The Georgian Central Electoral Commission has announced the results of the October 27 presidential polls, News Georgia reports.
Georgy Margvelashvili of the Georgian Dream coalition got 62.12% of the votes (1,012,569), David Bakradze of the United National Movement 21.72% (354,103), Nino Burjanadze of the Democratic Movement – United Georgia 10.19% (166,061), Shalva Natelashvili of the Labor Party 2.88% (46,984), Georgy Targamadze of the Christian Democratic Movement 1.06% (17,354). Other candidates got less than 1% of the votes cast.
President Mikheil Saakashvili’s term of office expires on November 17, the inauguration day of Margvelashvili.