Central Election Commission to spend 4,466,910 GEL on by-elections
The Central Election Commission has already approved the relevant financial document. Photo: CEC.
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The Central Election Commission of Georgia will spend 4,466,910 GEL (about $1663653.59/€1473572.85) on parliamentary and mayoral by-elections that will be held on May 19, 2019.
2,664,104 GEL will be allocated to salaries of those employed in the election process.
724,192 GEL is for services and goods, while political parties will receive 770,400 GEL in funding.
1,078,614 GEL will be spent on other expenses.
The parliamentary elections will be held throughout 31 polling stations on May 19, 2019. Photo: imedinews.ge.
Voting for parliamentary by-elections will be held at 31 polling stations at Mtatsminda district, Tbilisi where a total of 43,868 voters are registered.
The parliamentary by-elections will be held because the former representative, Salome Zurabishvili, was elected as the fifth president of Georgia and the seat became vacant.
Five other Georgian towns (Zestaponi, Khulo, Tchiatura, Zugdidi and Marneuli) will host mayoral elections as their mayors resigned last year.
Former first lady and wife of the third President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili Sandra Roelofs also announced that she plans to run in the by elections for Zugdidi mayor, in western Georgia.
Mikheil Saakashvili and Sandra Roelofs. Photo: nrc.nl.
She ran for Zugdidi MP in 2016, but neither she nor the Georgian Dream ruling party candidate won in the first round of elections.
She refused to run in the runoff, claiming that the first round was fabricated.
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia in October, 2016.
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.
Former first lady and wife of the third President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili Sandra Roelofs has announced plans to run in the by elections of Zugdidi Mayor, in western Georgia.
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.
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.
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.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia said that he will consult with foreign partners and international observers to decide on how many policemen will be sent to different polling stations around Georgia during the May 19 by elections.
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.