The 2014 Georgian local elections ( ka, საქართველოს ადგილობრივი თვითმმართველობის ორგანოების არჩევნები) were held on 15 June and 12 July 2014 to elect the councils of local government, ''sakrebulo'', mayors of 12 self-governing cities, as well as the governors, ''gamgebeli'', of 59 municipalities.

Background

The previous local election in Georgia was held in May 2010 and resulted in the overwhelming victory of the United National Movement (UNM) party, chaired by then- President of Georgia

Mikheil Saakashvili Mikheil Saakashvili ( ka, მიხეილ სააკაშვილი ; uk, Міхеіл Саакашвілі ; born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist.

. The 2014 election was held in a changed political climate as the UNM lost its position of a ruling party to

Bidzina Ivanishvili Bidzina Ivanishvili ( ka, ბიძინა ივანიშვილი, also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili ; born 18 February 1956) is a Georgian politician, billionaire businessman and philanthropist, who served as Prime Minist ...

-led

Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia ( ka, ქართული ოცნება – დემოკრატიული საქართველო, ''Kartuli ocneba – Demok’rat’iuli Sakartvelo'') is a social democratic political ...

coalition in the parliamentary election of 2012 and Saakashvili's second and final presidential term expired in 2013. After the Georgian Dream's accession to power, the bodies of local government became political battlegrounds and many members of the local councils abandoned the UNM. Both the UNM leadership and political analysts saw the local elections of 2014 as a chance for the UNM to stage a political comeback.

2014 Tbilisi mayoral election

The first round of the 2014 Tbilisi mayoral election was held on 15 June 2014. The candidate of the

coalition, Davit Narmania, received 46.09%,

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of the United National Movement received 27.97%, Dimitri Lortkipanidze of the Nino Burjanadze - United Opposition coalition received 12.81%, and

Irma Inashvili Irma Inashvili (born 6 July 1970) is a Georgian politician and journalist. She has been a member of the Parliament of Georgia since November 2016, representing the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia. She is the current deputy chairperson of the Parl ...

of the Alliance of Patriots Georgia received 5.37%.Local Elections: GD leads but run-off votes will be held
''Georgia Today''. 21 June 2014. Accessed 21 June 2014.Local Elections Boost Alliance of Patriots' Ambitions for Parliamentary Polls
Civil Georgia. 21 June 2014. Accessed 21 June 2014 This was the first Georgian mayoral election in which a second round had to be held, as no candidate received more than 50% of the vote and a runoff was held on July 12, in which Narmania won with 72.47% of the vote.

Results

2014 Tbilisi, Plakaty wyborcze partii Gruzińskie Marzenie

In the Tbilisi city council elections the Georgian Dream coalition received 46.01%, the United National Movement received 26.11%, the Nino Burjanadze - United Opposition coalition received 10.35%, and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia received 6.35%. No other party crossed the 4% electoral threshold. Nationally, Georgian Dream received 51%, United National Movement received 22%, the Nino Burjanadze - United Opposition coalition received 10%, and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia received 4.7%. * denotes a self-governing city. * denotes a joint turnout statistic of the respective city and municipality.

References

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Background

2014 Tbilisi mayoral election

Results

See also

References