Parliamentary elections in Georgia. Saakashvili’s party wins elections in Tbilisi



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In the parliamentary elections in Georgia, the ruling party “Georgian Dream” leads with 41% of the vote; former President Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement opposition party, which wins in Tbilisi, is winning 33% nationwide. This is demonstrated by the data from the IPSOS exit survey at 5:00 p.m.

Party “United National Movement”, which ruled in Georgia during the presidency of Mikhail Saakashvili, in the country’s parliamentary elections he obtained the best results in Tbilisi. In the country’s capital, 35% of voters voted for the opposition, according to data from the IPSOS exit poll at 5:00 pm, published by the Georgia Online agency.

The ruling Georgian Dream party won 30% of the vote in Tbilisi. “Girchi “- 8%”,Lelo “- 7%”,European Georgia “- 4%”Agmashenebeli strategy “- 4%”,Alliance of Patriots “- 2%, Labor Party – 2%, “Citizens “- 2%”,New Georgia “- 1%.

According to the IPSOS exit poll, Georgian Dream (41%) was in the lead in all of Georgia as of 5:00 p.m., Georgia Online reports. “United National Movement” gains 33%,European Georgia “- 5%”,Lelo “- 4%”Girchi “- 3%”,Agmashenebeli strategy “- 3%”,Alliance of Patriots “- 2%,” Gbirth “- 1%.

According to the exit poll conducted by Edison Research for Formula TV (at 4:00 pm), “Georgian Dream” was supported by 46% of voters, “United National Movement” – 28%, “European Georgia” – 5%, “Lelo” and “Girchi” – 3% each, “Alliance of Patriots” – 2%.

Today, regular parliamentary elections were held in Georgia, polling stations closed at 8 p.m., voter turnout at 5 p.m., according to the Georgia Central Election Commission, was 45.77%.

For the first time, the elections were held under the new electoral legislation: the approval threshold was lowered from 5% to 1%; 120 out of 150 deputies are elected according to the proportional system, 30 – according to the majority system (previously, 73 deputies were elected in the majority districts, 77 according to party and bloc lists). A party will need at least 40% of the votes to form a majority in parliament.

A total of 48 parties and two blocs participate in the elections, including the ruling Georgian Dream and the opposition United National Movement and Force in Unity. The latter two announced in early September that if they won, they would nominate Saakashvili for the post of prime minister, who now heads the Executive Committee of Ukraine’s reforms.



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