2016 Georgian parliamentary election

2016 Georgian parliamentary election
All 150 seats in Parliament ; 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	51.94% ( 9.37pp; first round); 37.50% (second round)
	Composition of the Georgian Parliament after the election
Prime Minister before election; Giorgi Kvirikashvili ; Georgian Dream	Elected Prime Minister ; Giorgi Kvirikashvili ; Georgian Dream

Last updated September 20, 2024

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 8 October 2016 to elect the 150 members of Parliament. The ruling Georgian Dream coalition, led by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, sought a second term in office.^[2]^[3] Opposition parties included the former ruling party and main opposition, the United National Movement (UNM); the Free Democrats, formerly a member of the Georgian Dream coalition and led by Irakli Alasania;^[4] and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia.^[5]

Electoral system

The 150 members of the unicameral Parliament were elected by two methods: 77 by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 5%, and 73 by a two-round system in single-member constituencies with majority rule, requiring the winner to get over 50% (in the previous election the first-placed candidate had to pass a 30% threshold to win a constituency seat).

The boundaries of the constituencies were re-drawn to reduce malapportionment. Previously, the size of electorates ranged from fewer than 6,000 voters in one district to over 150,000 voters in another.^[6]

The elections did not take place in constituencies in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Opinion polls

Date	Polling firm/source	GD	UNM	OGFD	GLP	APG	CDM	DMUG	Girchi	SRP	SFP	Others	Lead
Date	Polling firm/source											Others	Lead
March–April 2016	IRI	19%	18%	10%	7%	3%	With DMUG	3%			12%		1%
1–3 April 2016	GHN	33%	30%	8%		10%		11%		8%			3%
23 February–14 March 2016	NDI ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	29%	27%	10%	6%	5%		<3%	<3%	<3%		5%	2%
8–29 January 2016	EPN Research	31%	20%	9%	9%	23%		7%				2%	11%
2015	GHN	20%	27%	33%	4%	6%		3%				2%	6%
17 November–17 December 2015	Newposts	21%	34%	6%	5%	7%		3%	2%			4.1%	13%
17 November–7 December 2015	NDI	31%	21%	11%	7%	5%		4%				2%	10%
November 2015	EPF	18%	19%	19%		13%				10%			Tied
8 August–10 September 2015	NDI	26%	30%	6%	7%	3%	With DMUG	6%	3%				4%
27 March–19 April 2015	NDI	24%	16%	9%	5%	6%						11%	8%
3–28 February 2015	IRI	36%	14%	10%	6%	5%		5%				1%	22%
23 July–7 August 2014	NDI	46%	15%		6%							16%	31%

15 June 2014	Local elections	51%	22%		3%	4%	10%				3%	29%
26 March–18 April 2014	NDI	46%	16%		11%		13%		7%				30%
13–27 November 2013	NDI	65%	15%		6%		6%	8%	4%				50%
18 August–3 September 2013	NDI	56%	16%		7%		7%	12%				4%	40%
12–26 June 2013	NDI	55%	13%									22%	42%
13–27 March 2013	NDI	63%	13%									15%	50%
14–25 November 2012	NDI	66%	13%				10%					7%	53%
1 October 2012	Parliamentary elections	55%	40%		1%		2%					1%	15%

Results

Georgian Dream declared victory soon after voting ended. Georgian Dream Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili told supporters at party headquarters that "I congratulate you with a big victory Georgia! According to all preliminary results, Georgian Dream is leading with a big advantage." Georgia Dream Deputy Prime Minister Kakha Kaladze added that the party's own data showed that it had won around 59 percent of the vote.


Party		Proportional			Constituency (first round)			Constituency (second round)			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
	Georgian Dream	856,638	48.68	44	813,353	46.95	23	621,893	70.11	48	115	+30
	United National Movement	477,053	27.11	27	450,670	26.01	0	212,984	24.01	0	27	–38
	Alliance of Patriots of Georgia, United Opposition	88,097	5.01	6	94,202	5.44	0				6	New
	Free Democrats	81,464	4.63	0	81,361	4.70	0	8,169	0.92	0	0	–8
	Democratic Movement	62,166	3.53	0	38,158	2.20	0				0	0
	State for the People	60,681	3.45	0	62,261	3.59	0				0	New
	Georgian Labour Party	55,208	3.14	0	26,706	1.54	0				0	0
	Republicans	27,264	1.55	0	22,428	1.29	0				0	–9
	Industrialists–Our Fatherland	13,788	0.78	0	19,032	1.10	0	12,405	1.40	1	1	–5
	National Forum	12,763	0.73	0	22,047	1.27	0				0	–6
	Georgia for Peace	3,824	0.22	0	2,712	0.16	0				0	New
	Georgian Idea	2,916	0.17	0	2,318	0.13	0				0	New
	For United Georgia	2,805	0.16	0	5,278	0.30	0				0	New
	Georgian Troupe	2,182	0.12	0	1,682	0.10	0				0	0
	Communist Party of Georgia	1,757	0.10	0	2,231	0.13	0				0	New
	Our People, People's Party	1,595	0.09	0	2,947	0.17	0				0	0
	Georgia	1,548	0.09	0	1,591	0.09	0				0	New
	Road of Zviadi	1,467	0.08	0	1,102	0.06	0				0	New
	Unified Communist Party of Georgia	1,467	0.08	0	852	0.05	0				0	New
	Progressive Democratic Union	1,010	0.06	0	1,479	0.09	0				0	New
	Merab Kostava Society	966	0.05	0	140	0.01	0				0	0
	People's Authority	810	0.05	0			0				0	New
	Our Georgia	802	0.05	0			0				0	New
	Left-wing Alliance	699	0.04	0	1,001	0.06	0				0	New
	Labour Socialist Party	662	0.04	0	336	0.02	0				0	New
	Independents				78,534	4.53	0	31,545	3.56	1	1	+1
Total		1,759,632	100.00	77	1,732,421	100.00	23	886,996	100.00	50	150	0

Valid votes		1,759,632	96.42		1,732,421	95.49		886,996	98.13
Invalid/blank votes		65,422	3.58		81,855	4.51		16,940	1.87
Total votes		1,825,054	100.00		1,814,276	100.00		903,936	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,513,884	51.94		3,513,884	51.63		2,421,455	37.33
Source: CESKO, CESKO, CLEA

Proportional results by constituency

Constituency^{[lower-alpha 4]}		Turnout	GD	UNM	APG	FD	DM	SFTP	GLP	RP	Others	Lead
1	Mtatsminda	55.82	48.29	23.38	5.47	7.28	3.73	2.27	2.04	3.47	4.07	24.91
2	Vake	60.74	54.97	17.95	5.05	8.10	3.11	1.89	1.60	4.26	3.07	37.02
3	Vake	56.80	51.11	19.83	5.94	7.75	3.76	2.54	2.27	3.78	3.02	31.28
4	Saburtalo	52.05	51.89	20.04	5.97	6.85	3.43	2.23	3.07	2.51	4.01	31.85
5	Saburtalo	59.19	52.61	19.06	5.02	8.15	3.44	2.24	1.78	4.23	3.47	33.55
6	Saburtalo	59.97	53.52	18.27	5.22	7.49	3.45	2.33	1.98	4.31	3.43	35.25
7	Krtsanisi; parts of Mtatsminda and Vake	48.64	49.48	27.86	5.49	3.77	3.18	3.09	3.22	1.40	2.51	21.62
8	Isani; part of Samgori	45.30	43.40	25.74	7.33	7.44	4.25	3.56	3.95	1.74	2.59	17.66
9	Isani	42.04	46.54	26.38	5.30	5.05	5.33	2.19	3.69	1.56	3.96	20.16
10	Isani; part of Samgori	45.90	46.17	26.05	5.48	5.90	4.91	3.07	3.32	2.37	2.73	20.12
11	Samgori	46.13	44.71	24.24	6.34	6.66	4.26	4.76	4.77	1.65	2.61	20.47
12	Samgori	43.12	42.45	27.36	6.33	5.97	4.81	3.01	5.49	1.48	3.10	15.09
13	Samgori; part of Gardabani	42.30	44.51	25.55	8.87	5.22	4.22	2.60	5.77	0.90	2.36	18.96
14	Chughureti	51.30	53.12	21.06	5.41	5.34	4.30	2.61	3.26	1.99	2.91	32.06
15	Didube	53.63	50.16	20.64	5.37	7.75	4.45	2.57	2.42	3.27	3.37	29.52
16	Didube; part of Saburtalo	54.36	51.09	19.44	6.95	6.76	3.69	2.88	2.97	2.28	3.94	31.65
17	Nadzaladevi	48.61	50.81	19.85	7.77	5.42	3.50	3.39	4.34	1.69	3.23	30.96
18	Nadzaladevi	48.17	48.69	22.47	6.54	6.28	3.82	3.11	4.50	1.79	2.80	26.22
19	Nadzaladevi	47.81	45.08	23.88	6.11	6.67	3.97	3.67	4.96	1.75	3.91	21.20
20	Gldani	45.22	42.45	25.35	7.52	6.19	3.74	3.22	5.21	1.36	4.96	17.10
21	Gldani	45.81	44.20	26.57	6.26	6.40	4.09	2.86	5.10	1.56	2.96	17.63
22	Gldani	47.32	45.39	24.44	7.11	6.89	4.26	2.78	4.63	1.70	2.80	20.95
23	Sagarejo	46.56	47.77	26.06	13.38	1.76	2.00	2.68	2.81	0.94	2.60	21.71
24	Gurjaani	57.77	44.42	32.95	4.80	2.17	3.87	3.34	4.27	1.05	3.13	11.47
25	Sighnaghi and Dedoplistskaro	56.11	53.72	25.90	5.49	2.43	3.50	2.35	3.06	1.60	1.95	27.82
26	Lagodekhi; part of Kvareli	55.56	41.25	30.31	3.41	10.68	6.43	2.51	2.77	0.71	1.93	10.94
27	Telavi; part of Kvareli	55.75	38.92	36.13	5.77	3.69	2.57	4.67	3.75	0.78	3.72	2.79
28	Akhmeta; part of Telavi	51.44	45.62	32.60	2.88	1.72	3.09	5.29	4.69	0.89	3.22	13.02
29	Rustavi	48.67	43.48	30.15	6.60	4.72	3.33	3.29	4.35	1.46	2.62	13.33
30	Rustavi	48.14	41.36	32.69	6.37	4.59	2.37	2.80	6.51	1.30	2.01	8.67
31	Gardabani	37.78	51.72	34.76	4.13	1.73	1.67	0.79	2.47	1.06	1.67	16.96
32	Tetritskaro; part of Gardabani	49.16	54.98	26.25	6.61	2.13	3.12	2.04	2.80	0.58	1.49	28.73
33	Bolnisi	44.08	48.18	40.67	1.74	1.08	2.04	2.36	1.18	0.36	2.39	7.51
34	Dmanisi and Tsalka; part of Bolnisi	47.09	62.02	25.77	2.25	1.84	2.67	1.27	1.49	0.72	1.97	36.25
35	Marneuli	42.49	55.27	37.54	0.68	0.40	0.77	1.58	0.07	0.18	3.51	17.73
36	Marneuli	44.58	41.26	47.41	0.86	0.94	1.69	4.37	0.65	0.27	2.55	6.15
37	Mtskheta	59.49	48.80	20.60	11.24	3.87	2.40	1.94	6.86	1.37	2.92	28.20
38	Tianeti, Dusheti and Kazbegi	51.21	57.39	9.31	8.18	2.38	3.31	7.22	8.39	0.89	2.93	48.08
39	Kaspi; part of Gori	52.18	49.96	23.17	8.93	5.39	3.37	1.92	4.53	0.96	1.77	26.79
40	Kareli; part of Gori	53.29	51.25	24.76	3.48	7.35	3.80	2.16	4.08	0.57	2.55	26.49
41	Part of Gori (incl. City of Gori)	50.91	40.98	23.84	4.53	14.06	4.30	3.54	3.70	0.69	4.36	17.14
42	Most of Gori	53.01	46.62	27.05	3.67	5.75	4.17	3.50	2.93	0.31	6.00	19.57
43	Khashuri	47.62	38.12	25.74	6.52	5.55	4.16	5.49	6.38	1.53	6.51	12.38
44	Akhaltsikhe and Adigeni	59.53	43.68	42.74	1.69	2.90	1.76	2.24	2.33	0.52	2.14	0.94
45	Borjomi and Aspindza; part of Akhalkalaki	53.57	52.65	21.07	8.52	2.26	4.82	3.32	3.49	0.71	3.16	31.58
46	Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda	50.45	62.47	20.32	1.35	0.19	3.38	5.12	0.26	3.57	3.34	42.15
47	Kutaisi	44.63	43.53	31.40	4.90	4.50	3.38	4.60	4.03	1.10	2.56	12.13
48	Kutaisi	42.77	45.44	28.75	4.84	5.12	4.36	3.46	3.86	1.45	2.72	16.69
49	Kutaisi	40.15	39.26	38.71	3.63	4.38	2.82	3.42	4.57	1.06	2.15	0.55
50	Tkibuli; part of Terjola	58.43	47.19	30.65	4.32	1.65	4.96	3.17	2.60	2.58	2.88	16.54
51	Kharagauli and Baghdati; part of Zestaponi	60.20	47.89	26.92	2.84	4.63	2.64	5.12	2.74	4.11	3.11	20.97
52	Zestaponi	55.50	52.38	28.90	4.09	3.11	1.78	2.31	3.73	1.65	2.05	23.48
53	Sachkhere	59.07	85.04	4.95	2.21	1.29	1.21	1.30	1.11	0.80	2.09	80.09
54	Vani and Khoni	65.45	55.19	24.33	1.66	2.61	1.83	9.88	1.56	1.25	1.69	30.86
55	Samtredia	55.80	53.84	28.85	2.47	2.82	1.91	3.83	2.44	1.67	2.17	24.99
56	Chiatura	50.48	46.29	16.53	5.76	10.66	3.90	4.13	2.55	1.51	8.67	29.76
57	Tskaltubo	53.37	47.52	33.97	2.34	4.51	3.06	2.41	2.98	0.72	2.49	13.55
58	Racha-Lechkhumi and Svaneti ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	61.33	56.85	17.34	6.38	2.86	4.47	4.03	2.68	1.79	3.60	39.51
59	Most of Ozurgeti	57.91	54.09	18.85	6.06	6.69	4.75	4.53	2.62	0.95	1.46	35.24
60	Lanchkhuti and Chokhatauri; part of Ozurgeti	65.53	58.00	18.36	4.80	2.58	2.97	7.62	2.43	1.37	1.87	39.64
61	Poti; parts of Ozurgeti and Lanchkhuti	53.27	49.82	25.87	3.52	4.27	3.19	3.77	2.73	0.85	5.98	23.95
62	Abasha and Martvili	60.44	47.89	32.59	4.84	3.71	2.97	4.75	1.38	0.47	1.40	15.30
63	Senaki; part of Abasha	52.78	43.14	34.47	1.58	5.18	2.75	6.76	2.88	1.03	2.21	8.67
64	Khobi; part of Zugdidi	58.10	43.55	36.98	5.33	3.72	1.97	4.70	1.90	0.67	1.18	6.57
65	City of Zugdidi	40.26	41.85	35.68	2.17	9.66	1.46	4.76	1.48	2.04	0.90	6.17
66	Most of Zugdidi	47.54	44.53	44.83	2.26	2.20	1.00	2.40	1.35	0.61	0.82	0.30
67	Tsalenjikha and Chkhorotsqu	55.18	47.34	35.83	3.11	3.29	1.17	4.08	2.10	1.31	1.77	11.51
68	Batumi; part of Kobuleti	49.09	42.24	33.14	6.21	3.03	5.98	3.06	2.57	1.20	2.57	9.10
69	Batumi	48.01	44.39	27.83	6.49	4.54	6.00	2.64	2.51	2.03	3.57	16.56
70	Batumi; part of Khelvachauri	50.10	45.07	29.94	6.52	3.18	5.93	2.12	3.04	1.03	3.17	15.13
71	Most of Kobuleti	56.12	50.41	28.25	5.90	2.33	5.25	2.06	1.79	1.68	2.33	22.16
72	Most of Khelvachauri; part of Keda	51.45	42.74	29.00	5.77	2.60	8.42	3.12	3.26	0.81	4.28	13.74
73	Keda, Shuakhevi and Khulo	61.43	48.54	29.80	2.39	2.89	5.17	3.94	1.69	1.76	3.82	18.74
0	Abroad	N/A	39.60	33.80	1.87	10.42	1.27	1.91	3.74	3.76	3.63	5.80
Source: CEC CEC CEC

Aftermath

2018 District Nº54 by-election

28 April 2018.


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Givi Chichinadze	Georgian Dream	15,705	57.86
	Giorgi Ugulava	European Georgia	10,417	38.38
	Vasil Kopaliani	Independent	438	1.61
	Mamuka Tuskadze	New Christian Democrats	399	1.47
	Giorgi Liluashvili	Georgia	124	0.46
	Zurab Kartvelishvili	Traditionalists	60	0.22
Total			27,143	100.00

Valid votes			27,143	97.18
Invalid/blank votes			789	2.82
Total votes			27,932	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			48,123	58.04
Source: CESKO

2019 District Nº1 by-election

First round on 19 May 2019, second round on 9 June 2019.


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Vladimer Kakhadze	Georgian Dream	6,036	41.01	10,749	61.83
	Shalva Shavgulidze	European Georgia	5,422	36.84	6,635	38.17
	Levan Ioseliani	Independent	964	6.55
	Herman Szabó	Girchi	701	4.76
	Grigol Gegelia	Independent	462	3.14
	Koba Davitashvili	Independent	428	2.91
	Sopio Khorguani	Independent	388	2.64
	Giorgi Andriadze	Free Georgia	117	0.79
	Tamar Alpaidze	Independent	45	0.31
	Ioseb Koberidze	Independent	26	0.18
	Irma Razmadze	Tavisupleba–The Way of Zviad	19	0.13
	Giorgi Liluashvili	Georgia	18	0.12
	Nita Sikharulidze	Christian-Democratic Movement	17	0.12
	Jemal Nadareishvili	Political Movement of Veterans and Patriots	17	0.12
	Mikheil Saluashvili	Union for the Restoration of Justice	15	0.10
	Mamuka Tuskadze	Movement for Social Justice	13	0.09
	Giorgi Shalikashvili	Movement for Free Georgia	11	0.07
	Nodar Inaneishvili	National Democratic Party	9	0.06
	Valisa Ghvinjilia	New Georgia	6	0.04
	Tebea Tengiani	New Christian Democrats	5	0.03
Total			14,719	100.00	17,384	100.00

Valid votes			14,719	97.98	17,384	95.93
Invalid/blank votes			303	2.02	737	4.07
Total votes			15,022	100.00	18,121	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			43,908	34.21	43,909	41.27
Source: CESKO

Notes

↑ Three parties (CPG, GPG, and SDDG) are running their candidates on GD's ticket.
↑ United National Movement participated in the election under a bloc also titled United National Movement which included UNM as well European Georgia.
↑ Georgian Dream coalition dissolved leading up to the election. 52 is the number of seats the parties still running on GD's list this election got in 2012 combined.
↑ Each territory refers to either a district of Tbilisi or a municipality, if not noted otherwise.
↑ Municipalities of Oni, Ambrolauri, Tsageri, Lentekhi and Mestia.

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References

↑ Second Round Turnout 2016. Central Election Commission.
↑ "Georgian Dream starts preparations for Elections 2016". Rustavi 2. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
↑ Kakachia, Kornely (12 January 2015). "The end of the Georgian dream". openDemocracy. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
↑ "Alasania Becomes FD's Chairman, Hopes to 'Celebrate Victory' in 2016 Elections". Civil Georgia. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
↑ "Local Elections Boost Alliance of Patriots' Ambitions for Parliamentary Polls". Civil Georgia. 21 June 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
↑ Elections Guide Civil.ge

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[2] Three parties (CPG, GPG, and SDDG) are running their candidates on GD's ticket.

[3] United National Movement participated in the election under a bloc also titled United National Movement which included UNM as well European Georgia.

[4] Georgian Dream coalition dissolved leading up to the election. 52 is the number of seats the parties still running on GD's list this election got in 2012 combined.

[10] Each territory refers to either a district of Tbilisi or a municipality, if not noted otherwise.

[11] Municipalities of Oni, Ambrolauri, Tsageri, Lentekhi and Mestia.

[1] Second Round Turnout 2016. Central Election Commission.

[5] "Georgian Dream starts preparations for Elections 2016". Rustavi 2. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[6] Kakachia, Kornely (12 January 2015). "The end of the Georgian dream". openDemocracy. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[7] "Alasania Becomes FD's Chairman, Hopes to 'Celebrate Victory' in 2016 Elections". Civil Georgia. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[8] "Local Elections Boost Alliance of Patriots' Ambitions for Parliamentary Polls". Civil Georgia. 21 June 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[9] Elections Guide Civil.ge

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