Elections 2024: voter turnout reaches 50.6 % by 5 pm

A total of 1,768,816 voters have cast their ballots in the ongoing general elections in Georgia, representing a turnout of 50.6 percent of the total eligible voters by 5 pm, the country’s Central Election Commission said.

The distribution of voters according to the regions was as follows:

• Tbilisi: 540,549
• Imereti: 264,496
• Kvemo Kartli: 169,472
• Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti: 160,651 
• Adjara: 168,233
• Kakheti: 151,339
• Shida Kartli: 119,444
• Samtskhe-Javakheti: 75,207
• Guria: 55,304
• Mtskheta-Mtianeti: 46,132
• Racha Lechkhumi: 17,989

The Commission has registered 3,508,294 eligible voters, with 3,113,747 casting their ballots electronically. Among them are 135,922 first-time voters, while 64,238 have requested transfer boxes to vote from their residences.

In total, 95,910 Georgian citizens have been registered with special lists for polling stations abroad.

A total of 3,111 polling stations are serving voters, including 3,044 within Georgia. Thirteen specialised stations have been established, with 12 in penitentiary institutions and one in a mental health facility. Overseas voting is set up across 67 stations in 53 cities within 42 countries.

Electronic voting is being used in 2,263 polling stations across Georgia, while the remaining polling stations, including those abroad, are conducting voting in the traditional manner.