Citizens
მოქალაქეები
LeaderAleko Elisashvili
FoundedAugust, 2020
HeadquartersTbilisi
IdeologyPopulism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre
Colours  Pale green
Seats in Parliament
1 / 150
Seats in Lentekhi Municipal Assembly
1 / 21

Citizens (Georgian: მოქალაქეები, romanized: mokalakeebi) is a political party in Georgia, which was founded on August 4, 2020. The party ran for the first time in the 2020 parliamentary elections. The leader of the party is former Tbilisi mayoral candidate Aleko Elisashvili.

On December 7, 2018, Aleko Elisashvili founded the NGO "Georgian Civil Movement". The co-founders of the movement were: Levan Ioseliani and Vato Surguladze. At that time Elisashvili did not rule out that the movement could later be formed as a party.[1] On August 4, 2020 Elisashil formed the Citizens party and ran for office.[2]

In the 2020 parliamentary elections, the party won 25,508 (1.33%) votes and managed to enter parliament. Aleko Elisashvili and Levan Ioseliani were elected members of Parliament from party list. [3] the party's formal leader Elisashvili ran in the Saburtalo constituency, where he received 14,181 (19.38%) votes in the first round. In the second round, Elisashvili, along with the entire opposition, boycotted the election on the grounds of Election fraud.

Electoral Performance

Parliamentary

Election Leader Votes  % Seats +/– Position Government
2020[3] Aleko Elisashvili 25 508 1.33
2 / 150
 New 8th Opposition

Local

Election Votes  % Seats +/–
2021 14 652 0.83
1 / 2,068
 New

References

  1. ↑ "ალეკო ელისაშვილმა „საქართველოს სამოქალაქო მოძრაობა" დააფუძნა".
  2. ↑ "ალეკო ელისაშვილმა ახალი პოლიტიკური პარტია „მოქალაქეები" წარადგინა".
  3. 1 2 "2020 Georgian parliamentary election results". Archived from the original on 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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