2020 Adjaran legislative election

Last updated May 24, 2024

Legislative elections were held in Adjara, an autonomous republic within Georgia, on 31 October 2020. Adjara elected its 21-member parliament, Supreme Council, in the region's 8th local legislative election since Georgia declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Background

The election was held simultaneously with the nationwide parliamentary election. The 21-member Supreme Council of Adjara is elected for a 4-year term. 3 of its members are elected in single-member constituencies and the remaining 18 seats are filled through proportional representation from parties which clear a 5% threshold.

Results


Party		Proportional			Constituency (first round)			Constituency (second round)			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia	82,700	45.86	11	82,549	46.36	1	62,782	88.61	2	14
	Strength is in Unity	61,242	33.96	7	60,861	34.18	0	8,071	11.39	0	7
	Strategy Aghmashenebeli	5,982	3.32	0	4,201	2.36	0				0
	Alliance of Patriots of Georgia	5,923	3.28	0	6,049	3.40	0				0
	Lelo for Georgia	5,495	3.05	0	6,144	3.45	0				0
	European Georgia — Movement for Liberty	5,146	2.85	0	6,064	3.41	0				0
	Girchi	3,004	1.67	0							0
	Democratic Movement – United Georgia	1,876	1.04	0	1,821	1.02	0				0
	Citizens	1,459	0.81	0	1,439	0.81	0				0
	Solidarity Alliance of Georgia	1,457	0.81	0	2,530	1.42	0				0
	Georgian Labour Party	1,325	0.73	0	944	0.53	0				0
	Georgian Idea	939	0.52	0	879	0.49	0				0
	Georgian March	556	0.31	0	989	0.56	0				0
	Free Georgia	509	0.28	0	530	0.30	0				0
	Face+	437	0.24	0	593	0.33	0				0
	Tribuna – Christian Democratic Movement	423	0.23	0	419	0.24	0				0
	Georgian Choice	401	0.22	0	623	0.35	0				0
	Conservative Party of Georgia	386	0.21	0	409	0.23	0				0
	Winner, Georgia	365	0.20	0	407	0.23	0				0
	For Social Justice	288	0.16	0	208	0.12	0				0
	For Justice	234	0.13	0	395	0.22	0				0
	Tavisupleba	183	0.10	0							0
Total		180,330	100.00	18	178,054	100.00	1	70,853	100.00	2	21

Valid votes		180,330	96.51		178,054	95.29
Invalid/blank votes		6,518	3.49		8,794	4.71
Total votes		186,848	100.00		186,848	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		314,889	59.34		314,889	59.34		243,892	–
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By constituency

District Nº 28
Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	T'it'e Aroshidze	Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia	32,332	41.89	30,169	88.00
	Giorgi K'irtadze	Strength is in Unity	26,599	34.46	4,115	12.00
	Genadi Tebidze	Lelo for Georgia	3,282	4.25
	Beka Diasamidze	Strategy Aghmashenebeli	2,860	3.71
	Vakht'ang K'aloiani	European Georgia — Movement for Liberty	2,705	3.50
	Jumber T'ak'idze	Alliance of Patriots of Georgia	2,171	2.81
	Giorgi Masalk'ini	Citizens	1,439	1.86
	Gocha Gugunava	Solidarity Alliance of Georgia	1,272	1.65
	Giorgi Tsintskiladze	Democratic Movement – United Georgia	1,222	1.58
	Mariami Gurgenidze	Georgian Labour Party	573	0.74
	Irak'li Tsetskhladze	Georgian Idea	487	0.63
	Vladimer Urushadze	Conservative Party of Georgia	409	0.53
	Mikheil Makharadze	Georgian March	383	0.50
	Sulik'o Mikeladze	Free Georgia	348	0.45
	K'akhaber Sirabidze	Winner, Georgia	270	0.35
	Ruslan Saladze	Georgian Choice	220	0.29
	Tengiz Rukhadze	Face+	216	0.28
	Mirian P'ap'unidze	For Justice	211	0.27
	Shalva Maghradze	Tribuna – Christian Democratic Movement	192	0.25
Total			77,191	100.00	34,284	100.00

Valid votes			77,191	94.88
Invalid/blank votes			4,167	5.12
Total votes			81,358	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			147,292	55.24	147,211	–

District Nº 29
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Tsot'ne Ananidze	Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia	20,809	50.05
	Elguja Bagrat'ioni	Strength is in Unity	15,218	36.60
	Gulnara Basiladze	Alliance of Patriots of Georgia	1,367	3.29
	Zurab Goliadze	Lelo for Georgia	817	1.97
	Revaz Jalaghania	European Georgia — Movement for Liberty	734	1.77
	Imeda Tkhilaishvili	Democratic Movement – United Georgia	599	1.44
	Lasha Verulidze	Solidarity Alliance of Georgia	576	1.39
	Giorgi Erkomaishvili	Georgian Idea	392	0.94
	Gia Gogit'idze	Georgian March	306	0.74
	Malkhaz Khabazi	For Social Justice	208	0.50
	Ednar Bagrat'ioni	Face+	208	0.50
	K'akha Tsetskhladze	For Justice	184	0.44
	Mukhran Mgeladze	Georgian Choice	156	0.38
Total			41,574	100.00

Valid votes			41,574	95.85
Invalid/blank votes			1,801	4.15
Total votes			43,375	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			70,837	61.23

District Nº 30
Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Pridon Put'k'aradze	Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia	29,408	49.60	32,613	89.18
	Gia Abuladze	Strength is in Unity	19,044	32.12	3,956	10.82
	Temur K'akhidze	European Georgia — Movement for Liberty	2,625	4.43
	Davit Davitadze	Alliance of Patriots of Georgia	2,511	4.24
	Merab Abashidze	Lelo for Georgia	2,045	3.45
	Gizo Gorgiladze	Strategy Aghmashenebeli	1,341	2.26
	Anzhela Verdzadze	Solidarity Alliance of Georgia	682	1.15
	Ushangi Tsetskhladze	Georgian Labour Party	371	0.63
	Avtandil Diasamidze	Georgian March	300	0.51
	Marad Abuladze	Georgian Choice	247	0.42
	Zaza T'arieladze	Tribuna – Christian Democratic Movement	227	0.38
	Bahadur Rizhvadze	Free Georgia	182	0.31
	P'aat'a Shavadze	Face+	169	0.29
	Aslan Vashaq'madze	Winner, Georgia	137	0.23
Total			59,289	100.00	36,569	100.00

Valid votes			59,289	95.45
Invalid/blank votes			2,826	4.55
Total votes			62,115	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			96,760	64.19	96,681	–

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References

↑ "2020 elections". Higher Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara (in Georgian).

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[1] "2020 elections". Higher Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara (in Georgian).

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