Election Profile:

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  • Country: Georgia
  • Official Name: Georgia
  • Election Type: Parliamentary
  • Date: May 21, 2008
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At stake in this election:

  • 150 seats in the Parliament (Sakartvelos Parlamenti)

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.

Main parties in the electoral race:

  • Party: United National Movement*
    Leader: Mikheil SAAKASHVILI, Zurab MELIQISHVILI
    Seats won in this election: 119
    Seats won in last election: 135
  • Bloc: United Opposition-National Council-New Rights**
    Leader: Davit GAMKRELIDZE, Levan GACHEDILADZE
    Seats won in this election: 17
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Christian-Democratic Party
    Leader: Giorgi TARGAMADZE
    Seats won in this election: 6
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Labor Party
    Leader: Shalva NATELASHVILI
    Seats won in this election: 6
    Seats won in last election: 0
  • Party: Republican Party
    Leader: Davit USUPASHVILI
    Seats won in this election: 2
    Seats won in last election: 0
  • Bloc: Traditionalists Party - Our Georgia-Women's Party******
    Leader: Akaki ASATIANI, Guguli MAGRADZE
    Seats won in this election: 0
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Bloc: New Rights Alliance - Topadze Industrialists*******
    Leader: Zurab TKEMALADZE, Gogi TOPADZE
    Seats won in this election: 0
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Alliance: Christian-Democratic Alliance
    Leader: Giorgi KOBAKHIDZE, Giorgi MAISASHVILI
    Seats won in this election: 0
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Georgian Politics
    Leader: Gocha PIPIA
    Seats won in this election: 0
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: National Movement of Radical Democrats of Georgia
    Leader: Shalva KUPRASHVILI
    Seats won in this election: 0
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Union of Georgian Sportsment
    Leader: Valery GIOGOBIANI
    Seats won in this election: 0
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Our Country
    Leader: Tamaz GUGUNISHVILI
    Seats won in this election: 0
    Seats won in last election: N/A

* Alliance between United National Movement and Victorious Georgia parties.
** Nine-party opposition bloc: New Rights Party, Conservative Party, Georgia's Way, Freedom, On Our Own, Party of People, Movement for United Georgia, Georgian Troupe. National Forum. The opposition coalition originally formed in October 2007 as the United Public Movement.
****** Two-party bloc: Our Georgia and Women's Party
******* Three-party bloc: Industry Will Save Georgia, National Democratic Party, Ertoba (Unity)

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 4,630,841 (May 2008 est.)
  • Registered Voters: 3,465,736 (May 2008 )

Last Updated on 05/06/2008