The Organic Law of Georgia on changes to the Election Code on the majority/plurality system increases the threshold from 30 to 50% to declare a winner in single-member constituencies, making it an absolute majority system. The electoral system previously provided that members of parliament in single-member constituencies were considered elected if they had received more votes than any other candidate in the same constituency, but not less than 30% of the total number of valid votes cast. If a candidate did not receive the required amount of votes, then a run-off was required between the two candidates who received the highest number of votes. The amendments to the electoral threshold increased the percentage of votes required for a candidate to be considered elected in the first round to 50% of valid votes cast.