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2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Who’s who in Georgia’s parliamentary elections?

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Georgians will go to the polls on 26 October in crucial parliamentary elections. Unlike in previous years, this election will be held under a fully proportional system. This means parties will be allocated a percentage of parliament’s 150 seats based entirely on the percentage of votes they receive nationwide, doing away with elections for individual MPs in single-seat constituencies. However, despite calls from many smaller parties, and despite previously promising the opposite, the ruling

Aleko Elisashvili and Mamuka Khazaradze. Photo via Facebook of Mamuka Khazaradze.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Aleko Elisashvili’s Citizens Party ‘in negotiations’ with growing Georgian opposition alliance

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The Georgian opposition party, Citizens, led by MP Aleko Elisashvili, is in ‘active negotiations’ to join an opposition alliance of Lelo, For the People, and Freedom Square.  A spokesperson for Citizens told OC Media that the negotiations were ‘very active’.  ‘We don’t have any illusions that small parties, including Citizens, can overcome the 5% barrier on their own’. ‘We see a solution in unity and we think that enlargement is necessary for Georgia to continue its European integration an

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