Ruling party in ex-Soviet Georgia leads in parliament vote – election body

Supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party wave a flag from a car after exit polls were announced during parliamentary election, in Tbilisi, Georgia October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

TBILISI (Reuters) – The ruling Georgian Dream party in ex-Soviet Georgia leads in a parliamentary election on Saturday, the head of the Central election commission (CEC) said, citing preliminary results.

Tamar Zhvania told reporters that Georgian Dream got 54.7% of the votes, while the largest opposition party United National Movement (UNM) got 23.6%.

Zhvania said preliminary results were based on results from around 28% of polling stations.

Reporting by Margarita Antidze; Editing by Jonathan Oatis

source: reuters.com