08:45
2.10.2012
Fourteen more districts to go...
59/73 Majoritarian districts counted: 29 UNM - 30 GD
— Zoe Reyners (@ZoeReyners) October 2, 2012
08:58
2.10.2012
Georgia's Central Election Commission says early results from Monday's parliamentary election indicate opponents of President Mikheil Saakashvili are leading.
The CEC said that with ballots from more than 20 percent of polling stations counted, the opposition Georgian Dream coalition led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili was leading in the vote for party lists.
The CEC said Georgian Dream had 54 percent of the vote, while the ruling United National Movement received 41 percent.
Seventy seven of the 150 members of parliament are being elected based on party lists. The remaining 73 members are being elected directly in voting districts.
Via RFE/RL
09:02
2.10.2012
Kanal PIK has a useful live blog on majoritarian contests:
12:48 With over 91 percent of ballots counted in Signaghi precincts, the race between the United National Movement and the Georgian Dream candidates is very close, with 47.48 percent for Gela Gelashvili from the opposition and 48.34 percent for Levan Bezhashvili from the UNM.
09:29
2.10.2012
Latest from Georgia: Majoritarian (21.82% complete) GD: 52.88%, UNM 40.71%, CDM: 2.34% #gvote
— Klára Bažantová (@zositka) October 2, 2012
09:46
2.10.2012
#Georgia's only internationally traded stock, Bank of Georgia has plunged 5.24% in London on election news goo.gl/Zmpnl #gvote
— Nicholas Clayton (@ClaytonNicholas) October 2, 2012
09:58
2.10.2012
A lot of outside analysis rolling in. Here is Daniel Larison on why Georgian Dream's success is not a vistory for Moscow.
Via "The American Conservative" -
Via "The American Conservative" -
Georgian Dream’s apparent success is not a blow to Georgia’s “rose” revolution. If anything, it represents the partial realization of some aspirations of many of Saakashvili’s earlier supporters. It would have been a great embarrassment for Georgia if the ruling party had won an easy victory after the revelations of the abuses in Georgia’s prison system, to say nothing of all of the other abuses of power by the ruling party. This outcome is not a loss for the U.S. or the West. To the extent that it creates an opening for reduced tensions between Russia and Georgia, this outcome is a benefit to both countries and the region as a whole.
10:11
2.10.2012
Saakashvili just conceded the election live on Georgian TV. #gvote
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) October 2, 2012
10:20
2.10.2012
Saakashvili: We think that Georgian Dream's views are wrong but democracy works this way. UNM moves to opposition. #gvote #tbilisi #georgia
— Mirian Jugheli (@MirianJugheli) October 2, 2012
10:30
2.10.2012
Live webstream will begin soon - 14:30 #Tbilisi time. #OSCE will present preliminary post-election statement #gvote osce.org/odihr/94529
— Tamar Gurchiani (@gurchiani) October 2, 2012
10:37
2.10.2012
Saakashvili and UNM moving to opposition, confirming his party lost youtube.com/watch?v=0WGwhL… #gvote #tbilisi
— Diana Chachua (@DianaChachua) October 2, 2012