Ruling GD Enjoys Overwhelming Victory in Tbilisi

After the Central Election Commission (CEC) counted votes of all 737 polling stations in Tbilisi, ruling party Georgian Dream (GD) mayoral candidate Kakha Kaladze is leading the race with 51.13%, followed by an independent candidate Alexander Elisashvili – 17.49%.

The opposition United National Movement candidate Zaal Udumashvili received 16.53%, European Georgia’s Elene Khoshtaria – 7.12%, Irma Inashvili from the Alliance of Patriots – 3.02%, Giorgi Vashadze – 1.95%, Kakha Kukava – 1.26%, Giorgi Gugava – 0.96%, Tengiz Shergilashvili – 0.25%, Giorgi Liluashvili – 0.09%, Davit Shukakidze – 0.05% and Nikoloz Saneblidze – 0.05%.

As for the City Council (Sakrebulo) mandates, according to CEC, ruling GD will have 40 mandates out of total 50 seats (25 proportional and 25 majoritarian) in Sakrebulo.

Through the proportional election system GD will have 15 MPs out of 25.

The National Movement will likely have five MPs on the proportional list. Presumably, three mandates will go to the European Georgia and two to the Alliance of Patriots.

As for majoritarian election system, GD managed to clear all 25 majoritarian seats in Sakrebulo, which means that in total, the ruling party will have 40 MPs in the City Council.

By Thea Morrison