Exit Poll Gives Big Lead to Ruling Party
The ruling National Movement Party has 63.2% of votes in the 21 parliamentary elections, according to early exit poll results.
All the major opposition parties have announced long before the elections that they would not trust exit polls commissioned by the four Georgian TV networks and organized by two Tbilisi-based think-tanks and two academic institutions, accusing them of being loyal towards the authorities. The opposition called on its supporters ahead of elections to boycott exit poll.
The nine-party opposition bloc has received 14.2% of votes, according to early exit poll results, followed by Christian-Democratic Party with 9.1%; Labor Party – 5.8% and the Republican Party – 3.6%. Other parties and blocs running in the elections had less than 2% each.
Early official results from CEC will not be available till tomorrow morning.
Clearing of 5% threshold is necessary to gain any of the 75 seats allocated through the proportional, party-list system. Remaining 75 seats will be allocated to majoritarian MPs elected in the single-mandate constituencies.
