Elections in Georgia (country)

Elections in Georgia gives information on elections and election results in Georgia. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

Georgia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The Parliament of Georgia has 150 members, elected for a four-year term, 77 seats by proportional representation and 73 in single-seat constituencies.

Georgia has a multi-party system, with two main parties.

Latest elections

2012 Parliamentary election

  Summary of the 1 October 2012 Georgian Parliament election results

Party		Party-list			Constituency		Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Seats	%
	Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia Conservative Party of Georgia Industry Will Save Georgia Republican Party of Georgia Our Georgia – Free Democrats National Forum	1,184,612	54.97	44	41		85	83^*
	United National Movement	873,233	40.34	33	32		65	54
	Christian Democratic Union Christian-Democratic Movement European Democrats of Georgia	44,293	2.05	0	0	0	0	6
	Labour Party of Georgia	26,759	1.24	0	0	0	0	6
	New Rights	9,379	0.43	0	0	0	0	17
	Free Georgia	5,892	0.43	0	0	0	0	0
	For a fair Georgia	4,091	0.19	0	0	0	0	0
	National Democratic Party	3,050	0.14	0	0	0	0	0
	Georgian Troupe	2,344	0.11	0	0	0	0	0
	Sportsmen Connection	1,575	0.07	0	0	0	0	0
	Tavisupleba (Freedom Movement)	1,023	0.05	0	0	0	0	0
	Merab Kostava Society	1,011	0.05	0	0	0	0	0
	Future Georgia	701	0.03	0	0	0	0	0
	Labour Council	582	0.03	0	0	0	0	0
	People's Movement	554	0.03	0	0	0	0	0
	People's Party	534	0.02	0	0	0	0	0
Blank/invalid votes			–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		2,159,633	100	77	73	100	150
Registered voters/turnout		3,613,851	59.76	–	–	–	–	–
Source: Central Election Commission of Georgia Results; Civil.ge, results of repeat polling Note: * The Republican Party had two seats before the election.

2008 Presidential election

 Summary of the January 5, 2008 Georgian presidential election results

Candidates	Votes	%
Mikheil Saakashvili	1,060,042	53.47
Levan Gachechiladze	509,234	25.69
Badri Patarkatsishvili	140,826	7.10
Shalva Natelashvili	128,589	6.49
Davit Gamkrelidze	79,747	4.02
Gia Maisashvili	15,249	0.77
Irina Sarishvili-Chanturia	3,242	0.16
Repealed ballots	33,129	1.67
Invalid ballots	12,260	0.61
Total 56.19% turnout; 3,527,964 eligible voters	1,982,318	100.0

Past results

2008 Parliamentary election

 Summary of the 21 May 2008 Georgian parliamentary election results

Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats
United National Movement – for Victorious Georgia	1,050,237	59.18	119
Electoral Bloc The Joint Opposition (National Council, New Rights)	314,668	17.73	17
Giorgi Targamadze – Christian-Democrats	153,634	8.66	6
Shalva Natelashvili – Labour Party	132,092	7.44	6
Party of Republicans	67,037	3.78	2
Electoral Bloc Alliance of the Rights, Topadze-Industrials (MGS, Unity, EDP)	16,440	0.93	0
Political Union Christian-Democratic Alliance (QDA)	15,839	0.89	0
Political Union of Citizens Georgian Policy	8,231	0.46	0
Electoral Bloc Traditionalists – Our Georgia and Women Party	7,880	0.44	0
Political Union Georgian Sportsmen Union	3,308	0.19	0
National Party of Radical-Democrats of the whole Georgia	3,180	0.18	0
Political Party Our Country	2,101	0.12	0
Total (turnout 53.9%)	1,773,809	100.00	150
Sources: Central Election Commission, Civil Georgia

2004 Presidential election

 Summary of the 4 January 2004 election results

Candidates and nominating parties	Votes	%
Mikheil Saakashvili - National Movement - Democrats (Nats'ionaluri Modzraoba – Demokrathebi)	1,692,728	96.0
Teimuraz Shashiashvili	33,868	1.9
Roin Liparteliani	4,248	0.2
Zaza Sikharulidze	4,098	0.2
Kartlos Garibashvili	3,582	0.2
Zurab Kelekhsashvili	1,631	0.1
Against all	22,817	1.3
Total 82.8 % turnout, 1,762,972 registered voters	1,762,972	100.0

See also

• Elections in Abkhazia
• Elections in South Ossetia
• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• The Central Election Commission of Georgia