New election poll puts ruling Georgian Dream party at 59.3%

Tbilisi-based Georgian Opinion Research Business International has put the approval rating of the ruling Georgian Dream party at 59.3 percent in the latest public opinion poll released on Wednesday.

GORBI published the results of a survey asking participants who they would vote for if the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for October 26, were held this week.

The party ratings were distributed as follows:

• Georgian Dream - 59.3 percent
• United National Movement / Strategy Ahgmashenebeli  - 13.1 percent
• Lelo coalition / Ana Dolidze - For the People / Freedom Square - 5.8 percent
• Coalition Ahali / Girchi - More Freedom / Droa - 5.5 percent
• For Georgia - 4.8 percent
• Coalition of Alliance of Georgian Patriots and Alt-Info - 3 percent
• European Georgia - 2.2 percent
• New Political Center Girchi - 2.1 percent
• Other parties - 4.2 percent

According to these results, Georgian Dream would secure 107 seats in the Parliament, while the opposition parties combined would get 43 seats. 

The poll, commissioned by Imedi TV channel, was conducted nationwide through face-to-face interviews between July 24 and August 4, with a total of 1,700 respondents, with a margin of error of three percent.