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2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Who’s who in Georgia’s parliamentary elections?

by Shota Kincha

•13 min read

Georgians will go to the polls on 26 October in crucial parliamentary elections. Unlike in previous years, this election will be held under a fully proportional system. This means parties will be allocated a percentage of parliament’s 150 seats based entirely on the percentage of votes they receive nationwide, doing away with elections for individual MPs in single-seat constituencies. However, despite calls from many smaller parties, and despite previously promising the opposite, the ruling

Former Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili announcing that he was joining Strong Georgia. Screengrab via social media.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Former President Giorgi Margvelashvili joins the Strong Georgia alliance

by OC Media

•1 min read

The Lelo-led Strong Georgia alliance has announced that former Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili joined their coalition. Lelo chair Mamuka Khazaradze announced that Margvelashvili joined their alliance at a pre-election event in Gori on Wednesday evening. Margvelashvili was first reported to have been in talks to join Strong Georgia earlier in September, after Lelo’s secretary general, Irakli Kupradze, published a photo with the ex-president on Facebook. ‘There is only victory ahead

Lelo chair Mamuka Khazaradze (left) and For Georgia chair Giorgi Gakharia (right).

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Two major opposition groups fail to unite ahead of Georgian elections

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

Five weeks before Georgia’s parliamentary elections, the For Georgia party, led by former Georgian Dream member and ex-Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, announced that negotiations to join the Strong Georgia alliance had failed. On 19 September, the opposition For Georgia party reported that the three-day long negotiations to create a unified bloc with the Strong Georgia alliance had faltered. The announcement followed what appeared to be difficult negotiations between For Georgia’s chair, Gi

Left to right: Mamuka Khazaradze, Aleko Elisashvili, Levan Tsutskiridze, and Anna Dolidze. Image: Lelo.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Aleko Elisashvili joins Lelo-led Strong Georgia alliance

by OC Media

•2 min read

Aleko Elisashvili’s Citizens party has joined the Lelo-led Strong Georgia alliance two months ahead of October’s parliamentary elections. Elisashvili announced that he would join the opposition alliance on Monday, after stating he was in ‘very active’ negotiations with Strong Georgia in late July. The Alliance, formed in mid-July, consists of Mamuka Khazaradze’s Lelo, Anna Dolidze’s For the People, and Levan Tsutskiridze’s recently established Freedom Square. Strong Georgia, much like Kha

Aleko Elisashvili and Mamuka Khazaradze. Photo via Facebook of Mamuka Khazaradze.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Aleko Elisashvili’s Citizens Party ‘in negotiations’ with growing Georgian opposition alliance

by OC Media

•2 min read

The Georgian opposition party, Citizens, led by MP Aleko Elisashvili, is in ‘active negotiations’ to join an opposition alliance of Lelo, For the People, and Freedom Square. A spokesperson for Citizens told OC Media that the negotiations were ‘very active’. ‘We don’t have any illusions that small parties, including Citizens, can overcome the 5% barrier on their own’. ‘We see a solution in unity and we think that enlargement is necessary for Georgia to continue its European integration an

From left: Mamuka Khazaradze, Anna Dolidze, Levan Tsutskiridze. Image via Freedom Square/Facebook.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Three Georgian opposition parties to unite ahead of elections

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

Three Georgian opposition groups — Lelo, Anna Dolidze’s For the People party, and the newly established Freedom Square — have announced they will unite ahead of October’s parliamentary elections. The three groups announced their coalition on Wednesday. Lelo, established by TBC Bank Group founder Mamuka Khazaradze in 2019, has been attempting to position itself as a new political centre for voters and parties dissatisfied with both the ruling Georgian Dream party and the formerly ruling Unite

Nika Gvaramia, Elene Khoshtaria, Zurab Japaridze, and Nika Melia. Composite image: Tamar Shvelidze/OC Media.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Three Georgian opposition parties unite ahead of election

by OC Media

•3 min read

Three Georgian opposition parties — Ahali, Droa, and Girchi — More Freedom, have announced that they will run a joint list for October’s parliamentary elections. The party’s leaders made the announcement at a briefing on Tuesday, adding that they would campaign together. The new grouping will be listed in the 26 October parliamentary elections under the number 4. Gvaramia set out three principles behind the grouping: Georgia’s membership of Western society, non-cooperation with the ‘regime’