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Georgia's ruling party leads in parliamentary election

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-10-28 01:09

Giorgi Gakharia, chairman of the opposition political party "For Georgia", speaks to the media at a polling station after voting in parliamentary elections in Tbilisi, Georgia October 26, 2024. [Photo/Agencies]

TBILISI -- The ruling Georgian Dream party leads with 52.99 percent of the vote in Georgia's parliamentary election, the Central Election Commission announced on Saturday.

Giorgi Kalandarishvili, chairman of the commission, said that based on the early data obtained from 2,206 polls, Georgian Dream gained 935,004 votes.

Among the opposition parties, the Coalition for Change led with 11.2 percent of the vote, followed by the United National Movement with 9.8 percent, Strong Georgia with 9.0 percent, and Gakharia for Georgia with 8.2 percent.

The chairman also noted that the elections were held in a peaceful and free atmosphere.

"For the first time, we used special voter verification equipment and can confidently say that the elections were held successfully," Kalandarishvili said.

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