Friday, December 5, 2025

Opposition predicted to win Georgian election

Bidzina Ivanishvili, who went into politics one year ago, has won the parliamentary election in Georgia, according to all the exit polls. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – All the exit polls published after voting ended show that the opposition has won the election in Georgia.

Also the pro-government TV channels show Georgian Dream winning. Rustavi 2’s exit poll show the following: Georgian Dream 51 percent, National

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Ivanishvili has not voted

Bidzina Ivanishvili (left), leader of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, and his wife, Eka Khvedelidze (right), arriving at an election precinct in Tbilisi October 1. He decided not to vote himself. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of Georgia’s opposition coalition has not voted in Monday’s parliamentary election.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of Georgian Dream, says he refuses to use his new constitutional right to vote, thereby adhering to a statement he made

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Reports of violations

There are already reports of violations in the election in Georgia. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Local non-governmental organizations are reporting about different kinds of violations in Monday’s election.

Transparency International Georgia (TI) reports that one of the main problems is that there are not enough ballot-papers and envelopes in

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Historic Georgian election underway

High voter turnout. By noon, more than a quarter of the 3.6 million eligible voters had cast their vote, according the the Central Election Commission. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – In Georgia the most important election in recent history is underway.

According to the Central Election Commission, there was a 25.5 voter turnout by 12:00. There have already been reports of violations.

Many see the parliamentary election as a test

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