When asked which party they would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held next Saturday, 25% of respondents said they would vote for the Georgian Dream, and 13% would vote for the United National Movement. Such are the results of the poll conducted by the International Republican Institute (IRI), which was published on November 15.
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- 25% - Georgian Dream
- 13% - United National Movement - Mikheil Saakashvili
- 4% - For Georgia - Giorgi Gakharia
- 3% - Strategy Aghmashenebeli - Giorgi Vashadze
- 1% - People’s power
- 2% - Lelo
- 3% - Girchi
- 2% - Girchi & Droa - Zurab Japaridze, Elene Khoshtaria
- 2% - Labor Party - Shalva Natelashvili
- 2% - Citizens - Aleko Elisashvili
- 2% - For the people - Ana Dolidze
- 1% - Patriots Alliance
- 1% - Conservative Movement - Alt-Info
- 1% - European Georgia - Giga Bokeria
- 1% - other
- 11% - spoiled ballot
- 6% - I would not vote
- 18% - don’t know
- 5% - refused
Within the survey, respondents were also asked which party they would not support under any circumstances. 40% name National Movement, 29% - Georgian Dream.
The research was conducted through face-to-face interviews in the period of September 14 - October 14, 2023, on behalf of the International Republican Institute Research Center. Research fieldwork was conducted by IPM. 1,200 respondents with electoral voting rights were surveyed. The margin of error is +/- 2.5%, the response rate is 73%. The research was made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development.
One of the conditions set by the European Commission for Georgia is to ensure adequate representation of voters long before the 2024 parliamentary elections day.
The ruling party Georgian Dream is not planning to lower the threshold for the 2024 parliamentary elections. Chairman of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili called the demand of the opposition political parties to lower the electoral threshold ‘‘begging’’.
‘‘Firstly, the threshold will not be lowered, second, we had a conversation with the representatives of the European Union on this matter, and third - a party that does not have a chance of gathering 90-100 thousand votes is not a party,’’ said Mamuka Mdinaradze, chairman of the Georgian Dream faction.
In an interview given to RFI (Radio France Internationale) on November 12, the President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, spoke about the need for Georgia to depart from one-party rule.
‘‘We have elections at the end of next year, where our prospect for the European future will be decided. It is very important that Europe not just gives us the status, not just throws it to us like a bone to the dog, but the status should be accompanied by European support and involvement, especially in the elections, in order for us to reach this new democratic stage, overcome a one-party rule, and establish a true coalition multiparty system,’’ said Salome Zourabichvili.
Parliamentary elections in Georgia will be held on October 26, 2024. According to the Constitution of Georgia, deputies will be elected only by a proportional system. Mandates of members of the Parliament will be distributed to those political parties that received at least 5 percent of total votes.
