1995 Georgian parliamentary election

1995 Georgian parliamentary election
	All 235 seats in Parliament ; 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.18% ( 6.59 pp)

Last updated July 14, 2023

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 5 November 1995, with a second round on 19 November.^[1] The result was a victory for the Union of Citizens of Georgia, which won 108 of the 235 seats. Voter turnout was 68%

Due to its breakaway status, the elections were not held in Abkhazia, resulting in the 12 MPs elected in 1992 retaining their seats.^[2]

Results


Party		National			Constituency			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Union of Citizens of Georgia	504,586	25.19	90			18	108
	National Democratic Party	169,218	8.45	31			3	34
	All-Georgian Union for Revival	145,626	7.27	25			6	31
	Unified Communist Party–Social Democrats Bloc	95,506	4.77	0			0	0
	Union of Georgian Traditionalists	89,752	4.48	0			3	3
	21st Century Bloc–Konstantin Gamsakhurdia Society–UG	88,405	4.41	0			0	0
	Socialist Party of Georgia	80,747	4.03	0			4	4
	Georgian Union of Reformers–National Consent Bloc	61,424	3.07	0			2	2
	Merab Kostava Society	49,829	2.49	0			0	0
	Stalin Communist Party	46,174	2.30	0			0	0
	Political Union Support	45,747	2.28	0			3	3
	Abkhazia–My Home	44,191	2.21	0			0	0
	Communist Party of Georgia	44,117	2.20	0			0	0
	All-Georgian Party of Peace and Freedom	43,017	2.15	0			0	0
	National Independence Party of Georgia	39,788	1.99	0			0	0
	Democratic Party	37,643	1.88	0			0	0
	Republican Party of Georgia	35,051	1.75	0			1	1
	Bloc for Life	32,534	1.62	0			0	0
	Progress Bloc	29,189	1.46	0			4	4
	Sviadi's Way–Voice of Nation Bloc	25,213	1.26	0			0	0
	Union of Social Justice of Georgia	22,190	1.11	0			0	0
	Women's Protection Union	20,384	1.02	0			0	0
	Union for Law-Governed State	19,675	0.98	0			1	1
	Party for Social Protection of the Population	15,898	0.79	0			0	0
	Ilia Chavchavadze Society	15,510	0.77	0			0	0
	Political Movement for Georgia's Future	15,316	0.76	0			0	0
	Political Organisation New Georgia	14,030	0.70	0			0	0
	Union of God's Children of Georgia	13,661	0.68	0			0	0
	Political Union of Citizens–Georgia's Women to the Elections	12,865	0.64	0			0	0
	All-Georgian Political Organisation Lemi	8,722	0.44	0			1	1
	Christian Democracy–European Choice Bloc	8,607	0.43	0			0	0
	Political Union of Georgian Citizens–Homeland	8,561	0.43	0			0	0
	Freedom Party of Georgia	8,188	0.41	0			0	0
	Agrarian Union of Georgia	7,420	0.37	0			0	0
	Union of Revival of Family	7,141	0.36	0			0	0
	Liberal-Conservative Party of Georgia	7,123	0.36	0			0	0
	Political Organisation Trade Unions to the Elections	6,969	0.35	0			0	0
	Economic Revival–The Yellows Bloc	6,564	0.33	0			0	0
	Party of Nations Friendship and Justice	6,412	0.32	0			0	0
	Agraran Party of Georgia	6,095	0.30	0			0	0
	Party for National Unity and Social Justice	5,999	0.30	0			0	0
	Christian Democratic Party of Georgia	5,854	0.29	0			0	0
	Political Organisation Fatherland	5,729	0.29	0			0	0
	Progressive Party of Georgia	5,673	0.28	0			0	0
	Georgian League for Economic and Social Progress–Bourgeois Democratic Party	5,611	0.28	0			0	0
	Liberal Democratic National Party	5,515	0.28	0			0	0
	All-Georgian Union of Traditional Families	4,791	0.24	0			0	0
	Intellectuals League of Georgia	4,746	0.24	0			0	0
	Nation's League–Dasi	4,523	0.23	0			0	0
	Political Movement of Georgia Fatherland, Language, Faith	4,339	0.22	0			0	0
	Society Elections	3,825	0.19	0			0	0
	All-State National Integrity Party of Georgia–Shield of Fatherland	3,807	0.19	0			0	0
	Conservative Monarchist Party of Georgia	3,743	0.19	0			0	0
	Independents						29	29
Abkhazian representatives				4			8	12
Vacant							2	2
Total		2,003,243	100.00	150			85	235

Valid votes		2,003,243	94.63
Invalid/blank votes		113,588	5.37
Total votes		2,116,831	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,121,075	67.82
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Nohlen et al., p339

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[1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

[2] Nohlen et al., p339

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