TBILISI, DFWatch–Three parties are predicted to surpass the 5% percent threshold and make it into parliament, after 82.55% percent of votes have been counted, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said.
As the results currently stand, Georgian Dream looks to get 49.26 percent,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A crowd armed with batons and stones attacked a precinct in Marneuli, a town in south Georgia, allegedly stealing a box of ballot papers.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said police were dispatched to Marneuli’s 48th precinct
TBILISI, DFWatch–All election precincts in Georgia opened at 08:00 in the morning, according to Central Election Commission (CEC), and the election is proceeding peacefully.
Voter turnout was 19.81 % by 12:00, according to the CEC.
Most government officials
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgians go to the polls on Saturday to elect 150 new members of parliament, with no party or bloc likely to win an outright victory.
73 of the new MPs will be majoritarians, while the rest will come from
the party lists through a proportional
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two National Movement activists have been charged with violence and threats against members of the governing Georgian Dream party at a campaign event in western Georgia a few days ago.
The incident happened on October 1
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three days before Georgians go to the polls, the National Movement on Wednesday rallied their supporters in Tbilisi.
Former President Mikheil Saakashvili addressed people from Odessa, Ukraine on a big screen via Skype. He criticized
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili on Friday announced a cabinet reshuffle which lets two GD politicians dedicate their time to campaigning as less than a month remains before a parliamentary election where no party or bloc
TBILISI, DFWatch–More than 3.5 million voters had registered in Georgia by August 12; eight weeks before the election for parliament.
Ana Mikeladze, Speaker for the Central Election Commission, said Wednesday that from June 10 until today, more than
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former human rights advocate who is running for parliament claims the former ruling party, the National Movement (UNM), is planning to provoke conflicts in the election campaign.
Tamar Chugoshvili, a candidate for parliament for Georgian Dream
TBILISI, DFWatch–Sunday night, police in Georgia detained two members of a newly formed opposition party led by the opera singer Paata Burchuladze.
The two members of State for People were detained outside the party office in Temka, a northern district