MP By-Elections Set for October 4

MP by-elections in the Tbilisi two single-mandate constituencies will be held on October 4, according to the Central Election Commission.

By-elections became required in the Didube and Vake single-mandate constituencies after the two majoritarian MPs from those districts – the New Rights Party’s Davit Saganelidze and Davit Gamkrelidze, respectively – have renounced their MP mandates in protest to what they called fraudulent May 21 parliamentary elections. Total of twelve opposition politicians renounced their MP mandates.

Manana Nachkebia of the New Rights Party told Rustavi 2 TV on August 5 that the party did not plan to again nominate its candidates for the planned by-elections.

By-elections in the Tbilisi’s two single-mandate constituencies will be held simultaneously with the local parliamentary elections in the Adjara Autonomous Republic also on October 4.