Vote Recalculation to Take Place at Several Polling Stations in Georgia

Results from the parliamentary elections held on October 26 will be rechecked at several polling stations across all districts in Georgia on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Central Election Commission.

As reported by sputnik-georgia.ru, the ruling party, "Georgian Dream," garnered 53.93% of the votes. All four opposition parties that managed to enter parliament, along with supporting NGOs and Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, have refused to recognize the results, claiming they are fraudulent.

The regional election commissions will recount the ballots at five polling stations from each district. The locations were determined randomly through a lottery system. The vote recount will begin today at 12:00 PM in the regions, and at 5:00 PM in the capital, Tbilisi.

According to the data from the Central Election Commission of Georgia, the ruling "Georgian Dream" party received 53.93% of the votes, while the opposition coalition "Coalition for Change" received 11.04%, the "United National Movement" gained 10.17%, "Strong Georgia" held 8.8%, and "Gakharia for Georgia" obtained 7.8%.

President Salome Zourabichvili, along with the Coalition for Change, the United National Movement, Gakharia for Georgia, and Strong Georgia, have rejected the election results, asserting that "Georgian Dream" has suppressed the will of the Georgian people, and the declared results do not reflect the public's true desire. They have announced their refusal to work in the new parliament.

Zourabichvili and opposition leaders have described the recent elections as a "Russian special operation" and a "KGB special action." According to a joint mission report from the OSCE ODIHR, OSCE PA, Euronest PA, NATO PA, and the European Parliament, while the electoral procedure in Georgia was well organized, there were recorded imbalances in party financing, pressures on civil servants, and numerous instances of voter intimidation.