2016 Georgian parliamentary election
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Turnout | 51.94% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 8 October 2016 to elect the 150 members of Parliament. The ruling Georgian Dream coalition, led by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, sought a second term in office.[1][2] Opposition parties included the former ruling party and main opposition, the United National Movement (ENM); the Free Democrats, formerly a member of the Georgian Dream coalition and led by Irakli Alasania;[3] and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia.[4]
Georgian Dream won 115 seats, an increase of 30 seats, while the United National Movement was reduced to 27 seats.
Electoral system[]
The 150 members of the unicameral Parliament are elected by two methods: 77 by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 5%, and 73 by two-round system in single-member constituencies with majority rule requiring the winner to get over 50% (in the previous election the first-placed candidate had to pass a 30% threshold to win a constituency seat).
The boundaries of constituencies were re-drawn to reduce the malapportionment effect. Previously, the size of electorates ranged from fewer than 6,000 voters in one district to over 150,000 voters in another.[5]
The elections did not take place in constituencies in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Opinion polls[]
Date | Polling firm/source | GD | UNM | OGFD | GLP | APG | CDM | DMUG | Girchi | SRP | SFP | Others | Lead |
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March–April 2016 | IRI | 19% | 18% | 10% | 7% | 3% | With DMUG | 3% | 12% | 3% | |||
1–3 April 2016 | GHN | 33% | 30% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 8% | 3% | |||||
23 February–14 March 2016 | NDI[permanent dead link] | 29% | 27% | 10% | 6% | 5% | <3% | <3% | <3% | 5% | 2% | ||
8–29 January 2016 | EPN Research | 31% | 20% | 9% | 9% | 23% | 7% | 2% | 8% | ||||
2015 | GHN | 20% | 27% | 33% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 6% | ||||
17 November–17 December 2015 | Newposts | 21% | 34% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 2% | 4.1% | 13% | |||
17 November–7 December 2015 | NDI | 31% | 21% | 11% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 10% | ||||
November 2015 | EPF | 18% | 19% | 19% | 13% | 10% | Tied | ||||||
8 August–10 September 2015 | NDI | 26% | 30% | 6% | 7% | 3% | With DMUG | 6% | 3% | 6% | |||
27 March–19 April 2015 | NDI | 24% | 16% | 9% | 5% | 6% | 11% | 8% | |||||
3–28 February 2015 | IRI | 36% | 14% | 10% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 12% | ||||
23 July–7 August 2014 | NDI | 46% | 15% | 6% | 16% | 30% | |||||||
15 June 2014 | Local elections | 50% | 22% | 3% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 32% | |||||
26 March–18 April 2014 | NDI | 46% | 16% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 30% | ||||||
13–27 November 2013 | NDI | 65% | 15% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 51% | |||||
18 August–3 September 2013 | NDI | 56% | 16% | 7% | 7% | 12% | 4% | 40% | |||||
12–26 June 2013 | NDI | 55% | 13% | 22% | 32% | ||||||||
13–27 March 2013 | NDI | 63% | 13% | 15% | 48% | ||||||||
14–25 November 2012 | NDI | 66% | 13% | 10% | 7% | 53% | |||||||
1 October 2012 | Parliamentary elections | 53% | 40% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 13% |
Results[]
Georgian Dream declared victory soon after voting ended. Georgian Dream Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili told supporters at party headquarters that "I congratulate you with a big victory Georgia! According to all preliminary results, Georgian Dream is leading with a big advantage." Georgia Dream Deputy Prime Minister Kakha Kaladze added that the party's own data showed that it had won around 59 percent of the vote.
Party | National | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia | 856,638 | 48.68 | 44 | 813,353 | 46.95 | 71 | 115 | +30 | |
United National Movement | 477,053 | 27.11 | 27 | 450,670 | 26.01 | 0 | 27 | –38 | |
Alliance of Patriots of Georgia – United Opposition | 88,097 | 5.01 | 6 | 94,202 | 5.44 | 0 | 6 | New | |
Free Democrats | 81,464 | 4.63 | 0 | 81,361 | 4.70 | 0 | 0 | –8 | |
Democratic Movement | 62,166 | 3.53 | 0 | 38,158 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State for the People | 60,681 | 3.45 | 0 | 62,261 | 3.59 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Georgian Labour Party | 55,208 | 3.14 | 0 | 26,706 | 1.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Republicans | 27,264 | 1.55 | 0 | 22,428 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | –9 | |
Industrialists–Our Fatherland | 13,788 | 0.78 | 0 | 19,032 | 1.10 | 1 | 1 | –5 | |
National Forum | 12,763 | 0.73 | 0 | 22,047 | 1.27 | 0 | 0 | –6 | |
Georgia for Peace | 3,824 | 0.22 | 0 | 2,712 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Georgian Idea | 2,916 | 0.17 | 0 | 2,318 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | New | |
For United Georgia | 2,805 | 0.16 | 0 | 5,278 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Georgian Troupe | 2,182 | 0.12 | 0 | 1,682 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Communist Party of Georgia | 1,757 | 0.10 | 0 | 2,231 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Our People, People's Party | 1,595 | 0.09 | 0 | 2,947 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Georgia | 1,548 | 0.09 | 0 | 1,591 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Road of Zviadi | 1,467 | 0.08 | 0 | 1,102 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Unified Communist Party of Georgia | 1,467 | 0.08 | 0 | 852 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Progressive Democratic Union | 1,010 | 0.06 | 0 | 1,479 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | New | |
966 | 0.05 | 0 | 140 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
People's Authority | 810 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
Our Georgia | 802 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
Left-wing Alliance | 699 | 0.04 | 0 | 1,001 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Labour Socialist Party | 662 | 0.04 | 0 | 336 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 78,534 | 4.53 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||
Total | 1,759,632 | 100.00 | 77 | 1,732,421 | 100.00 | 73 | 150 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,759,632 | 96.42 | 1,732,421 | 95.49 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 65,422 | 3.58 | 81,846 | 4.51 | |||||
Total votes | 1,825,054 | 100.00 | 1,814,267 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,513,884 | 51.94 | 3,513,884 | 51.63 | |||||
Source: CEC, Civil.ge, IPU, CLEA |
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georgian parliamentary election, 2016. |
- ^ "Georgian Dream starts preparations for Elections 2016". Rustavi 2. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ Kakachia, Kornely (12 January 2015). "The end of the Georgian dream". openDemocracy. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Alasania Becomes FD's Chairman, Hopes to 'Celebrate Victory' in 2016 Elections". Civil Georgia. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Local Elections Boost Alliance of Patriots' Ambitions for Parliamentary Polls". Civil Georgia. 21 June 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ Elections Guide Civil.ge
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