By empty (3/31/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Only two Georgian political parties, the ruling party United National Movement-Democrats and the Right- Industrialists, have obtained enough votes to be represented in parliament, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) announced on Wednesday. The interim results of the vote counting shows that the United National Movement-Democrats received 67.2% of the vote, the Right- Industrialists 7.
Only two Georgian political parties, the ruling party United National Movement-Democrats and the Right- Industrialists, have obtained enough votes to be represented in parliament, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) announced on Wednesday. The interim results of the vote counting shows that the United National Movement-Democrats received 67.2% of the vote, the Right- Industrialists 7.6%, Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze\'s party Democratic Revival Union 6.2% and the Labor Party 5.8% in the parliamentary elections last Sunday. To gain seats in parliament, a political party must receive at least 7% of the vote. \"These are only preliminary results of the elections. The final results will be confirmed after district elections commissions and courts consider complaints,\" CEC Chairman Zurab Chiaberashvili said. (Interfax)