ISFED: Male Voter Turnout Exceeds 100% at Some Polling Stations

As per the statement of the monitoring organization, in 62 polling stations where the male voter turnout from the registered list is between 80% and 100%, the average female voter turnout is 57%.

"Additionally, the turnout of male voters at some polling stations is equal to the theoretically excluded rate. Specifically, the data provided shows that the level of male voter activity at these stations exceeds 100%, meaning the number of declared male voters surpasses the total number of male voters registered in both the unified and special lists for those stations. Such illogical data, if accurate, indicate manipulation at the given election precincts," said Nino Dolidze, head of ISFED, during today’s briefing.

As a result of analyzing the data provided by the CEC, Fair Elections revealed the following:

• At 275 polling stations, the difference in male and female voter turnout from the single list exceeds 20 percentage points. Of these, in 243 stations, this deviation favors male voters, while in 32 stations, it favors female voters.
• Of the 275 precincts, in 67, the male voter turnout exceeds the female turnout by more than 30 percentage points, while in 12 precincts, the share of women declared in the elections is higher than that of men by the same margin.
• At 23 polling stations, the number of male voters announced exceeds the number of male voters registered in the unified list. In at least 6 of these stations, the male voter turnout exceeds 100%, even under the assumption that all voters registered in the special list at those stations were men.

For example, according to Fair Elections, in the 11th polling station of Borjomi, the number of male voters registered in the unified list was 514, with 8 additional voters on the special list. However, 599 male voters participated. In the 12th precinct of Kvareli, 140 male voters participated, although only 123 were registered in the unified list, with 4 on the special list.

Fair Elections revealed several "unexplained inconsistencies" in the data received from the CEC. In particular, based on the information published on the CEC website regarding voter activity in the October 26 elections, 961 751 women and 1 098 661 men, totaling 2 060 412 voters, were registered for the parliamentary elections nationwide. However, an analysis of the data by polling stations showed that the number of female voters participating in the elections had increased in most constituencies, inversely proportional to the number of male voters, compared to the data published on the website.

"According to this data, the number of declared female voters was 1 053 662, and the number of male voters was 1 009 686 (a total of 2 063 348 voters). Overall, there was an increase in the number of female voters by 91 911 and a decrease in the number of male voters by 88 975."

In some instances, specifically in 10 election constituencies, inconsistencies were also found in the total number of voters participating in the elections.

The highest absenteeism was detected in the N22 Marneuli electoral district, where, according to the CEC's October 26 information, 41,766 voters were registered, while the latest data shows that 43 858 voters were registered.

It is worth noting that after Fair Elections requested detailed information from polling stations, the primary data on voter activity was removed from the CEC website, and updated activity indicators were uploaded on the same link. These updated data match the provided district-level figures, although in 15 districts, the gender composition of voters has been altered. ISFED claims that these discrepancies raise questions about the election administration.

Fair Elections also requested information about special voter lists from the CEC. The organization plans to publish the updated and final results later.

The Central Election Commission has yet to provide an explanation regarding these findings from the monitoring organization.