CEC Preliminary Results: Lado Kakhadze Leads By-elections With 62,02% of Votes

According to the preliminary results of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, Georgian Dream party candidate - # 41 Vladimer Kakhadze leads by-elections held in Mtatsminda District of Tbilisi with 62.02% of votes.

As for Shalva Shavgulidze, the candidate of the European Georgia-Free Democrats, he received 37.98% of votes.

According to the data, 21 out of total 31 polling stations have been counted and Lado Kakhadze received 7017 votes, Shalva Shavgulidze - 4298 votes in the Mtatsminda constituency.

Two candidates - the opposition candidate, # 13 Shalva Shavgulidze and the ruling Georgian Dream party candidate - # 41 Vladimer Kakhadze were facing each other in the second round of the elections in Mtatsminda District of Tbilisi.

Photo: Lado Kakhadze/Facebook 

By Ana Dumbadze