2012 Georgian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 1 October 2012. The opposition Georgian Dream coalition of billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili won a majority of the seats. President Mikheil Saakashvili conceded his party's defeat.

2012 Georgian parliamentary election

1 October 2012

All 150 seats in Parliament
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout61.31% ( 8.49 pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Georgian Dream Bidzina Ivanishvili 54.97 85 +83
UNM Mikheil Saakashvili 40.34 65 −54
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Map of electoral districts, winners by party-list
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Vano Merabishvili
UNM
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Georgian Dream

The elections were held in accordance with a reformed electoral system agreed upon by the government and several opposition parties in 2011. 77 of the 150 seats were allocated proportionally to party lists, the remaining 73 to the winners in single-member constituencies. The new parliament was relocated from the capital of Tbilisi to the country's second largest city of Kutaisi later, in 2012. A new government was also formed following the 2013 presidential election as envisaged by the 2010 constitutional amendments. South Ossetia and Abkhazia did not vote.

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