TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Dream gets 55.45 percent of the votes in all of Georgia, UNM 20.19 percent while Burjanadze’s coalition received 9.8 percent of the votes counted in 468 out of 3,637 precincts in the country.
In Tbilisi, preliminary figures
TBILISI, DFWatch–An exit poll conducted by Rustavi 2 indicates that a second round might be necessary in Tbilisi.
If the exit poll is correct, the candidate for the ruling Georgian Dream coalition will get 46.3 percent of votes, UNM candidate gets 27 percent
of
TBILISI, DFWatch–Sunday’s election in Georgia marks a significant expansion of local democracy in the country.
Voters are electing twelve new mayors, 59 gamgebelis, or heads of municipalities, and about 2,500 members of 71 local councils.
16,190 registered
TBILISI, DFWatch-Voting went smoothly Sunday in Georgia’s local election. 517,123 people had voted by noon, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC). This is 16 percent of registered voters.
ISFED said 98.7% of precincts were ready to receive voters
TBILISI, DFWatch–There are 3.49 million registered voters for Georgia’s June 15 local elections.
This marks a gradual reduction in the Georgian electorate. In the presidential election in October 2013, 3.54 million people were eligible to vote, while a year before
TBILISI, DFWatch–Elguja Khokrishvili was Monday appointed as Georgia’s new minister for regional development and infrastructure.
He will take over from Davit Narmania, who is stepping down in order to run for Tbilisi mayor in the local elections on June 15.
Announcing
TBILISI, DFWatch–The 2014 local elections in Georgia will be held on June 15. This is decided in a decree by President Giorgi Margvelashvili signed April 10.
The decree has been sent to the government for approval and will come into force as soon as it is published
TBILISI, DFWatch–A coalition of opposition parties not represented in parliament met on Friday to present their candidate for Tbilisi Mayor: former MP Dimitry Lortkipanidze.
The coalition was created by Nino Burjanadze’s Democratic Movement together with three
TBILISI, DFWatch–In a new poll, 52 percent of Tbilisians say they would vote for the Georgian Dream candidate for mayor if the local elections were held tomorrow.
Four percent say they won’t vote for anyone, and 18 percent haven’t decided yet.
Another source
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the out-of-power National Movement party has designated its candidate for Tbilisi mayor by direct appointment.
Nika Melia, a relatively unknown former official in the capital, was directly appointed, as the party chose not to conducted a