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Poll: Georgiaʼs ruling party wins 35% of the vote, and the opposition pro-European party — 52%

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Liza Brovko
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On the eve of the parliamentary elections in Georgia, the opposition TV channel "Mtavari" published the results of a new public opinion poll

The survey was conducted by the British company SAVANTA on the order of the "Media Freedom Foundation", created by the employees of the "Mtavari" TV channel. The survey was conducted by the method of personal interviews throughout Georgia in the period from October 11 to 20 with 1,220 respondents. The error is +/- 2.51%.
, according to which the ruling party "Georgian Dream" won 35% of the vote, and the four main opposition parties — 52%.

This is reported by "Echo Kavkazu".

Here is the ranking of the parties according to this version of the survey:

  • "Georgian Dream" — 35%;
  • "Coalition for changes — Gvaramia, Melia, Girchi, Droa" — 19%;
  • " Unity
    "National Movement", "Strategy of Agmashenebeli", "European Georgia".
     " — 16%;
  • " Strong Georgia
    "Lelo", "For the People", "Freedom Square", "Citizens".
     " — 9%;
  • "Gakharia — For Georgia" — 8%;
  • "Girchi" (Yago Khvichiya) — 3%;
  • "Alliance of Patriots"/"Alt-info" — 3%;
  • Labor Party — 2%;
  • Other parties — 5%.

Based on these data, “Georgian Dream” will be able to get 61 mandates in the new parliament, and the opposition ones — 89 ("Coalition for Changes" — 33, "National Movement" — 28, "Strong Georgia" — 15, "Gakharia for Georgia" — 13).

Parliamentary elections in Georgia will be held on October 26, 2024. For the first time, they will not be held under the majority system, which increases the oppositionʼs chances of success.

  • Currently, the ruling party in Georgia is "Georgian Dream", which was founded by the pro-Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili
    Georgian oligarch who worked in Russia for a long time and has Russian citizenship. In 2012, he became the Prime Minister of Georgia. In the last few years, he has officially retired from politics, but continues to fully control and sponsor the ruling Georgian Dream party.
    . Ivanishvili publicly promises political repression after the elections in October, in which "Georgian Dream" plans to win again. The party adheres to a pro-Russian course of policy, copies Russian laws, in particular on " foreign agents " and restrictions on the rights of LGBT people. Because of this, the European Union suspended the process of Georgiaʼs integration, and on October 4 suspended high-level meetings.

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