Politics of Georgia (country) - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in Georgia. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Georgia (country).

e • d **Summary of the 1 October 2012 Georgian Parliament election results**
Party		Party-list			Constituency		Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Seats	%	Total seats	+/–
	Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia Conservative Party of Georgia Industry Will Save Georgia Republican Party of Georgia Our Georgia – Free Democrats National Forum	1,184,612	54.97	44	41		85	83*
	United National Movement	873,233	40.34	33	32		65	54
	Christian Democratic Union Christian-Democratic Movement European Democrats of Georgia	44,293	2.05	0	0	0	0	6
	Labour Party of Georgia	26,759	1.24	0	0	0	0	6
	New Rights	9,379	0.43	0	0	0	0	17
	Free Georgia	5,892	0.43	0	0	0	0	0
	For a fair Georgia	4,091	0.19	0	0	0	0	0
	National Democratic Party	3,050	0.14	0	0	0	0	0
	Georgian Troupe	2,344	0.11	0	0	0	0	0
	Sportsmen Connection	1,575	0.07	0	0	0	0	0
	Freedom Movement	1,023	0.05	0	0	0	0	0
	Merab Kostava Society	1,011	0.05	0	0	0	0	0
	Future Georgia	701	0.03	0	0	0	0	0
	Labour Council	582	0.03	0	0	0	0	0
	People's Movement	554	0.03	0	0	0	0	0
	People's Party	534	0.02	0	0	0	0	0
Blank/invalid votes			–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		2,159,633	100	77	73	100	150
Registered voters/turnout		3,613,851	59.76	–	–	–	–	–

e • d **Summary of the January 5, 2008 Georgian presidential election results**
Candidates	Votes	%
Mikheil Saakashvili	1,060,042	53.47
Levan Gachechiladze	509,234	25.69
Badri Patarkatsishvili	140,826	7.10
Shalva Natelashvili	128,589	6.49
Davit Gamkrelidze	79,747	4.02
Gia Maisashvili	15,249	0.77
Irina Sarishvili-Chanturia	3,242	0.16
Repealed ballots	33,129	1.67
Invalid ballots	12,260	0.61
Total 56.19% turnout; 3,527,964 eligible voters	1,982,318	100.0

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