Country Profile:

Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    2012
  • Presidential
    January 2013
Georgia

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Mikheil SAAKASHVILI
  • Head of Government: President Vladimer GURGENIDZE
  • Assembly: Georgia has a unicameral Parliament (Sakartvelos Parlamenti) with 150 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the Parliament (Sakartvelos Parlamenti), 75 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 5-year terms and 75 members are elected by majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.***

*** According to the constitution, the parliament will be unicameral until the restoration of territorial integrity.

Population:

  • Population: 4,630,841 (May 2008 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential - January 2013
  • Parliamentary - 2012

Past elections

Last Updated on 02/04/2010