General election in Georgia 2016

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Preliminary result
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
48.68
(-6.24)
27.11
(-13.11)
5.01
( n. K. )
4.63
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3.53
(+1.51)
3.45
( n. K. )
3.14
(+1.90)
4.47
(+3.00)
SX
Otherwise.
2012


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Remarks:
c The Alliance of Patriots of Georgia (SPA) was founded in 2012 and did not run in the previous election.
d in 2012 in the party alliance Georgian Dream begun
e Democratic Movement - United Georgia (DMES) did not run in 2012; KDM joined in 2012 and achieved 2.02 percent, KDM and DMES have since merged
Billboard of the Georgian Dream, Tbilisi

The election for the 8th Georgian Parliament took place on October 8, 2016. In the first round of voting, the decision on 100 parliamentary seats was made. On October 30, 2016, runoff elections were held in the remaining 50 constituencies. In the election, the Georgian Dream achieved a three-quarters majority of the seats.

Starting position

In the 2012 elections , the non-partisan Georgian Dream coalition led by businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili was able to become the strongest party in Georgia with 54.9 percent of the vote and form a single government. The previously ruling United National Movement , to which the then President Mikheil Saakashvili also belongs, suffered heavy losses and only achieved 40.2 percent of the vote. The Christian Democrats and the Labor Party also lost massively and could no longer make the leap over the five percent threshold that applies in Georgia. As a result, Ivanishvili was elected Prime Minister of Georgia on October 25, 2012.

After the candidate of the Georgian dream Giorgi Margvelashvili in the presidential elections in 2013 won an absolute majority in the first ballot and new president of Georgia was Bidzina Ivanishvili stepped back from the post of prime minister. He was succeeded on November 20, 2013 by Irakli Gharibashvili .

In the 2014 local elections , the Georgian Dream became the strongest force with 50.8%, followed by the United National Movement with 22.4%, which was able to establish itself as the strongest opposition force. The third strongest force was the Democratic Movement - United Georgia , with 10.2% .

In November 2014, the Free Democrats party led by Irakli Alassania left the governing coalition. The Georgian Dream now had only 79 members in parliament instead of 87.

On December 23, 2015, Irakli Gharibashvili resigned for his party due to poor poll numbers. His successor as Prime Minister was Foreign Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili .

Electoral system

The 73 constituencies of Georgia. No elections could take place in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

All 150 members of the Georgian parliament are elected in a voting system . 73 MPs are directly elected in individual constituencies, the remaining 77 seats are distributed according to the proportional share of the votes of the parties. A threshold clause of five percent applies . On May 28, 2015, the Georgian Constitutional Court declared the previously applicable constituency boundaries, which led to extremely different numbers of voters in different constituencies (between 6,000 and 150,000 voters), to be inadmissible. The constituency boundaries were then redrawn as part of an electoral reform that became law on January 8, 2016, so that afterwards each constituency had a similar number of voters.

An absolute majority of the votes is required to achieve a direct mandate. If this is not achieved, a second ballot will be held in the relevant constituencies. The second round of voting ( runoff election ), in which the two best-placed candidates compete against each other, must be held within 25 days of the first election.

Polls

Institute date KO ENM TD SLP SPA DMES KDM Others
Imedi TV 09/30/2016 42.4% 18.8% 5.8% 4.5% 5.4% 3.2% - 3.9%
NDI 03/14/2016 29% 27% 10% 6% 5% - - 5%
EPN 01/29/2016 31.0% 20.1% 8.8% 8.3% 23.0% 6.2% - 2.4%
NDI 12/21/2015 21% 15% 15% 8th % 6% 6% - 2%
NDI 12/21/2015 22% 17% 18% 9% 7% 8th % - 6%
NDI 13/10/2015 16% 18% 12% 7% 8th % 5% - 4%
NDI 13/10/2015 17% 16% 10% 6% 6% 5% - 6%
NDI 05/11/2015 24% 16% 9% 5% 6% - - 11%
IPM 03/25/2015 36% 14% 10% 6% 5% 5% - -
NDI 08/25/2014 46% 15% - 6% - - - 16%
NDI 05/08/2014 46% 16% - 11% - - 13% 7%
NDI December 18, 2013 65% 15% - 6% - 8th % 6% 4%
NDI 23.09.2013 56% 16% - 7% - 12% 7% 4%
NDI 07/12/2013 55% 13% - - - - - 22%
NDI 04/23/2013 63% 13% - - - - - 15%
NDI 12/12/2012 66% 13% - - - - 10% 7%
General election 2012 10/01/2012 54.9% 40.2% - 1.2% - - 2.0% 1.4%

Comments on the polls:

  1. ↑ a b c d e f As a basis for this survey data, the question “Which party would you vote?” (Corresponds to the Sunday question : “Which party would you vote if there was an election?”) Was used by likely voters. Furthermore, first and second preferences, if any, were added.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j The question “Which party is closest to you?” Was used as the basis for this survey data, since no direct voting intention was asked. First and second preferences were also added.

Results

Party list results

In the first counting of all voting districts, two parties surely overcame the 5 percent threshold: the Georgian Dream (KO) and the United National Movement (ENM). At the Alliance of Patriots , the vote was extremely close to the 5.0 percent mark. On the evening of October 10, 2016, the patriots' share of the vote was given as 5,006%, 113 votes above the 5 percent mark. By the evening of October 10, however, due to irregularities, the counting results in several polling stations were canceled by the election commission, so that the final result initially remained uncertain and crucially depended on whether the patriots would really get over the 5 percent mark. The Georgian Electoral Commission announced the final results of the party list votes on October 24, 2016. Accordingly, the Alliance of Patriots had just passed the 5 percent mark.

Constituency results

In the election of the constituency candidates, 23 candidates achieved an absolute majority and were thus elected. All belonged to the Georgian Dream . In two constituencies (Zugdidi and Marneuli), the election of candidates was repeated in some polling stations on October 22, 2016 due to irregularities. In both constituencies, however, no candidate achieved an absolute majority. A runoff election had to take place in 50 constituencies. This affected 17 constituencies in Tbilisi and 33 constituencies in the rest of the country. In 44 constituencies the KO candidate ran against a VNB candidate, in two constituencies (37 and 60) against independents and in one constituency each against a candidate of the Free Democrats (constituency 41), an "industrialist" (constituency 43), as well as a representative of the smallest party state for a people's coalition (constituency 37). In constituency 1 (Tbilisi), the non-party candidate Salome Zurabishvili , who was supported by the Georgian Dream , ran against an ENM candidate. Georgischer Traum was in the lead in the first round of voting in almost all of the 50 stub constituencies. The only exceptions were constituencies 43 (industrialists), 36 and 44 (both ENM).

On October 9, 2016, the EU Foreign Affairs Representative Federica Mogherini and EU Neighborhood Commissioner Johannes Hahn called on all Georgian parties to avoid confrontation and violence, as well as democratic principles and the will of the Georgian Vokes, in a joint declaration in view of the upcoming second round of elections to respect.

On October 10, 2016, former Prime Minister Mikheil Saakashvili (now governor of Odessa Oblast in Ukraine) called on his party, the United National Movement , to boycott the second round of elections. He justified this by stating that otherwise the elections in which there had been “serious violations” would be legitimized by participation. However, the management body of the VNB spoke out against a boycott and appealed to the voters to vote against the candidates of the Georgian Dream in the runoff election in order to prevent a threatened three-quarters majority in the Georgian Dream in the new parliament, with which constitutional changes would be possible.

On October 16, 2016, the Georgian Electoral Commission announced October 30, 2016 as the preliminary date for the runoff elections. The turnout in the runoff elections was 37.5% of 2,478,042 eligible voters, significantly lower than in the first round of elections on October 8, 2016. The candidates from the Georgian Dream were successful in 48 of the 50 constituencies. The only two constituencies that went to other candidates were No. 43 (industrialists) and No. 1 (S. Zurabishvili).

Political party Party list Constituencies
Total seats		 % Seats
+/-
be right % Seats 1st ballot 2nd ballot together
Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia
(ქართული ოცნება – დემოკრატიული საქართველო) 		856.638 48.68 44 23 48 71 115 76.7   28
United National Movement
(ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობა) 		477.053 11/27 27 0 0 0 27 18.0   36
Alliance of Patriots of Georgia
(საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი) 		88.097 5.01 6th 0 - 0 6th 4.0   6
(new)
Free Democrats
(თავისუფალი დემოკრატები) 		81,464 4.63 0 0 - 0 0 0  
Democratic Movement - United Georgia
(დემოკრატიული მოძრაობა - ერთიანი საქართველო) 		62.166 3.53 0 0 - 0 0 0.0  
State for the people
(სახელმწიფო ხალხისთვის) 		60,681 3.45 0 0 0 0 0 0.0  
Georgian Labor Party
(საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია) 		55.204 3.14 0 0 - 0 0 0.0  
Republican Party of Georgia
(საქართველოს რესპუბლიკური პარტია) 		27,264 1.55 0 0 - 0 0 0.0  
Other parties 51,065 2.90 0 0 1 1 1 0.7   1
Single candidates - - 0 0 1 1 1 0.7   1
total 1,759,632 100.0 77 23 50 73 150 100% -
Voter and turnout 1,814,276 51.63 - - - - - - -
Source: Central Electoral Commission of Georgia

Results by constituency

Elected constituency candidates Georgia parliamentary election 2016.svg

Absolute majority for the candidate of the Georgian Dream in the first round of voting on October 8, 2016 Majority for the candidate of the Georgian Dream in the runoff on October 30, 2016 Majority for smaller parties or independents in the runoff on October 30, 2016



Composition of the new parliament

Distribution of seats
     
A total of 150 seats
  • KO : 115
  • ENM : 27
  • MGS : 1
  • Independent: 1
  • SPA : 6

Evaluation of the election process and election results

After the October 8 election, international election observers and related institutions, such as the OSCE, gave a largely positive verdict. The election was orderly and largely according to democratic standards. However, there was also criticism of counting processes in many polling stations. The criticism, however, did not refer to suspected falsifications, but to non-compliance with the regulations, to a certain extent too "sloppy" handling of the regulations (for example, no systematic invalidation of empty ballots, no systematic checking of the logged data after the count, etc.) ). The international observer mission assessed the runoff elections on October 30th as “competitive”. The elections were "organized smoothly and professionally" and the "rights of candidates and voters [were] respected".

In terms of participatory democracy , the combination of the trench voting system in combination with a threshold clause proves to be critical, as almost a fifth of the votes did not lead to a parliamentary seat even in the proportional representation and this effect was reinforced by the majority vote.

On the evening of October 30th, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili again brought up reform of the electoral law. He prefers a reform of the electoral law in the sense of a switch to proportional representation. Kwirikashvili specifically mentioned Germany's right to vote as a possible model. For such a change, however, a broad political consensus is required.

Web links

Commons : Parliamentary Election in Georgia 2016  - Pictures, Videos and Audio Files Collection

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Preliminary results. (No longer available online.) Georgian Electoral Commission, archived from the original on October 22, 2017 ; accessed on October 9, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / results.cec.gov.ge
  2. ↑ Garibashvili Named as Next PM on civil.ge , November 2, 2013 (English). Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Alasania Becomes FD's Chairman, Hopes to 'Celebrate Victory' in 2016 Elections on civil.ge , November 8, 2014 (English). Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ Georgia Prime Minister Garibashvili resigns on news.yahoo.com , December 23, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ The government in Georgia is newly appointed on zeit.de , December 26, 2015 (German). Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ Article 49
  7. ^ President Signs Bill on Electoral Redistricting into Law. Civl.ge, January 8, 2016, accessed October 15, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Elections on the "democratic island" , on tagesschau.de , October 8, 2016 (accessed: October 8, 2016)
  9. ↑ A QUICK GUIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF GEORGIA, OCTOBER 8, 2016. (PDF) Election Administration of Georgia, accessed October 11, 2016 .
  10. ^ Thea Morrison: Central Elections Commission On 2nd Round Of Elections. georgiatoday.ge, October 9, 2016, accessed on October 11, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Preliminary Results: GDDG in Big Lead Over UNM, Alliance of Patriots Enters Parliament. civil.ge, October 10, 2016, accessed on October 10, 2016 .
  12. ↑ a b CEC Summarizes Proportional, Majoritarian MP Election Results. civil.ge, October 24, 2016, accessed on October 25, 2016 .
  13. ^ Polls Closed, Vote Count Underway. Civil.ge, October 22, 2016, accessed on October 23, 2016 .
  14. ↑ 51 election districts will hold second round of parliamentary election. Democracy and Freedom Watch, October 10, 2016, accessed October 11, 2016 .
  15. ↑ majoritarian MP Elections Preliminary Results. Civil.ge, October 11, 2016, accessed on October 13, 2016 .
  16. ↑ EU Statement on Georgia's Parliamentary Elections. civil.ge, October 9, 2016, accessed October 10, 2016 .
  17. ^ UNM Weighs its Options for 'Political Struggle' as Saakashvili Calls for Boycotting MP Runoffs. civil.ge, October 10, 2016, accessed on October 10, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Ahead of MP Runoffs, UNM Tells Voters: 'Do not let GDDG Win Constitutional Majority'. civil.ge, October 14, 2016, accessed on October 15, 2016 .
  19. ^ CEC Announces Tentative Dates for Repeat and Runoff Elections. Civil.ge, October 16, 2016, accessed on October 16, 2016 .
  20. ^ Polls Closed, Vote Count Underway. Civil.ge, October 30, 2016, accessed October 30, 2016 .
  21. ↑ OSCE considers parliamentary elections to be legitimate. (No longer available online.) Deutschlandfunk, October 9, 2016, archived from the original on October 10, 2016 ; accessed on October 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutschlandfunk.de
  22. ^ Int'l Election Observers' Assessment of Parliamentary Vote. civil.ge, October 9, 2016, accessed October 10, 2016 .
  23. ^ Int'l Election Observers' Assessment of Runoff Elections. Civil.ge, October 31, 2016, accessed November 1, 2016 .
  24. ↑ wahlrecht.de : blocking clause
  25. ↑ bpp: electoral systems in comparison
  26. ↑ wahlrecht.de : majority vote vs. Proportional representation
  27. ^ PM on Electoral System Reform, Planned Constitutional Amendments. Civil.ge, October 30, 2016, accessed November 1, 2016 .