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Georgian opposition party wins majority of votes - early results

02 October 2012 02:55 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Early results in Georgia’s parliamentary election show the opposition group, the Georgian Dream coalition, is winning a majority of the popular vote. However, it remains unclear whether the party will win the majority of parliamentary seats, APA reports quoting RT.
Central Elections Committee data indicates that 51.62 per cent of Georgians cast their votes for the Georgian Dream party. The ruling United National Movement (UNM) gained 43.85 per cent. Just over 5 per cent of the votes have been counted so far.
The CEC said its website has suffered a denial-of-service attack, leading to a delay in the release of the results. â€œOur website was under DDoS attack, which has caused minor delaysâ€¦ but we were ready for such a scenario too,â€ said Elections Committee Chairman Zurab Kharatishvili, as quoted by Civil Georgia news website.
Due to the countryâ€™s electoral system, Georgiaâ€™s ruling United National Movement (UNM) may still take home more seats in parliament.
The exit poll results were met with clapping and cheers at Tbilisi’s Freedom Square, where RT correspondent Alexey Yaroshevsky says a couple thousand opposition supporters have gathered.