Rustavi Municipal Assembly (

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: რუსთავის საკრებულო) is a representative body in the city of

Rustavi Rustavi ( ka, რუსთავი ) is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and southeast of capital Tbilisi. It has a population of 130,100 (2021), making it the fourth most populous city in Georgia. Its economy is ...

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. currently consisting of 35 members; of these, 28 are proportional representatives and 7 are elected through single-member districts, representing their constituencies. It was established in the early 1990s, after Georgia's independence. The council is assembled into session regularly, to consider subject matters such as code changes,

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, oversight of city government and more. Rustavi sakrebulo is elected every four years. Currently, the city council has 5 committees. The last election was held in October 2021.

Powers

In accordance with the Code of Local Self-Government of the Organic Law of Georgia, the Sakrebulo exercises its powers to define the administrative-territorial organization of the municipality and its identity, organizational activities, determination of the personnel policy of the municipality, regulation and control of the activities of executive bodies; In the fields of municipal property management, social, amenities and household utilities, land use and natural resources use, municipal territory planning, transport and road economy, accounting, support for innovative development and informatization. The authority of the Sakrebulo in the field of administrative-territorial organization of the municipality and defining its identity includes: * Creation and abolition of administrative units in the municipality, change of their borders * Establishment of local self-government symbols - coat of arms, flag, and other symbols and make changes in them * establish the rules for the introduction of honorary titles and awards of the self-governing unit and their award * names of geographical objects, Establishing the rule of the numbering of buildings in the settlements * Deciding on creating, joining, or leaving a non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity together with other self-governing units. * approval of the socio-economic development strategy of the self-governing unit * approval of measures and programs to be taken to attract investments and support innovative development in the territory of the municipality

Composition

The members of the Sakrebulo are selected through a mixed electoral system. Of the 35 seats, 7 are filled through direct elections in local districts of the city. The remaining 28 members are chosen by political parties and are apportioned according to their support citywide. October 2021 counsel had 16 members from the

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

, 16 from the United National Movement and 3 from

For Georgia For Georgia ( ka, საქართველოსთვის}, ''Sakartvelostvis'') is a political party in Georgia founded by former Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia. The presentation of the party was held on May 29, 2021. History Gi ...

. Rustavi was one of only seven municipalities where the ruling GD party failed to secure a majority in the city council. The opposition party UNM became the largest party in Rustavi, but was two seat short of an absolute majority. After several attempts, the opposition parties UNM and For Georgia agreed to a chairman of the Sakrebulo.

City Assembly 2017-2021

Election results

The most recent city council election was held on October 2, 2021, and the results were as follows:

Previous election results

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, 18,004 , 47.89 , 18 , - , bgcolor= #e4012e, , align=left, United National Movement , 7,956 , 21.16 , 3 , - , bgcolor= #003876, , align=left,

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, 4,668 , 12.42 , 2 , - , bgcolor= #e7b031, , align=left, Alliance of Patriots , 2,783 , 7.40 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Labour Party , 1,896 , 5.04 , 1 , - , colspan=5 bgcolor=lightgrey, , - , bgcolor= #004a99, , align=left, Democratic Movement , 739 , 1.97 , 0 , - , bgcolor= #ff0000, , align=left, Strategy Aghmashenebeli , 549 , 1.46 , 0 , - , style="background:#F6741E" , , align=left, Republican Party , 252 , 0.67 , align= 0 , - ! colspan=1, Total ! ! ! 100.0 ! 25 , - , colspan=5, Source

;2014 ;2010 ;2006

Explanatory notes

References

{{City Assemblies of Georgia City assemblies in Georgia (country) Rustavi