2016 Adjaran legislative election

8 October 2016

21 seats in the Supreme Council of Adjara 11 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– Georgian Dream Giorgi Kvirikashvili 45.13 14 +1 UNM Davit Bakradze 29.62 5 −3 DMUG Nino Burjanadze 5.89 1 New APG Irma Inashvili 5.7 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chairman of the Supreme Council before Chairman of the Supreme Council after Avtandil Beridze Georgian Dream Avtandil Beridze Georgian Dream

Legislative elections were held in Adjara, an autonomous republic within Georgia, on 8 October 2016. Adjara elected its 18-member parliament, Supreme Council, in the region's 7th local legislative election since Georgia declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Background

The 21-member Supreme Council of Adjara is elected for a 4-year term. Six of its members are elected through the majoritarian contest in single-mandate constituencies and the remaining 15 seats are filled through the proportional contest from those parties or blocs which clear a 5% threshold.^[1]

Results

The election was held simultaneously with the nationwide parliamentary election on 8 October 2016. The ruling Georgian Dream party received 45.13% of votes in the proportional, party-list contest, followed by the opposition United National Movement party with 29.62%, Nino Burjanadze's Democratic Movement with 5.89%, and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia with 5.7%, winning respectively eight, five, one and one seat each. A majoritarian election in Adjara's all six single-mandate constituencies went into run-off on 30 October 2016,^[1] which were won by the Georgian Dream candidates, securing a 14-seat majority in the Supreme Council of Adjara.^[2]

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