Right to participate in Tbilisi Sakrebulo elections

1. A party and candidates nominated by a party and by a five-person initiative group of voters shall have the right to participate in the Tbilisi Sakrebulo elections, provided that they are registered by the election commission defined by this Law.

2. Only a party shall have the right to participate in the elections held under the proportional electoral system and to obtain a seat of a member of Tbilisi Sakrebulo.

3. A candidate nominated by a party/an initiative group of voters shall have the right to run in the local single-seat majoritarian elections of Tbilisi Sakrebulo. An individual may only be nominated in one single-seat majoritarian electoral district.

4. A person nominated as a candidate in the Tbilisi Sakrebulo elections may not be simultaneously nominated as a candidate in the elections of the Mayor of Tbilisi, or for the Sakrebulo or Mayor of any other municipality.

5. Incompatibility of the status of a candidate in the Tbilisi Sakrebulo election with his/her official capacity shall be determined by Article 136 of this Law. Article 117(5)(e) of this Law shall not apply to the incompatibility of the status of a candidate.

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014

Organic Law of Georgia No 1232 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017

Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018