12:47
27.10.2013
Statements from the main contenders in English, via Reuters (will update with video as it becomes available).
Margvelashvili: "I voted for the future prosperity of this country, for the future of our nation and for a better tomorrow."
Bakradze: "I voted for a better future of this country; I voted for Georgia's European choice. I voted for a government which is [supervised] and which works for the people, and I voted for a united Georgia which is strong, which is European and which is Democratic."
Burjanadze: "All preliminary results, real results -- not manipulated, not [falsified] results -- prove that there should be a runoff, and there is no chance for Mr. Margvelashvili to win in the first round. So, I'm not afraid to participate in the runoff because I'm absolutely sure that in free and fair elections, I will win in the first round or in the second round."
Margvelashvili: "I voted for the future prosperity of this country, for the future of our nation and for a better tomorrow."
Bakradze: "I voted for a better future of this country; I voted for Georgia's European choice. I voted for a government which is [supervised] and which works for the people, and I voted for a united Georgia which is strong, which is European and which is Democratic."
Burjanadze: "All preliminary results, real results -- not manipulated, not [falsified] results -- prove that there should be a runoff, and there is no chance for Mr. Margvelashvili to win in the first round. So, I'm not afraid to participate in the runoff because I'm absolutely sure that in free and fair elections, I will win in the first round or in the second round."
13:09
27.10.2013
As of 3PM local time, 32 percent of eligible voters had cast a vote, according to the Central Election Commission. A sharp drop from last year, when 45 percent had voted by this time.
13:41
27.10.2013
Our Georgian Service spoke with some Georgians crossing from the breakaway territory of Abhkazia into Georgia proper. They said there were not planning on voting today.
14:26
27.10.2013
The Central Election Commission reports turnout at 5PM local time was 39 percent. It was 53 percent at the same time last year.
14:31
27.10.2013
14:58
27.10.2013
Three men in a car with South Ossetian license plates shouted insults and threatened a Georgian reporter for Maeastro TV, who was reporting live from the border fence with the breakaway region of South Ossetia. One man got out of the car and threatened to shoot the cameraman if he pointed his camera at him.
15:16
27.10.2013
The leading candidates voting today (comments to media in English).
15:28
27.10.2013
From Transparency International observers. It's official -- a Soviet passport does not suffice as identification in Georgia.
15:42
27.10.2013
16:01
27.10.2013
Polls are closed. Exit polls coming shortly.