TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Secretary of State responded to Monday’s election in Georgia congratulating Georgians on their peaceful and active participation in the election.
A statement published on the State Department website says the election was a historic day for
TBILISI, DFWatch – The counting of votes is almost finished in Georgia and results show that the opposition leads with 55.1 percent, against the ruling National Movement with 40.1 percent of votes.
The other parties seem to not overcome the 5 percent barrier for getting
TBILISI, DFWatch – International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) summed up events on Election Day and reported about violations.
The organization had 300 observers at 63 election district from 73.
ISFED found that the election process went mostly with
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 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 – 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 – Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association discovered many violations during the election October 1.
At a press conference 21:00 GYLA detailed their findings.
The organization has information that near two election precincts special forces are mobilized.
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