Presidential election in Georgia 2018

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The newly elected president and her challenger in the runoff election: Salome Zurabishvili and Grigol Vashadze The newly elected president and her challenger in the runoff election: Salome Zurabishvili and Grigol Vashadze
The newly elected president and her challenger in the runoff election: Salome Zurabishvili and Grigol Vashadze

The first round of the 2018 presidential election in Georgia ( Georgian საქართველოს საპრეზიდენტო არჩევნები 2018 - sakartvelos saprezidento archevnebi 2018 ) took place on October 28th. It was the seventh in the history of the third Georgian republic since 1991. The incumbent President Giorgi Margwelashvili has not run. In the runoff election on November 28, 2018, Salome Zurabishvili ran against Grigol Vashadze . Both candidates were former Foreign Ministers of Georgia. Zurabishvili was supported as an independent candidate by the ruling Georgian Dream party .

Salome Zurabishvili won the runoff election on November 28, 2018 with 59.52% of the votes cast, making her the first woman to be elected President of Georgia.

Election mode

Standard of the President of Georgia

It was the last direct election of the Georgian president. The term of office was extended to six years. In the next election in 2024, the president will be elected indirectly through an electoral assembly and limited to representative tasks. In the same year, the Georgian parliament also reforms its electoral law with the abolition of the electoral system in favor of personalized proportional representation .

There were 3,558,437 Georgians eligible to vote. The Georgians living abroad had to register with the local representations before the election and vote there. More than 50 percent of the votes were necessary for a victory in the first ballot.

Candidates

Originally 46 candidates claimed to be candidates for the presidential elections in Georgia in 2018. Of these, 21 were rejected by the election management. Thereby 25 candidates were registered for election.

Surname nomination
1 Micheil Antadze State for the people
2 Dawit Bakradse European Georgia
3 Wachtang Gabunia Christian Democratic Movement of Georgia
4th Grigol Vashadze United National Movement
5 Shalva Natelashvili Georgian Labor Party
6th Sviad Mechatišvili Christian Conservative Party of Georgia
7th Giorgi Liluashvili Georgia Party
8th Akaki Assatiani Union of Georgian Traditionalists
9 Kacha Kukawa Free Georgia
10 Otar Meunargia Industry will save Georgia
11 Irakli Gorgadze Movement for a Free Georgia
12 Davit Ussupashvili Free Democrats
13 Sviad Baghdawadze Citizens Platform - New Georgia
14th Micheil Saluashvili Union of the Righteous Restoration of the Nation: The Lord Is Our Truth
15th Sviad Iashvili National Democratic Party
16 Tamar Zchoragauli Political Movement Freedom - Sviad Gamsachurdia's Way
17th Gela Khuzishvili Political Movement of Veterans and Patriots of Georgia
18th Zurab Japaridze New Political Center - Girchi
19th Levan Cheidze New Christian Democrats
20th Salome Zurabishvili Voter initiative
21st Bessarion Tediashvili Voter initiative
22nd Giorgi Andiriadze Voter initiative
23 Kachaber Chichinadze Voter initiative
24 Vladimer Nonikashvili Voter initiative
25th Teimuras Shashiashvili Voter initiative

Result

candidate Political party First round Second round
be right % be right %
Salome Zurabishvili Independent 615,574 38.64 1,147,627 59.52
Grigol Vashadze United National Movement 601.186 37.74 780.633 40.48
Dawit Bakradse European Georgia 174,707 10.97
Shalva Natelashvili Georgian Labor Party 59,605 3.74
Zurab Japaridze Girchi 36,026 2.26
Davit Ussupashvili Free Democrats 36.005 2.26
Kacha Kukawa Free Georgia 21,207 1.33
Giorgi Andiriadze More independent 13,162 0.83
Teimuras Shashiashvili More independent 9,487 0.60
Tamar Zchoragauli Political Movement Freedom - Sviad Gamsachurdia's Way 4.015 0.25
Bessarion Tediashvili More independent 3.713 0.23
Micheil Saluashvili Union of the Just Restoration of the Nation 2,969 0.19
Levan Cheidze New Christian Democrats 2,931 0.18
Akaki Assatiani Union of Georgian Traditionalists 2.002 0.13
Wachtang Gabunia Christian Democratic Movement of Georgia 1,951 0.12
Gela Khuzishvili Political Movement of Veterans and Patriots of Georgia 1,623 0.10
Kachaber Chichinadze More independent 1,422 0.09
Micheil Antadze State for the people 1,074 0.07
Giorgi Liluashvili Georgia Party 892 0.06
Swiad Mechati vili Christian Conservative Party of Georgia 713 0.04
Otar Meunargia Industry will save Georgia 663 0.04
Vladimer Nonikashvili More independent 635 0.04
Irakli Gorgadze Movement for a Free Georgia 542 0.03
Sviad Baghdawadze Citizens Platform - New Georgia 488 0.03
Sviad Iashvili National Democratic Party 444 0.03
Invalid votes - -
total 1,637,956 100 1,148,260 100
Registered voters / turnout 3,558,437 46.74
Source: CEC (3,693 out of 3,705 polling stations counted)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Second Round of Presidential Election will be Held on November 28. Message from the Georgian electoral authority of November 14, 2018, accessed on November 28, 2018 (English)
  2. ↑ CEC Election Administration of Georgia ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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
  3. ^ Key Points of Newly Adopted Constitution (en) . In: Civil Georgia , September 27, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017. 
  4. ↑ 25 Presidential Candidates are Registered for October 28, 2018 Elections
  5. ↑ October 28, 2018 Presidential Elections of Georgia Registered Presidential Candidates
  6. ↑ Presidential Elections 2018: Weekly Digest No.2 (en-US) . In: Civil.ge:, September 25, 2018. 
  7. ^ The Term for Presidential Candidates to Withdraw their Candidacies has Expired