1995 Georgian presidential election

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1995 Georgian presidential election
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
  1992 5 November 1995 2000  
Turnout68.3% (Decrease2.svg 14.2 pp)
  Eduard shevardnadze.jpg
Nominee Eduard Shevardnadze Jumber Patiashvili
Party Independent Independent
Alliance SMK
Popular vote1,589,909414,303
Percentage77.02%20.07%

President before election

Eduard Shevardnadze
SMK

Elected President

Eduard Shevardnadze
SMK

Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 5 November 1995. [1] The result was a victory for Eduard Shevardnadze of the Union of Citizens of Georgia, who won 77.0% of the vote, with a 68.3% turnout. [2]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Eduard Shevardnadze Union of Citizens of Georgia 1,589,90977.02
Jumber Patiashvili Independent414,30320.07
Akaki Bakradze Ilia Chavchavadze Society 31,3501.52
Panteleimon Giorgadze Unified Communist Party of Georgia 10,6970.52
Kartlos Gharibashvili Independent10,0230.49
Roin LipartelianiAgrarian Party of Georgia7,9480.39
Total2,064,230100.00
Valid votes2,064,23097.30
Invalid/blank votes57,2802.70
Total votes2,121,510100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,106,55768.29
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  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., p402