Georgia General Election, Ruling Party Likely to Win... Pro-Russian Stance Expected to Continue

Yadang's "Manipulated Results" Backlash

Preliminary results from the parliamentary election in Georgia, a former Soviet state, indicate a likely victory for the pro-Russian ruling party.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, CEO of Dream of Georgia.

On the 26th (local time), according to major foreign media, the Georgian Election Commission announced that with 70% of the constituencies counted, representing a majority of the votes, the ruling party, Georgian Dream, received 53% of the vote.

The opposition rejected the election results. Nika Gvaramia, leader of the United National Movement for Change, criticized it as "a constitutional coup." Tina Bokuchava, leader of the United National Movement, claimed, "Since Georgians voted for the country's European future, we will not accept the manipulated results from the Election Commission."

Earlier exit polls showed that the pro-government broadcaster Imedi predicted the ruling party, Georgian Dream, would receive 56% of the vote. In contrast, opposition-leaning broadcasters such as Formula forecast that the opposition coalition would secure 83 out of the total 150 seats.

There were also allegations of electoral fraud, including vote-buying by the ruling party in this election. The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), an independent election monitoring organization in Georgia, reported multiple violations outside several polling stations. A video showing a man in Marnuri, southern Georgia, inserting multiple ballots into a ballot box was posted on social media.

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