2003 Georgian parliamentary election
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Turnout | 60.06% ( 7.84 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 2 November 2003 alongside a constitutional referendum. 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 protests which led to the resignation of Shevardnadze. Fresh elections were held on 28 March 2004.
Parties
"For a New Georgia" was the electoral bloc that supported President Eduard Shevardnadze. The Revival Party was an ally of Shevardnadze. The National Movement (NM) was the party of opposition leader
Conduct
Reports of violence, voter intimidation and
Georgian analysts described the vote as "the messiest and most chaotic election" the country has ever had. "The government did everything to make this election chaotic. I think there were also (those in) government (who) did not want this election to be orderly because they knew they would lose it," said Ghia Nodia of the Caucasus Institute for Democracy and Development.
An international mission from the
Supporting the allegations of electoral fraud were also exit polls conducted by an American company, Global Strategy, which showed that the opposition had won by a large margin, with the National Movement coming first with 20% and the government block polling only 14% of the vote.
Results
Party | National | Constituency | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
For a New Georgia (SMK) | 407,045 | 22.10 | 38 | 19 | 57 | |||
Democratic Union for Revival | 359,769 | 19.54 | 33 | 6 | 39 | |||
United National Movement | 345,197 | 18.74 | 32 | 10 | 42 | |||
Georgian Labour Party | 229,900 | 12.48 | 20 | 3 | 23 | |||
Burjanadze-Democrats | 167,908 | 9.12 | 15 | 4 | 19 | |||
New Rights Party | 140,259 | 7.62 | 12 | 4 | 16 | |||
Industry Will Save Georgia | 117,785 | 6.40 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||
Jumber Patiashvili – Unity | 34,584 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 | ||||
National Consent–Iberian Shine Bloc | 15,772 | 0.86 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Unified Communist Party of Georgia | 8,031 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | ||||
United Georgia | 2,958 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Industrialists Party | 2,659 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Peaceful Caucasus Bloc | 2,403 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
National-State Political Union of Georgia "Mdzleveli" | 1,627 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Georgian Lawyers | 1,479 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Motherland | 1,247 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Women's Protection Union | 902 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | ||||
All-Georgian People's Alliance | 680 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Non-Governmental Bloc Homeland | 582 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Party of People's Capitalism | 506 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Constitutional Rights Party | 342 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | ||||
National Movement Democrats | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Independents | 21 | 21 | ||||||
Vacant | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Total | 1,841,635 | 100.00 | 150 | 75 | 225 | |||
Total votes | 1,909,215 | – | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,178,593 | 60.06 | ||||||
Source: Publika, CESKO |
References
- ^ Georgian Supreme Court Rejects Shevardnadze Poll Results The Guardian. 25 November 2003
- ^ "Georgian parliamentary elections marred by confusion over voter lists". OSCE. 3 November 2003
- ^ "Post-election interim report" Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, OSCE, 25 November 2003