MP By-Elections Held in Georgia
Polling stations opened at 8 am local time in five single-mandate constituencies on October 1 to hold MP by-elections.
MP by-elections are being held to fill five majoritarian (single-mandate) seats in the Parliament. Polls will be held in the Adjarian towns of Kobuleti, Batumi and Shuakhevi; the western Georgian town of Tkibuli and Tbilisi’s Isani district.
These five seats cannot change the balance of power in the legislative body, which is dominated by the ruling National Movement party, but the upcoming elections are regarded as a key indicator of current public opinion.
Major competitors for the National Movement party’s MP nominations are four opposition parties’ (New Rights, Conservatives, Freedom and Labor Party) single candidates in each of the five constituencies.
