Overview

• Polling runs from 08:00 to 20:00 across 3,061 stations serving more than 3.5 million eligible voters, with electronic ballot boxes in use at over 90% of sites.
• The Central Election Commission reported turnout of 7.85% two hours after opening, slightly higher than the comparable point in 2021.
• Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said his party expects to secure more than 60% of the vote nationwide and a stable majority in all 64 municipalities.
• Voters are choosing mayors of Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi, Rustavi and Poti, mayors of 59 other municipalities, and deputies to 64 city assemblies.
• In Tbilisi, incumbent mayor Kakhi Kaladze of Georgian Dream seeks another term, while major opposition groups back a joint challenger, former MP Irakli Kupradze, among nine candidates.