Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced that according to preliminary information received from pre-election polling stations, the ruling "Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia" party will receive a guaranteed majority in the results of the parliamentary elections.
According to "Armenpress", this is reported by the Georgian media, citing the words of the general secretary of the ruling party, the mayor of Tbilisi from the briefing. in the parliament," Kaladze said.
Despite this, the politician called on the citizens of the country to be even more active so that the "Georgian Dream" gets a constitutional majority in the parliament. According to the latest data of the Central Election Commission of Georgia, the participation of citizens in the elections at 15:00 local time was 41.62 percent. Parliamentary elections in Georgia started at 8:00 a.m. Voters have to choose from 18 parties. The parties for which at least 5 percent of the voters will vote will enter the Georgian parliament.
How the mandates will be distributed among the parties that passed the electoral threshold will be known after the Central Electoral Commission summarizes the final results of the elections, considering all complaints and waiting for the courts to decide on the observers' complaints, if any.
It is noted that the election process is monitored by more than 1,700 observers from international organizations, as well as more than 23,000 observers from 111 local organizations. It is reported that the voting process will last until 20:00, after which the election commissions will start counting votes. The first voting results will be published 2-3 hours after the polls close. The final briefing at the Central Committee of Georgia is scheduled for 22:00.
