Sunday, August 17, 2025

Final vote count confirms Georgian election result

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CEC spokeswoman Eka Azarashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The final results of the presidential election on October 27 show that Giorgi Margvelashvili of the Georgian Dream coalition received 62.12 percent of votes, Davit Bakradze from the National Movement received 21.72 percent and Nino Burjanadze,

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Report highlights some irregularities in Georgia's election

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Observers from six eastern European countries found minor irregularities in Georgia’s presidential election. (EILAT.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Task Force (TF) gives Sunday’s election a positive evaluation, but also highlights several violations.

The task force consisted of seven observers from Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine and Poland,

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New Georgian president will be sworn in Nov 17

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Newly elected president Giorgi Margvelashvili will be sworn in November 17. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s new president will sworn in on November 17. The location of the inauguration and other details are unknown.

After the swearing-in ceremony, the new president will be empowered to use his authority granted by the Constitution, and the

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Georgia goes to the polls to elect its fourth president

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Voting-papers being prepared at precinct no 4 in Tbilisi on Sunday. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Today, Georgia is holding presidential election. This is the sixth presidential election in the country, but since Mikheil Saakashvili and Eduard Shevardnadze were elected twice, people will elect the fourth president of Georgia.

There are 23 candidates

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1500 prisoners will be able to vote in Georgia's election

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1 576 prisoners will be entitled to vote Sunday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Media outlets registered with the Central Election Commission (CEC) will have the right to observe the election in prisons.

1 576 prisoners and detainees are entitled to vote.

The Prison Ministry on Saturday expressed full readiness to conduct the

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Georgian candidates confront each other in two TV debates

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National Movement candidate for president, Davit Bakradze. (Channel 1.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Public Broadcaster October 17 and 18 hosted two TV debates between presidential candidates. Only qualified subjects participated in the debates, those who were presented by the political parties, which receive state funding.

There are

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Georgia's CEC lifts partial photo ban at election precincts

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Voters in line in last year’s parliamentary election. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Central Election Commission has lifted restrictions on the use of photo and video cameras at election precincts.

In a statement, CEC writes that it has revoked a resolution by the commission which prohibited the filming or photographing of voting

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