Georgia’s President Rejects Vote Result, Urges Protests After Ruling Party Wins Election

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said the election result was a ‘Russian special operation,’ a claim denied by the Kremlin.

A supporter of the Georgian Dream party waves the party's flags from a car after the announcement of exit poll results in parliamentary elections, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Oct. 26, 2024. Zurab Javakhadze/Reuters

The ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in Georgia’s parliamentary elections on Oct. 27 with nearly 54 percent of the vote, prompting Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili to call for public protests amid opposition claims that the result favors Russia.

Georgian Dream will take 89 seats in Parliament, determining the country’s geopolitical trajectory in a fourth term in office. Four pro-Western opposition parties received 61 seats in total.