2020 parliamentary elections in Georgia: Results and geographical peculiarities

Revaz Gachechiladze; Giorgi Gogsadze

doi:10.18778/1231-1952.28.2.12

Authors

Revaz Gachechiladze Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Human Geography, 0179 Tbilisi, 1, Ilia Chavchavadze avenue, Georgia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6867-8289
Giorgi Gogsadze Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Human Geography, 0179 Tbilisi, 1, Ilia Chavchavadze avenue, Georgia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0618-5299

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.28.2.12

Keywords:

Georgia, parliamentary elections, voter turnout, voting, election districts

Abstract

The article aims to show the main political-geographic trends of the 2020 parliamentary elections in Georgia. The political systems of the post-Soviet counties are still imperfect and fragile. Although international observers recognised the vote results in Georgia as legitimate, many opposition parties boycotted the parliament for almost six months. It took several western officials to engage in regulating the post-election crisis. The work focuses on analysing turnout and voting patterns pointing to the changes that occurred in the last decade. A geographical study of elections enables one to identify the merits and drawbacks of the electoral process from the regional standpoint. The findings of the work underline the complexity of the election outcomes. While certain legal and political changes bring Georgia closer to European democracies, the country still lags in terms of several electoral/geographical features.

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