Initial Results Suggest Georgia Presidential Election Heading to Second Round

• 10.29.2018, 10:03
•  Region,  World

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Preliminary results from Georgia’s presidential election on Sunday showed that neither of the two frontrunners was likely to win enough votes – more than 50% -  to secure victory and they would face a second round run-off vote.

Georgia’s Central Election Commission said that according to results from 13 percent of the polling stations, independent candidate Salome Zurabishvili – backed by the ruling Georgian Dream party, had secured 38,66 percent of the vote: approximately 615,000 people cast ballots for Zurabishvili.

Grigol Vashadze, backed by the United National Movement, had won 37.7% - around 600,000 voted for him.

The voter turnout was 46,74%.

The second round must take place by December 1, Armenpress reports citing TASS.