Summarisation of election results at the CEC
1. The CEC shall, based on protocols received from DECs and PECs, and on the final court decisions, not later than the 25th day from Election Day, summarise at its session, the results of the Parliamentary elections of Georgia, and shall draw up a final summary protocol of the results of the Parliamentary elections of Georgia.
2. One counterpart of the protocol shall be kept with the CEC; the second counterpart shall be delivered to the Parliament of Georgia, while the copies endorsed by the CEC seal shall be delivered to the representatives of electoral subjects.
3. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
4. Seats of MPs of Georgia shall be distributed between the political parties that received at least 5% of valid votes cast in the elections. The number of votes of the voters participating in the elections shall not include the number of votes recorded on ballot papers declared void.
5. To determine the number of seats obtained by a political party, the number of votes it has obtained shall be multiplied by 150 and divided by the sum of votes received by all those political parties that received at least 5 % of the valid votes cast in the elections. The integer part of the figure obtained shall be the number of seats obtained by the political party. If the sum of the number of seats obtained by the political parties is less than 150, the undistributed seats shall be successively awarded to the political parties having better results.
6. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
7. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
8. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
9. If the number of votes received by two or more than two parties appears to be equal, the seat shall be awarded to a political party that was registered with the CEC earlier.
10. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
11. The candidates for MP of Georgia whose sequence numbers in the party list are less than or equal to the number of seats obtained by the list shall be deemed elected under the party list. The number of MPs elected under that list shall remain unchanged.
12. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
13. If polling results were declared void in elections due to gross violation of the requirements of this Law in more than half of, or in several electoral districts, in which the total number of voters is more than half of the total number of voters in Georgia, the election results shall be considered as void and the CEC shall call re-run elections.
14. If an application/complaint is filed for the verification or invalidation of polling results, the CEC shall make a decision, by an ordinance, on opening the sealed packages and re-counting the ballot papers received from the respective PEC, or the CEC shall assign that activity to the respective DEC/special group. If necessary, the CEC may summarize election results based on protocols drawn up by PECs.
15. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
16. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
17. Repeat voting shall be called if the total number of voters in those precincts in which the polling results were declared void is more than 10% of the total number of voters in Georgia. In this case, repeat voting shall be held not later than two weeks after general election day.
18. A summary protocol of the election results shall include the number of voters participating in the elections and the number of ballot papers declared void; the total number of votes received by each electoral subject; the percentage of votes and the number of seats received; numbers of the electoral districts and electoral precincts in which elections were declared void, and the number of voters in such districts and precincts, and reasons for declaring the elections in such districts and precincts void.
181. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
182. A summary protocol of the final election results shall include the total number of voters in Georgia; numbers of electoral districts and electoral precincts in which elections were declared void and a repeat voting was not held, and the number of voters in such districts and precincts; numbers of electoral districts in which re-run elections were called, and the date of the re-run elections; the number of participants in the elections, the number of votes received by each electoral subject, the percentage of votes received and the number of seats obtained; the list of elected members of the Parliament of Georgia compiled according to electoral subjects nominating the MPs with indication of their party affiliation.
19. Upon drawing up summary protocols of election results, the CEC shall publish the protocols on its official website. The CEC shall forward the summary protocol of the final election results to the Legislative Herald of Georgia which shall publish it within two days’ period.
Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 4721 of 24 December 2015 – website, 29.12.2015
Organic Law of Georgia No 5438 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016
Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 703 of 28 June 2021 – website, 29.6.2021
