DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the coalition that won the Georgian election Monday says it would be best for President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign and appoint early presidential election.
Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the victorious Georgian Dream coalition,
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group carrying out parallel vote counting has estimated that Georgian Dream won by 54.6 to 40.7 percent over National Movement.
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) published their results of parallel vote tabulation (PVT).
TBILISI, DFWatch – OSCE says Georgia made an important step in consolidating the conduct of democratic elections, but there are still some key issues left needing to address.
The organization has the largest contingent of election observers here, under its Office for
TBILISI, DFWatch – The winner in the Georgian parliamentary election says it would be wise of Mikheil Saakashvili to step down and announce early presidential election.
The next presidential election is planned for late 2013.
Bidzina Ivanishvili said this at a press
TBILISI, DFWatch – The election result from several precincts in three districts of Georgia may be annulled, says the head of Central Election Commission (CEC).
Due to tension at several precincts in Khashuri that were stormed by special police units yesterday,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The National Movement party moves into opposition, President Mikheil Saakashvili has told the Georgian people in a TV address.
The president said preliminary vote counting clearly shows that the Georgian Dream coalition came in first in the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Official results from the Central Election Commission at 06:20 am local time showed that the opposition Georgian Dream was leading with 54.61 percent ahead of the ruling National Movement party with 40.44 percent.
Counting is still ongoing. These results
TBILISI, DFWatch – Special police forces stormed several election precincts in Georgia, seized the ballot box and rewrote the protocol, in order to prevent an opposition victory.
Special units of the police have entered several election precincts in Khashuri, a small
TBILISI, DFWatch – According to Maestro TV’s exit poll, the opposition Georgian Dream coalition is set to win also in districts with the majoritarian (first-past-the-post) system in the capital:
Mtatsimnda, Tbilisi – National movement candidate has 23 percent; Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili concedes that his National Movement party has been defeated in the parliamentary election in districts with the proportional system, but won in districts with majoritarian candidates.
Saakashvili thanked people