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The District Election Commission (DEC, საოლქო საარჩევნო კომისია), a permanent territorial body, which is responsible for electoral process in an Election district. As of May 2017, there were 76 DECs in Georgia. A DEC is composed of 13 members.
Having a background in academia and the nongovernmental sector, Tchiaberashvili joined the ranks of the government after Georgia's 2003 Rose Revolution, serving as the chairman of the Central Election Commission of Georgia from 2003 to 2004 and then as the mayor of Tbilisi from 2004 to 2005.
According to statistics released by the Georgian Election Commission, the elections were won by a combination of parties supporting President Eduard Shevardnadze. However, the results were annulled by the Georgia Supreme Court after the Rose Revolution on 25 November, [ 1 ] following allegations of widespread electoral fraud and large public ...
On 6 February 2023, the Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC) adopted a decree introducing an electronic voter registration and voting system at most of the polling stations. [227] On 4 April 2024, Georgia's Parliament swiftly abolished mandatory gender quotas, with 85 MPs voting in favor and 22 against. Previously, the law required that ...
The amendments envisaged significant reduction of the powers of President in favor of Prime Minister of Georgia and the government. [5] According to another amendment, passed on 1 July 2011, the parliament elected in 2012 would be permanently relocated from Tbilisi to the country's second largest city of Kutaisi. [3]
Members of an election commission count ballots at a polling station after the parliamentary election in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Oct. 26, 2024. - Kostya Manenkov/AP Fragmented opposition
The referendum was held at the same time as the early presidential election on 5 January 2008; the results indicated that voters were largely in favour of having the elections in spring. [5] The Central Election Commission registered 3,458,020 voters, [6] significantly higher than the 2,343,087 registered in 2004. The election was observed by ...
Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 14 December 2024. [2] Following amendments to the constitution and Georgia's transition to the parliamentary republic in 2017, which led to the drastic reduction to the presidential powers, this was the first indirect vote where the president was elected through a 300-member College of Electors composed of the parliamentary, local and regional ...