2004 Georgian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 28 March 2004.^[1] They followed the partial annulment of the November 2003 parliamentary elections, which were widely believed to have been rigged by the former President Eduard Shevardnadze. New elections for the 150 seats elected by proportional representation were ordered following the resignation of Shevardnadze and the election of new president Mikhail Saakashvili in January 2004. The results of the 75 seats elected in single-member constituencies in 2003 were not annulled.

The elections were won by the National Movement–Democrats, which won 135 of the 150 proportional seats, giving it control of 153 of the 235 seats.^[2]

Conduct

A preliminary report by observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) praised the conduct of the elections.

"The 28 March 2004 repeat parliamentary election in Georgia demonstrated commendable progress in relation to previous elections. The Georgian authorities have seized the opportunity, since the 4 January presidential election, to further bring Georgia's election process in closer alignment with European standards for democratic elections, including OSCE commitments and Council of Europe standards," the report said.

"However, in the wake of the events of November 2003, the political life of Georgia, as reflected in the election process, is not yet fully normalized. The consolidation of the democratic election process will only be fully tested in a more competitive environment, once a genuine level of political pluralism is re-established."

In an attempt to produce an election result acceptable to both domestic and international opinion, the Georgian government allowed the votes to be counted simultaneously by the CEC and by a non-government organisation, the International Society for Fair Elections and Society (ISFED). This was called the parallel vote tabulation (PVT). Figures released by ISFED on 31 March showed results almost identical to those released by the CEC.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Elected	Constituency	Total
	National Movement–Democrats	992,275	67.75	135	18	153
	Rightist Opposition (Rightists–Industrialists)	113,313	7.74	15	8	23
	Georgian Labour Party	89,981	6.14	0	4	4
	Tavisupleba	65,809	4.49	0	0	0
	Democratic Union for Revival	57,829	3.95	0	6	6
	National Democratic Alliance	38,247	2.61	0	0	0
	Jumber Patiashvili – Unity	37,054	2.53	0	0	0
	Socialist Party of Georgia	7,229	0.49	0	0	0
	Nationalists	4,039	0.28	0	0	0
	People's Front	2,184	0.15	0	0	0
	Party of Democratic Truth	2,062	0.14	0	0	0
	National Revival Bloc	1,759	0.12	0	0	0
	National-State Political Union of Georgia "Mdzleveli"	737	0.05	0	0	0
	Samshoblo Bloc	520	0.04	0	0	0
	Party of National Ideology	477	0.03	0	0	0
	Georgian Peoples' Alliance	349	0.02	0	0	0
	For a New Georgia (SMK)			–	19	19
	Independents			–	20	20
Abkhazian representatives				–	10	10
Votes for parties that withdrew		50,819	3.47	–	–	–
Total		1,464,683	100.00	150	85	235

Valid votes		1,464,683	97.78
Invalid/blank votes		33,329	2.22
Total votes		1,498,012	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,343,087	63.93
Source: CESKO, Civil

Results by territory

Territory^[a]	UNM	RO	GLP	FM	DUR	Others	Lead
Mtatsminda	61.60	10.52	7.35	7.74	2.04	10.75	51.08
Vake	59.61	9.72	9.18	8.69	1.40	10.75	49.89
Saburtalo	60.11	9.27	10.22	8.10	1.70	11.40	49.89
Krtsanisi	65.56	9.16	9.80	4.68	2.03	10.60	55.76
Isani	65.85	7.29	10.17	3.84	2.49	8.77	55.68
Samgori	65.87	7.54	11.17	4.01	2.25	10.36	54.70
Chughureti	60.37	10.25	13.05	5.25	1.62	9.16	47.32
Didube	60.94	8.64	10.67	7.46	2.08	9.46	50.27
Nadzaladevi	63.67	6.77	11.60	5.00	1.94	10.21	52.07
Gldani	61.28	7.42	14.02	6.11	1.98	11.02	47.26
Sagarejo	82.18	5.94	4.63	0.35	1.14	9.19	76.24
Gurjaani	78.70	7.16	4.78	0.98	1.00	9.19	71.54
Sighnaghi	78.93	9.52	3.86	1.19	0.99	5.76	69.41
Dedoplistskaro	69.54	11.00	10.03	0.55	1.60	7.38	58.54
Lagodekhi	79.28	6.96	5.49	0.37	0.54	5.51	72.32
Kvareli	79.53	9.94	4.19	0.44	1.78	7.28	69.59
Telavi	82.72	6.60	4.05	1.69	0.41	7.36	76.12
Akhmeta	77.50	9.06	8.15	0.57	0.73	4.12	68.44
Tianeti	63.76	8.63	13.22	2.96	1.00	4.53	50.54
Rustavi	68.74	6.04	6.14	5.62	0.37	3.99	62.60
Gardabani	74.47	7.85	7.75	1.06	0.50	10.43	66.62
Marneuli	83.74	5.63	3.44	0.43	0.12	10.43	78.11
Bolnisi	76.90	7.81	2.96	3.64	0.34	13.09	69.09
Dmanisi	80.77	8.09	6.77	0.12	2.75	8.37	72.68
Tsalka	86.75	5.12	1.61	0.24	0.51	6.64	81.63
Tetritskaro	74.37	6.16	9.20	1.39	0.57	8.35	65.17
Mtskheta	71.81	11.11	11.05	1.26	0.44	1.50	60.70
Dusheti	34.26	5.37	54.20	2.42	0.96	5.77	19.94
Kazbegi	63.53	17.05	10.75	4.23	3.52	8.31	46.48
Kaspi	75.72	9.56	6.61	2.14	0.78	4.33	66.16
Akhalgori	75.52	10.73	8.45	0.57	3.10	2.79	64.79
Gori	85.67	5.52	3.92	0.76	0.42	2.79	80.15
Kareli	81.18	8.59	3.84	1.53	0.43	0.92	72.59
Khashuri	75.80	7.71	6.73	2.28	1.14	5.19	68.09
Borjomi	83.46	4.70	4.67	2.16	0.59	1.63	78.76
Akhaltsikhe	78.39	8.99	6.49	0.92	1.16	3.71	69.40
Adigeni	83.17	6.62	4.42	1.70	1.85	4.43	76.55
Aspindza	71.57	13.80	5.35	1.64	1.55	6.34	57.77
Akhalkalaki	80.31	7.74	0.53	1.64	0.48	4.42	72.57
Ninotsminda	89.70	0.61	0.44	4.00	0.12	4.05	85.70
Oni	64.72	17.63	4.99	5.98	1.04	2.24	47.09
Ambrolauri	64.09	14.87	4.00	7.00	3.32	2.24	49.22
Tsageri	66.57	16.64	5.82	1.46	1.18	6.09	49.93
Lentekhi	79.13	8.92	6.62	3.77	1.03	9.30	70.21
Mestia	62.46	12.49	2.41	4.87	1.86	5.13	49.97
Kharagauli	71.54	13.16	3.65	2.77	0.53	5.64	58.38
Terjola	76.86	8.97	5.63	3.98	0.82	6.72	67.89
Sachkhere	75.15	11.38	5.50	1.79	0.47	8.33	63.77
Zestafoni	77.82	7.53	4.89	4.96	0.73	0.53	70.29
Baghdati	74.70	8.53	3.55	2.96	2.67	15.91	66.17
Vani	80.55	6.92	3.50	3.65	0.97	8.35	73.63
Samtredia	76.40	11.34	3.90	2.24	1.12	8.35	65.06
Khoni	73.20	17.93	2.43	3.50	0.31	3.74	55.27
Chiatura	61.91	11.64	6.78	3.38	3.24	5.71	50.27
Tkibuli	74.00	14.23	6.88	0.77	0.76	4.07	59.77
Tskaltubo	74.17	11.01	4.81	3.02	1.54	7.59	63.16
Kutaisi	67.61	10.81	6.20	5.96	2.03	4.41	56.80
Ozurgeti	67.20	11.91	4.04	3.86	3.04	5.00	55.29
Lanchkhuti	67.28	12.04	4.44	1.72	3.56	2.63	55.24
Chokhatauri	71.48	12.54	3.21	7.27	0.38	13.05	58.94
Abasha	64.78	8.19	5.13	13.56	1.21	3.36	51.22
Senaki	66.62	6.98	6.94	12.70	1.02	3.36	53.92
Martvili	62.54	10.62	11.24	12.83	0.69	5.45	49.71
Khobi	67.19	4.54	2.84	19.97	1.00	7.39	47.22
Zugdidi	66.69	3.70	2.73	15.35	0.39	9.95	51.34
Tsalenjikha	76.28	2.16	1.89	14.26	0.25	10.96	62.02
Chkhorotsqu	73.51	3.70	1.68	17.19	0.06	5.12	56.32
Poti	75.55	4.51	2.70	11.12	1.02	7.13	64.43
Batumi	55.46	3.05	1.40	0.68	37.22	5.74	18.24
Keda	39.28	3.81	0.66	0.03	55.50	2.08	16.22
Kobuleti	34.00	2.12	1.58	0.19	60.94	4.46	26.94
Shuakhevi	38.10	1.06	0.59	0.04	54.51	4.46	16.41
Khelvachauri	43.30	2.13	2.53	0.15	50.08	11.14	6.78
Khulo	16.81	0.78	0.38	0.03	81.57	5.16	64.76
Liakhvi^[b]	87.14	5.64	3.51	0.91	0.54	3.86	81.50
Source: Electoral Geography

Notes

^ Each territory refers to either a district of Tbilisi or a municipality, unless noted otherwise
^ Municipalities of Kurta [ka] and Eredvi [ka]

References

^ Georgia: Elections held in 2004 Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ Georgia’s New Parliament Endorsed by CEC Civil, 18 April 2004

[3] Each territory refers to either a district of Tbilisi or a municipality, unless noted otherwise

[4] Municipalities of Kurta [ka] and Eredvi [ka]

[1] Georgia: Elections held in 2004 Inter-Parliamentary Union

[2] Georgia’s New Parliament Endorsed by CEC Civil, 18 April 2004

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