Elections in Georgia (country)

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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	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Seats	%	Total 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
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	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

External links

The Central Election Commission of Georgia

Elections and referendums in Georgia
Presidential elections	1991 1995 2000 2004 2008 2013 2018
Parliamentary elections	1919 1990 1992 1995 1999 2003 2004 2008 2012 2016 next
Local elections	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2017
Referendums	1991 2003 2008
See also: Election Administration; Elections and referendums in Abkhazia Adjara South Ossetia

Elections in Adjara
Legislative elections	1991 1996 2001 2004 2008 2012 2016
Head of Autonomy election	2001

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Modern	Democratic Republic of Georgia Georgian–Armenian War Red Army invasion of Georgia Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic April 9 tragedy Independent Georgia Georgian Civil War War in Abkhazia Rose Revolution Russo-Georgian War
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