The presidential election in Georgia was held on October 28, 2018 . This is the seventh presidential election after Georgia declared independence in 1991 . The president is elected for a 6-year term. The previous president of Georgia, Georgi Margvelashvili, had the right to run for a second term.
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| Presidential Election in Georgia | |||
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| October 28, 2018 | |||
| Voter turnout | 56.50% (second round) | ||
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| Candidate | Salome Zurabishvili | Grigol Vashadze | |
| The consignment | Independent | United national movement | |
| Coalition | Georgian dream | Strength in Oneness | |
| Votes | 1,147,627 ( 59.52% ) | 780 633 ( 40.48% ) | |
| Election result | Victory to Salome Zurabishvili | ||
According to the Constitution adopted in 2017, this election was the last direct presidential election. In the subsequent elections, 300 members of the Electoral College will vote.
The ruling party “ Georgian Dream ” has not announced its candidate for the upcoming elections. This position is shared by party chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili , who, especially before the election, returned to politics due to the political crisis in the country. Ivanishvili believes that for the democratic development of the country it would be better if the “Georgian Dream”, which already has the majority of parliamentary seats, abandons the struggle for the presidency in favor of the opposition forces.
Before the election, 10 opposition parties decided to unite and nominate a single candidate. On July 15, 2018, the opposition formed the Strength in Unity coalition. The most influential of the united parties in Georgia is the Unified National Movement . On July 19, Grigol Vashadze was declared a candidate for the alliance.
The current Georgian president, Georgi Margvelashvili, said that he was not going to run for the 2nd term.
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First Round
The first round of the presidential election was held on October 28, 2018, which resulted in the need for a second round [1] . The second round went to the former French diplomat, self-nominated Salome Zurabishvili , supported by the ruling Georgian Dream party, and Grigol Vashadze , a candidate from the Unified National Movement (UNM) created by Mikheil Saakashvili [2] .
| Candidate | Nominated party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zurabishvili, Salome | Self-nominated | 615 572 | 38.64 |
| Grigol Vashadze | " Unified National Movement " | 601,224 | 37.74 |
| David Bakradze | " European Georgia " | 174,842 | 10.97 |
| Shalva Natelashvili | "The Labor Party of Georgia " | 59,649 | 3.74 |
| David Usupashvili | " Development Movement " | 36,026 | 2.26 |
| Zurab Japaridze | Girchi | 36 023 | 2.26 |
| Kaha Kukawa | " Free Georgia " | 21 182 | 1.33 |
| Giorgi Andriadze | Self-nominated | 13 127 | 0.82 |
| Tamari Tskhoragauli | “ Freedom is the path of Zviad Gamsakhurdia ” | 4 004 | 0.25 |
| Besarion Tediashvili | Self-nominated | 3 713 | 0.23 |
Second Round
The second round was held on November 28, 2018. In the second round, Salome Zurabishvili won, gaining 59.52% of the vote [3] .
| Candidate | Nominated party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salome Zurabishvili | Self-nominated | 1,147,627 | 59.52 |
| Grigol Vashadze | "Unified National Movement" | 780 633 | 40,48 |
Amid the defeat of Vashadze, M. Saakashvili and his representatives in Georgia, in the “Strength in Unity” movement, called on their supporters to protest at the parliament building (they said that the elections were rigged and they did not recognize the legitimacy of the newly elected president) [4 ] , however, the candidate from the Unified National Movement did not support this appeal. According to various estimates, about 5 thousand people or a little more came to the protests on Sunday, December 2. Saakashvili on Skype addressed the audience, called for an uncompromising struggle with the regime before its fall, and promised to arrive in Georgia "at the first call of the people." that at that time the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, during a special operation, detained six citizens of Ukraine and a Georgian citizen Luka Chkhety, who is also known for being close to ex-president Saakashvili, among the detainees was allegedly the former leader of the Donbass armed group S. Semenchenko (he denies this) ; during the search, firearms, explosives and ammunition were seized in their hotel rooms [5] [6] .
On Sunday, December 16, Salome Zurabishvili officially took office as President of Georgia. In eastern Georgia, several hundred opposition supporters, who are radical, continue to attack police officers who maintain order in Telavi ; as a result of the confrontation with Saakashvili’s supporters, eight police officers received injuries and injuries of varying severity. Meanwhile, on the Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, an opposition tent camp is being demolished, which requires early parliamentary elections. [7]
Surveys
| A source | Survey Dates | Find it difficult | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vashadze Und | Zurabishvili Independent | ||||
| October 28 (First round) | |||||
| Edison research | 10/15/18 - 24/10/18 | 44% | 29% | 27% | |
| BCG | 10.20.18-24.10.18 | 39% | 27% | - | |
| BCG | 09/15/18 - 09/22/18 | 40% | nineteen % | 40% | |
| Edison research | 09/14/18 - 23/09/18 | 50 % | 24% | 26% | |
Notes
- ↑ Georgia will host the second round of the presidential election , BBC News Russian Service (October 29, 2018). Date of appeal October 29, 2018.
- ↑ Georgia will wait with a change of power
- ↑ Zurabishvili won the presidential elections in Georgia . TASS (November 29, 2018). Date of treatment November 30, 2018.
- ↑ Saakashvili supporters are preparing mass protests in Georgia. They are helped by Ukrainians // Tape. RU
- ↑ “free arrows” came to the rescue of Saakashvili // NG , 3.12.2018
- ↑ Part of the members of the Donbass battalion detained in Tbilisi returned to Ukraine // Look , February 5, 2019
- ↑ Saakashvili called on supporters to take Tbilisi // Look , December 16, 2018
Links
- Georgian revenge: Saakashvili is returning. His associates are almost in power // Tape. Ru , November 28, 2018
- Saakashvili will not return: who wins the elections in Georgia // Gazeta.Ru , November 28, 2018
- What does the victory of Zurabishvili in the presidential election in Georgia mean // TASS , November 29, 2018
- Zheltov M. V. Presidential Elections in Georgia: Continuation of the “Georgian Dream” . Inter-Election Commission (April 15, 2019). Date of appeal April 15, 2019.