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Local elections were held in Georgia on October 5, 2006. The elections follow a decree issued on August 26 by President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, setting the date for the local ballot.
Background
This vote was considered to be the first major test of the authorities commitment to a transparent process in non-revolutionary circumstances. In addition they were to demonstrate the level of public confidence in both the NMD - after a series of scandals - and the opposition, which has begun to strengthen and reorganise that year.
The elections coincided with a very tense period of relations with Russia. After a major diplomatic row regarding alleged Russian spying, the Kremlin has severed all transport and post links with Georgia.
Aftermath
According to preliminary results, the elections were won by the United National Movement led by President Saakashvili with an overwhelming majority. The predominantly Armenian-populated city of Akhalkalaki was the only municipality where an opposition grouping, the Industry Will Save Georgia Party, won a majority of votes. According to international observers, particularly the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the "municipal elections in Georgia were conducted with general respect for fundamental freedoms; however, the blurred distinction between the ruling authorities and the leading party reinforced the advantage of the incumbents".
National results
A total of 1,694 mandates were distributed throughout Georgia, comprising 748 seats allocated by the proportional system and 946 majoritarian seats, with the vast majority awarded to the National Movement:
| Party | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportional | Constituency | Total | ||||||
| National Movement | 578 | 925 | 1503 | |||||
| RPG-CPG bloc | 45 | 9 | 54 | |||||
| Labour Party | 34 | 5 | 39 | |||||
| ISWG | 23 | 4 | 27 | |||||
| The Way of Georgia | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Independent | 68 | 0 | 68 | |||||
| Total | 748 | 946 | 1694 | |||||
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Tbilisi Sakrebulo election results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportional | Constituency | Total | |||||||
| National Movement | 204 261 | 66.53 | 9 | 25 | 34 |  20
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Government | ||
| RPG-CPG bloc | 36 973 | 12.04 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | Opposition | ||
| Labour Party | 32 701 | 10.65 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  14
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Opposition | ||
| ISWG | 18 671 | 6.08 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3
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Opposition | ||
| The Way of Georgia | 8 512 | 2.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | Extra-parliamentary | ||
| PGNI | 74 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | Extra-parliamentary | ||
| Total | 307 015 | 100 | 37 | ± | |||||
| Electorate/voter turnout | 883 806 | 34.74 | |||||||
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References
- "Observers Hail Elections, but Note Shortcomings". Civil Georgia. UNA-Georgia. 2006-10-06. Retrieved 2007-01-13.
External links
- The Central Election Commission of Georgia Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Adam Carr's Election Archive
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