At stake in this election:

• 150 seats in the Supreme Council (Umaghiesi Sabcho)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Mikhail SAAKASHVILI
• Head of Government: President Mikhail SAAKASHVILI
• Assembly: Georgia has a unicameral Supreme Council (Umaghiesi Sabcho) with 235 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Supreme Council (Umaghiesi Sabcho) 235 members are elected by popular vote to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Of the 235 members, 75 members are elected in single member constituencies, 10 members represent displaced persons from the separatist region of Abkhazia, and 150 are elected by a proportional representation party-list system.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: National Movement
• Rightist Opposition

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 4,245,000 (2004)
• Registered Voters: 2,343,087 ( 2003 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,242,646 (2004)

·         Is Georgia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Georgia ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (26 October 1994)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 22 (following the 2004 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 76 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Georgia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (10 July 2009)

·         Has Georgia ratified CRPD: Yes (13 March 2014)

·         Population with a disability: 637,750 (est.)