Country: Georgia Official Name: Georgia Election Type: Parliamentary Date: May 21, 2008 Source for election date

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 4-year terms and 75 members are elected by majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-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 11/29/2010

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