Georgian Local Elections, 2014
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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 United National Movement (UNM; ka, ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობა, tr) also colloquially known as the Natsebi is a liberal conservative political party in Georgia. Tina Bokuchava serves as the p ...
(UNM) party, chaired by then-
President of Georgia The president of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი, tr) is the ceremonial head of state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U ...
Mikheil Saakashvili Mikheil "Misha" Saakashvili (born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist. He was the third president of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. He is the founder and former chair ...
. 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 (; born 18 February 1956), also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili, is a French-Georgian businessman, politician and billionaire oligarch. He is founder and the leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party and has ruled G ...
-led
Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GD), also colloquially known as the Kotsebi, is a Conservatism, conservative and populism, populist List of political parties in Georgia (country), political party in Georgia (country), Georgia, which has ...
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
Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GD), also colloquially known as the Kotsebi, is a Conservatism, conservative and populism, populist List of political parties in Georgia (country), political party in Georgia (country), Georgia, which has ...
coalition,
Davit Narmania Davit Narmania ( ka, დავით ნარმანია; born 7 March 1979) is a Georgian politician and the former Mayor of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, from 2014 to 2017. An economist with an academic background, he was Minister of R ...
, received 46.09%,
Nika Melia Nikanor "Nika" Melia ( ka, ნიკანორ „ნიკა“ მელია; born 21 December 1979) is a Georgian politician, former chairman of the United National Movement party and former member of Parliament of Georgia. He was a memb ...
of the
United National Movement United National Movement (UNM; ka, ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობა, tr) also colloquially known as the Natsebi is a liberal conservative political party in Georgia. Tina Bokuchava serves as the p ...
received 27.97%, Dimitri Lortkipanidze of the Nino Burjanadze - United Opposition coalition received 12.81%, and Irma Inashvili 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

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.


See also

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Administrative divisions of Georgia (country) The subdivisions of Georgia are autonomous republics ( ka, ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა, ''avt’onomiuri resp’ublik’a''), regions (მხარე, '' mkhare''), and municipalities ( ka, მუნი ...
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Local government in Georgia (country) Local government in Georgia ( ka, ადგილობრივი თვითმმართველობა, tr) is administered at the level of the subdivisions of Georgia, which are known as the units of self-government or municipalities ( ...
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Tbilisi City Assembly The Tbilisi Sakrebulo ( ka, თბილისის საკრებულო, tr), is a representative body in the city government of Tbilisi, Georgia. It is also known in English as the Tbilisi City Council or Tbilisi Assembly. Histo ...
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Kutaisi City Assembly Kutaisi Municipal Assembly (Georgian language, Georgian: ქუთაისის საკრებულო) is a representative body in the city of Kutaisi, Georgia (country), Georgia. currently consisting of 35 members; of these, 28 are pro ...
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Batumi City Assembly The Batumi Municipal Assembly ( ka, ბათუმის საკრებულო, tr) is a representative body in the city of Batumi, Georgia. Currently consisting of 35 members; of these, 28 are proportional representatives and 7 are elec ...
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Poti City Assembly Poti Municipal Assembly ( Georgian: ფოთის საკრებულო) is a representative body in the city of Poti, Georgia. currently consisting of 35 members; of these, 28 are proportional representatives and 7 are elected through sin ...


References

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