2014 Georgian local elections

2014 Georgian local elections

15 June 2014 (first round) 12 July 2014 (second round)
Turnout	43.31% (first round) 35.99% (second round)
Party Georgian Dream UNM United Opposition Popular vote 719,431 317,395 144,691 Percentage 50.82% 22.42% 10.22%   Party APG Labour Party EPO Popular vote 66,805 48,862 31,725 Percentage 4.72% 3.45% 2.24%

The 2014 Georgian local elections (Georgian: საქართველოს ადგილობრივი თვითმმართველობის ორგანოების არჩევნები) were held on 15 June and 12 July 2014 to elect the councils of local government, sakrebulo, mayors of 12 self-governing cities, as well as the governors, gamgebeli, of 59 municipalities.

Background

The previous local election in Georgia was held in May 2010 and resulted in the overwhelming victory of the United National Movement (UNM) party, chaired by then-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. The 2014 election was held in a changed political climate as the UNM lost its position of a ruling party to Bidzina Ivanishvili-led Georgian Dream coalition in the parliamentary election of 2012 and Saakashvili's second and final presidential term expired in 2013. After the Georgian Dream's accession to power, the bodies of local government became political battlegrounds and many members of the local councils abandoned the UNM.[1] Both the UNM leadership and political analysts saw the local elections of 2014 as a chance for the UNM to stage a political comeback.[2][3]

2014 Tbilisi mayoral election

2014 Tbilisi mayoral election

15 June 2014 (first round) 12 July 2014 (second round)
Turnout	37.34% (first round) 34.35% (second round)
Nominee Davit Narmania Nika Melia Party Georgian Dream UNM Popular vote 222,066 84,350 Percentage 72.47% 27.53%

The first round of the 2014 Tbilisi mayoral election was held on 15 June 2014. The candidate of the Georgian Dream coalition, Davit Narmania, received 46.09%, Nika Melia of the United National Movement received 27.97%, Dimitri Lortkipanidze of the Nino Burjanadze - United Opposition coalition received 12.81%, and Irma Inashvili of the Alliance of Patriots Georgia received 5.37%.[4][5][6]

This was the first Georgian mayoral election in which a second round had to be held, as no candidate received more than 50% of the vote and a runoff was held on July 12, in which Narmania won with 72.47% of the vote.[7]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Davit Narmania	Georgian Dream	151,807	46.09	222,066	72.47
	Nika Melia	United National Movement	92,125	27.97	84,350	27.53
	Dimitri Lortkipanidze	United Opposition	42,208	12.81
	Irma Inashvili	Alliance of Patriots	17,684	5.37
	Asmat Tkabladze	Labour Party	8,091	2.46
	Kakha Kukava	Extra-parliamentary Opposition	7,642	2.32
	Giorgi Gachechiladze	Green Party	3,734	1.13
	Teimuraz Murvanidze	The Way of Georgia	1,640	0.50
	Irakli Glonti	Reformers	1,169	0.35
	Sergo Javakhidze	Self-government to the People!	1,140	0.35
	Mikheil Saluashvili	In the Name of God - God is Our Truth	1,062	0.32
	Giorgi Liluashvili	Merab Kostava Society	359	0.11
	Roin Liparteliani	Workers' Council of Georgia	358	0.11
	Giorgi Lagidze	Future Georgia	351	0.11
Total			329,370	100.00	306,416	100.00
Valid votes			329,370	96.55	306,416	96.66
Invalid/blank votes			11,771	3.45	10,590	3.34
Total votes			341,141	100.00	317,006	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			918,667	37.13	920,020	34.46
Source: CEC, CEC

Results

Election posters of the Georgian Dream and Davit Narmania

In the Tbilisi city council elections the Georgian Dream coalition received 46.01%, the United National Movement received 26.11%, the Nino Burjanadze - United Opposition coalition received 10.35%, and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia received 6.35%. No other party crossed the 4% electoral threshold.[8]

Nationally, Georgian Dream received 51%, United National Movement received 22%, the Nino Burjanadze - United Opposition coalition received 10%, and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia received 4.7%.[5][6]

Municipality	Turnout	GD	UNM	UO	APG	GLP	EPO	TWG	GP	Others	Lead
Tbilisi^*	37.34	46.01	26.11	10.35	6.35	3.43	2.00	1.17		4.58	19.90
Sagarejo	41.55	54.29	21.00	6.80	6.35	3.99	3.19	0.85		3.53	33.29
Gurjaani	46.94	53.76	23.28	12.57		4.98	1.33	1.16		2.92	30.48
Sighnaghi	48.27	63.54	15.88	8.77	2.96	2.74	0.69	0.31		5.11	47.66
Dedoplistskaro	51.65	84.45	9.51	2.90		2.12	0.75			0.27	74.94
Lagodekhi	47.55	52.83	15.16	24.03	2.82	3.11	0.61			1.44	28.80
Kvareli	54.27	42.52	24.34	10.30	7.05	5.72	2.47	1.04		6.56	18.18
Telavi (City)^*	43.09^†	41.14	21.84	14.32	4.46	5.29	5.97			6.98	19.30
Telavi (Mun.)	43.09^†	46.86	24.54	19.66	1.73	4.95	1.10	0.59		0.57	22.32
Akhmeta	48.25	46.52	22.87	20.87		5.33	2.62	0.55		1.24	23.65
Tianeti	59.81	49.08	5.34	25.32	4.09	5.79	1.58			8.80	23.76
Rustavi^*	36.24	40.74	27.61	7.20	5.03	5.46	2.10	1.20		10.66	13.13
Gardabani	36.37	58.94	24.11			5.67	1.87	0.95		8.46	34.83
Marneuli	33.96	52.42	28.87	10.28	1.81	0.44	0.52			5.66	23.55
Bolnisi	38.03	63.34	12.56	13.22	3.56	1.69	0.38	0.41		4.84	50.12
Dmanisi	51.07	71.16	15.33	7.91		2.43	1.04			2.13	55.83
Tsalka	43.72	59.00	10.58	20.88	3.00	0.44	1.77			4.33	38.12
Tetritskaro	48.46	56.55	26.62	9.71		3.47	0.83			2.82	29.93
Mtskheta (City)^*	45.97^†	38.87	4.58	20.67	9.63	7.24	0.68			18.33	18.20
Mtskheta (Mun.)	45.97^†	52.02	13.35	6.61	9.41	10.34	1.09			7.18	38.67
Dusheti	46.84	50.12	9.45	10.49	13.08	12.33	1.40	0.76		2.37	37.04
Kazbegi	52.59	45.43	3.34	17.60	12.33	5.26	1.12			14.92	27.83
Kaspi	43.19	58.94	12.81	11.17	7.22	5.60	1.43			2.83	46.13
Gori (City)^*	40.48^†	36.08	15.47	7.74	3.46	4.35	1.88	1.06	28.23	1.73	7.85
Gori (Mun.)	40.48^†	43.08	15.41	8.63	0.98	3.43	0.49	0.84	25.91	1.23	17.17
Kareli	48.76	57.00	15.86	8.55		5.07	1.49	11.99		0.04	41.14
Khashuri	36.80	44.77	18.43	8.54	6.55	8.76	2.76	0.89		9.30	26.34
Borjomi	45.77	48.26	11.24	14.12	12.74	8.10	0.56			4.98	34.14
Akhaltsikhe (City)^*	50.53^†	57.27	29.25	4.85	3.03	1.95	1.21	1.29		1.15	28.02
Akhaltsikhe (Mun.)	50.53^†	59.21	31.58	3.25	2.72	1.57	0.81			0.86	27.63
Adigeni	58.27	57.73	26.67	11.43		2.15	0.96			1.06	31.06
Aspindza	68.95	53.45	24.88	6.93	6.67	1.24	2.37			4.46	28.57
Akhalkalaki	48.81	51.28	7.67	5.08		0.37	29.57			6.03	21.71
Ninotsminda	51.56	68.83	10.14	1.43		0.40	3.27			15.93	58.69
Oni	60.46	49.53	14.31	18.43	6.73	1.25	2.55	1.80		5.40	31.10
Ambrolauri (City)^*	62.07^†	65.00	11.84	10.66		4.70	5.15			2.65	53.16
Ambrolauri (Mun.)	62.07^†	61.87	15.03	11.74		4.01	2.93			4.42	46.84
Tsageri	59.71	55.11	21.28	11.33		4.37	2.64			5.27	33.83
Lentekhi	63.03	60.45	6.43	7.34		2.00	5.11			18.67	53.11
Mestia	60.34	56.35	15.01	11.28	3.60	1.50	1.66	4.42		6.18	41.34
Kharagauli	62.71	54.92	16.84	5.52	3.65	1.58	9.07	3.32		5.10	38.08
Terjola	59.25	50.02	34.09	10.74		1.81	0.96	1.30		1.08	15.93
Sachkhere	51.16	82.89	5.29	5.63	2.79	1.35	1.23			0.82	77.26
Zestaponi	43.74	51.83	20.48	12.59	1.68	4.05	4.29	2.29		2.79	31.35
Baghdati	56.07	48.26	29.79	10.21		4.72	1.40	4.31		1.31	18.47
Vani	58.93	52.57	16.38	26.90		1.81	0.60	1.05		0.69	25.67
Samtredia	45.54	56.43	24.62	9.09	1.36	2.01	0.68	0.25		5.56	31.81
Khoni	63.89	49.66	37.21	4.53	5.04	1.41	1.22			0.93	12.45
Chiatura	43.84	56.64	16.38	7.43	4.47	2.49	3.08	5.76		3.75	40.26
Tkibuli	50.64	41.23	25.12	23.07	5.45	1.91	2.75			0.47	16.11
Tskaltubo	43.46	49.82	31.48	9.50		5.31	1.34	1.30		1.25	18.34
Kutaisi^*	30.67	48.50	26.37	10.19	4.96	4.63	2.50	0.76		2.09	22.13
Ozurgeti (City)^*	53.94^†	43.37	11.81	13.11	15.13	4.66	2.70	6.56		2.66	28.24
Ozurgeti (Mun.)	53.94^†	58.63	16.75	8.15	9.82	3.44	1.60	0.44		1.17	41.88
Lanchkhuti	60.70	50.79	14.77	7.75	15.23	3.64	2.33			5.49	35.56
Chokhatauri	64.08	59.56	14.24	7.08	12.44	1.86	0.87			3.95	45.32
Abasha	63.07	43.97	29.30	8.11	2.50	2.48	2.95	4.71		5.98	14.67
Senaki	48.82	50.51	25.33	13.12		5.15	0.93	1.49		3.47	25.18
Martvili	64.88	45.49	21.28	21.87		1.60	5.09			4.67	23.62
Khobi	57.60	56.46	25.75	8.94		2.70	5.44	0.68		0.03	30.71
Zugdidi (City)^*	38.79^†	53.81	34.37	4.39		1.65	3.20	0.29		2.29	19.44
Zugdidi (Mun.)	38.79^†	51.59	40.48	3.12		1.15	2.18			1.48	11.11
Tsalenjikha	48.40	57.07	30.22	5.52		2.04	0.89			4.26	26.85
Chkhorotsqu	60.82	49.77	31.35	8.33	6.22	2.13	2.18			0.02	18.42
Poti^*	43.38	40.22	20.19	12.54	14.66	3.23	2.56	3.06		3.54	20.03
Batumi^*	36.57	42.46	18.73	8.82	9.85	2.74	1.24	5.22		10.94	23.73
Keda	65.10	54.39	22.29	17.26	3.01	1.26	0.98			0.81	32.10
Kobuleti	49.03	45.36	23.79	8.82	14.82	2.60	0.63	1.23		2.75	21.57
Shuakhevi	58.08	58.35	18.74	8.44	4.36	3.13	1.21			5.77	39.61
Khelvachauri	41.30	52.65	18.61	16.24	4.60	3.10	1.10	0.73		2.97	34.04
Khulo	59.05	58.10	18.72	8.69	8.09	1.61	1.57			3.22	39.38
Source: CEC CEC

• ^* denotes a self-governing city.
• ^† denotes a joint turnout statistic of the respective city and municipality.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)
• Local government in Georgia (country)
• Tbilisi City Assembly
• Kutaisi City Assembly
• Batumi City Assembly
• Poti City Assembly

References

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