Opposition Georgian Dream leading in election with 54.02% of the vote – CEC
A tally of 12.08% of the ballots cast in Georgia's parliamentary election (at 455 of the country's 3,766 polling stations) gives 54.02% of the vote to the Georgian Dream opposition bloc, and 41.01% to the ruling United National Movement, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on its website on Tuesday.
They are followed by the Christian Democratic Movement, which has won 2.11% of the vote.
These results have been received from districts with the proportional system.
CEC said earlier that a count of the ballots cast at 287 polling stations in Georgia's regions puts candidates representing the United National Movement ahead of their rivals from other parties in districts with the majority system.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in televised remarks on Monday that the ruling party's candidates were leading in the country's majority system districts.
Georgia's new parliament, which will be elected for four years, will have 77 members elected based on party tickets and another 73 elected in the country's majority system districts. Sixteen parties are competing for parliamentary seats.
Recent constitutional amendments put Georgia's election threshold at 5%. Candidates running in majority system districts need to receive at least 30% of the vote to win parliamentary seats. Georgian citizens are allowed to run in parliamentary elections upon reaching 21 years of age.
It is the first time persons sentenced for minor offences have been permitted to seek seats in parliament.