05 June 2008, 08:17
Georgia sums up parliamentary elections
The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia has promulgated the final totals of the parliamentary elections held May 21. Five parties will form the parliament of the country. 119 deputy seats out of 150 will be taken by representatives of the party in power "United National Movement" (UNM).
According to the CEC, the party in power has won 59.18 percent of votes by the proportional system, receiving 48 out of 75 deputy seats in parliament allocated to this system. The runner-up was the opposition block "United Opposition: National Council - New Right-Wingers" with 17.73 percent of votes or 15 seats under the proportional system.
As to single-mandate constituencies (majority system), 71 of them voted for the UNM, 2 - for the United Opposition, and 2 - for the oppositional Republican Party, which failed to conquer the 5-percent barrier under the proportional system.
The remaining deputy's seats were split among the Christian Democratic Movement - 8.66 percent of votes, and the Labour Party - 7.44 percent. Each of them will get 6 seats in the parliament. The Republican Party has managed to win only 3.78 percent of votes.
Thus, according to the CEC, a total of 1,050,237 voters cast their votes for the UNM, while the United Opposition of Georgia was supported by 314,668 voters, the Labour Party - by 132,012 voters, the Christian Democratic Movement - by 153,634 voters, and the Republican Party - by 67,037 voters.
