In October 2020, parliamentary elections were held in Georgia. The pre-electoral period had been marked by increased political tension triggered among others by disagreements over the existing parliamentary electoral system. In June 2020, constitutional amendments were adopted following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 8 March 2020 between the main opposition parties and the ruling party in which it was agreed to conduct the 2020 elections under a revised electoral system. The amendments introduced a larger proportional component to the parliamentary electoral system and temporarily lowered the threshold for political parties to be represented in Parliament, from five to one per cent. Subsequent amendments to the election legislation adopted in the months prior to the elections covered a broad range of issues.