After counting data from 2,206 polling stations (70.91% of the total), the leading Georgian Dream party got more than half of the votes.
The first official data from the Georgian Central Election Commission after counting votes from 70.91% of the precincts show that the leading Georgian Dream party gets 52.99% of the votes, and the four main opposition blocs in total is receiving just over 38% of the votes.
According to the head of the Central Election Commission, after calculating the data from 2206 polling stations (70.91% of the total), we are talking about the following results:
Georgian Dream – 52.99%;
Coalition for Change – Gvaramia, Melia, Gorchi, Droa – 11.2%;
Unity (National Movement, Agmashenebeli Strategy, European Georgia) – 9.83%;
Strong Georgia (Lelo, For the People, Freedom Square, Citizens) – 9.02%;
Gakharia – for Georgia – 8.22%;
Gorchi (Ego Khvichiya) – 3.22%;
Alliance of Patriots / Alt-info – 2.53%;
Labor Party 0.75%.
The first exit polls released after polling stations closed in Georgia show mixed results. Exit polls commissioned by the party in power show a victory for the pro-government Georgian Dream, and polls commissioned by opposition forces show that Georgian Dream is losing elections, and opposition parties gets a majority of seats in parliament.
It was previously reported that the elections in Georgia are called historic, because their result may indicate either the future integration of the state with the EU or contact with Russia. Athletistic wrote in detail about the pre-election situation in Georgia.
Source: korrespondent
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