Parliamentary by-elections to be held on May 19
Voting will be held at 31 polling stations, where a total of 43,868 voters are registered. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Polls for parliamentary by-elections will open in the district of Mtatsminda, in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi on May 19, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced today.
Voting will be held at 31 polling stations, where a total of 43,868 voters are registered.
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia in October, 2016.
The by-elections will be held because the former majoritarian representative, Salome Zurabishvili, was elected as the country's fifth President.
The CEC held a meeting today announcing the date of by-elections. Photo: CEC webpage
March 23 is the deadline for political parties or initiative groups to apply to the CEC to register their candidates. However, initiative groups need to provide the signature of at least 439 voters.
The organisations and media outlets that want to observe and cover the election process can also apply to the CEC for accreditation.
Voter participation at the polling stations in Vani and Khoni reached 57.9 percent or 27,846 people while the total number of registered voters in these election districts is 48,123.
Six candidates were participating in the parliamentary by-elections. Five candidates are nominated by political unions and one by an initiative group.
The Council of Europe (CoE) Congress of Local and Regional Authorities was overall satisfied with the calm, uneventful and well-administered Election Day in most of the polling stations visited by the delegation, following a competitive campaign where democratic values were respected by and large.
The Georgian Dream ruling party has won five election districts out of six in the municipal election run-off yesterday, Georgia’s Central Election Commission has announced its preliminary figures.
The Georgian Dream ruling party has named a candidate for Tbilisi Mtatsminda district MP and mayors in five cities - Zugdidi, Marneuli, Zestaponi, Tchiatura and Khulo.
The Central Commission of Georgia will spend 4,466,910 GEL on parliamentary and mayoral by-elections that will be held on May 19, 2019.
Georgia will hold municipal by-elections on May 19 to elect members of eight city councils (Sakrebulo) and five municipal mayors, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced today. Polls will open for parliamentary by-elections in the district of Mtatsminda, in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi on the same day as well.
The Zugdidi election commission has completed the registration of candidates for the upcoming mayoral elections. 16 candidates will run in the May 19th by-elections.
Votes will be counted electronically at eight polling stations of Tkibuli and Tskaltubo in western Georgia during the May 19 by elections, the Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC) reports.
The Georgian Interior Ministry promises that the upcoming May 19 by-elections will be held in a free, democratic and safe environment.
The election office of the Georgian Dream ruling party in the Zugdidi region of western Georgia has released a video to show how the activists of the United National Movement (UNM) attacked an ordinary family in Zugdidi as they refused to host the opposition mayoral candidate, former first lady Sandra Roelofs.
The citizens of Georgia will elect one parliament member, five mayors and members of eight city councils (Sakrebulo) across the country tomorrow, May 19. Polls will open at 8 am at 410 polling stations where 402,091 voters are registered.