12:07, Tbilisi,Georgia

Parliamentary and city council by-elections will be held in the Georgian seaside town of Batumi and the south-eastern city of Rustavi in April, the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on Tuesday. 

Voters will elect a majoritarian member of parliament in Rustavi and a majoritarian member of the city council (Sakrebulo) in Batumi. 

The by-elections in Batumi will be held as the city council member from the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party, Nugzar Putkaradze, died in November last year, while in Rustavi the vote has been prompted by a vacant seat after former majoritarian MP Nino Latsabidze from the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party was voted as the Rustavi Mayor in local self-government elections in October last year. 

Voting will be held at 14 polling stations of Batumi, while in Rustavi and Gardabani a total of 117 polling stations will be opened for citizens to cast their vote.