9 candidates running for Tbilisi mayor

The Central Election Commission of Georgia has published the full and final list of politicians whose names will be on the ballots for the Tbilisi mayoral elections on October 4.

The Central Election Commission of Georgia has made public the names of candidates for the post of mayor of the Georgian capital. In total, Tbilisi residents will have to choose from 9 people.

Presumably, the main candidate for victory is the candidate from the ruling Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia party, Kakha Kaladze. He is running for the 3rd term: Kaladze first headed the mayor's office in 2017. His number on the ballot will be 41.

No. 1 on the ballot is Teimuraz Bokelavadze (Fatherland, Language, Faith). No. 3 is Zurab Makharadze from the party Conservatives for Georgia. No. 7 is Kakha Kukava (Free Georgia). No. 8 is Otar Chitanava, nominated by the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia. Irakli Kupradze (No. 9) is running for Strong Georgia – Lelo, and Giorgi Liluashvili (No. 11) is running for Georgia. The Green Party is nominating Giorgi Gachechiladze (No. 12) for the post of mayor, and Girchi is nominating Iago Khvichia (No. 36).