1991 Georgian presidential election

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1991 Georgian presidential election

26 May 1991 1992 →
 
Nominee Zviad Gamsakhurdia Valerian Advadze [ka]
Party Round Table Concord, Peace, Revival Bloc
Popular vote 2,565,362 240,243
Percentage 87.58% 8.20%

President before election

Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Round Table

Elected President

Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Round Table

Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 26 May 1991.[1] The result was a victory for Zviad Gamsakhurdia of the Round Table-Free Georgia party, who received 88% of the vote, with an 83% turnout.[2]

Results[edit]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Zviad GamsakhurdiaRound Table—Free Georgia2,565,36287.58
Valerian Advadze [ka]Concord, Peace, Revival Bloc240,2438.20
Jemal MikeladzeCommunist Party of Georgia51,7171.77
Nodar NatadzePeople's Front36,2661.24
Irakli Shengelaia [ka]Freedom Bloc26,8860.92
Tamaz Kvachantiradze [ka]Democratic Georgia Bloc8,5530.29
Total2,929,027100.00
Valid votes2,929,02798.66
Invalid/blank votes39,9181.34
Total votes2,968,945100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,594,81082.59
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p401