Georgian NATO membership referendum, 2008

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A non-binding, advisory referendum on whether to join NATO was held in Georgia on January 5, 2008, together with an early presidential election and a legislative election date referendum.^[1][2] This was announced in a surprise move on November 26, 2007, shortly before Mikheil Saakashvili resigned as President of Georgia for the early presidential elections.

The only question of the referendum asked: "Do you want Georgia to become a member of NATO?" According to the official results of Georgia's Central Election Commission, 77% of voters were in favor, and 23% voted against it.^[3]

e•d Summary of the 5 January 2008 Georgian NATO membership referendum results

Answer	Votes	%
Yes	1,355,328	77.00
No	404,943	23.00
Total	1,760,271	100.00

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• Georgia and NATO

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