20:52
1.10.2012
#Ivanishvili claims at least 100 seats in parliament civil.ge/eng/article.ph… #tbilisi #georgia #gvote
— Civil.ge (@CivilGe) October 1, 2012
20:57
1.10.2012
21:04
1.10.2012
So, the ticker is down and it looks like there will be a bit more of a delay with the vote results. After a couple hundred updates and a good 15 hours, this liveblog is now an archive. Thanks to everyone for reading and following.
07:08
2.10.2012
...and we are back!
07:08
2.10.2012
15 hours after polling stations closed, votes from 20.74% of precincts counted: GD - 54.31%; UNM - 40.59% #georgia #tbilisi #gvote
— Civil.ge (@CivilGe) October 2, 2012
07:24
2.10.2012
"So far the votes are still being counted, and we will need a few more hours to get a full picture. But based on exit polls we can already say the majority in the proportional party vote goes to the opposition, to the Georgian Dream coalition. But as regards the majoritarian vote in constituencies, the majority went to the United National Movement."
-- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili speaking late Monday (October 1) in a televised address from Tbilisi.
Via Reuters.
07:32
2.10.2012
Does this explain last night's delay by the CEC in releasing the official results?
CEC starts releasing results, says its website under DoS Attack civil.ge/eng/article.ph… #tbilisi #georgia #gvote
— Civil.ge (@CivilGe) October 2, 2012
07:33
2.10.2012
Via civil.ge early this morning...
Chairman of Central Election Commission, Zurab Kharatishvili, said elections in at least two out of total 53 precincts in Shida Kartli region’s town of Khashuri will be annulled amid reports of armed and masked man breaking into several polling stations and falsifying vote tallies.
Polls in 2 precincts in #Khashuri expected to be annulled civil.ge/eng/article.ph… #tbilisi #georgia #gvote
— Civil.ge (@CivilGe) October 2, 2012
07:43
2.10.2012
As we are all impatiently waiting for the official results, international election observers will hold a live press conference today at 14:30 Tbilisi time (+4 GMT)
Watch LIVE press conference by international election observers in #Georgia today 14.30 #Tbilisi time, #gvote #OSCE bit.ly/SXYSG2
— OSCE (@OSCE) October 2, 2012
07:57
2.10.2012
Via Kanal Pik
"...reporting from the majoritarian districts is under way, with some showing major leads by ruling party and opposition candidates with between 80 and 90 percent of the precinct votes counted."
UNM Appears to Win 4 Majoritarian Districts, GD Poised to Take 3: In districts where 80 to 90 percent of votes h... bit.ly/QzlEnP
— Kanal PIK English (@KanalPIK_en) October 2, 2012