According to a poll commissioned by Imedi, 47.6% of voters supported the United National Movement and 27.1%, while a poll commissioned by Mtavari Arhi shows a smaller difference in votes, indicating that the Georgia Dream “38.6% of voters voted, but 33% of voters voted for the United National Movement.
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According to the information provided by the Central Election Commission of Georgia, by 17:00 the turnout reached 41.3% of the eligible population.
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It has already been reported that the day before the election, Saakashvili returned to Georgia and called on the social network Facebook to vote for the United National Movement or “another fair political force” to overthrow the “Georgia dream”. The former president also urged his supporters to hold a march in the capital on election day, hoping to take part in it himself, but was already detained on Friday and taken to Rustavi City Prison, where he went on hunger strike.
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In Georgia, the former president has been convicted in absentia of allegations of abuse of office and deprived of Georgian citizenship. Saakashvili, a 53-year-old Ukrainian citizen, himself has denied the allegations, calling them politically motivated.
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In May, a cross-party agreement was reached between European Council President Charles Michel, in which the “Georgia Dream” promised to hold early parliamentary elections if the municipal elections received less than 43% of the vote. However, in July, the ruling party withdrew unilaterally from the agreement, earning strong criticism from the European Union (EU) and the United States.
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