Georgia Has 73 Constituencies, 3.634 polling stations for October Local Elections
During the upcoming October 21 local elections, 73 constituencies and 3,634 polling stations will function and receive the voters throughout Georgia.
The information was released by the Head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Tamar Zhvania at the mid-term report presentation.
She also added that 13 mayoral candidates have been registered in Tbilisi. 28 candidates will run the race for the Mayor’s post in 4 self-governing cities and 338 – in the communities.
1243 candidate members have also been registered for the elections. 994 out of them will be elected via proportional voting and 249 via majoritarian election system.
Zhvania also added that 28 subjects including 22 political associations, 5 election blocs and one initiative group were registered.
CEC Speaker, Ana Mikeladze said that 9.546.450 bulletins will be printed for the October 21 local self-government elections in 9 stamps of Tbilisi.
During the local elections, the voters will be given 3 types of ballot papers at the polling stations:
- A blue color bulletin - to choose a party or election bloc via proportional elections
- Pink ballot paper - to select a majoritarian member of City Council
- And a light green color bulletin - to choose a self-governing city or mayor of self-governing community.
In total, around 3.440.123 voters have been registered for the upcoming elections.
By Thea Morrison