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List of Majoritarian MP Candidates

(The list has been updated as about three dozen of candidates withdraw from the race since mid September)

There are 816 majoritarian MP candidates running in 73 single-member districts in the October 8 parliamentary elections.

Number of candidates in each of the district varies from 6 to 16.

A candidate has to win over 50% of votes in order to be an outright winner in the first round, otherwise a runoff should be held no later than 25 days after the first round.

Increase of this threshold from previous 30% to 50% has also increased possibility of pushing the race in many single-member districts into second round; runoffs should be held no later than 25 days after the first round.

GDDG ruling party and UNM opposition party have fielded most of the candidates – in 72 out of 73 districts each; GDDG has no candidate in Tbilisi’s Mtatsminda district, where the ruling party backs ex-foreign minister Salome Zourabichvili, who is running as an independent candidate, and UNM has not fielded a candidate in a district uniting Dusheti, Tianeti and Kazbegi municipalities.

Alliance of Patriots-led election bloc has fielded its candidates in 71 districts, and Free Democrats in 64.

State for People election bloc, led by opera singer Paata Burchuladze, initially had candidates in 72 districts, but after NPC-Girchi’s withdrawal from the bloc and from the election race, the State for People now has its candidates in 57 districts.

There are 136 women among majoritarian MP candidates and there are total of 53 independent candidates.

Deadline for candidates to withdraw from the race expired on September 28; if a candidate announces about pulling out from the race after the deadline his or her name will still appear on ballot paper.

Georgia has a mixed electoral system, wherein voters can cast two ballots – one for a party in a nationwide vote and another for a specific candidate in a respective single-member constituency. 73 lawmakers in 150-member Parliament are elected from 73 single-member districts, known as “majoritarian” mandates, and 77 seats are distributed among parties, which clear 5% threshold in nationwide vote.

Below is the list of majoritarian MP candidates in each of the 73 single-member districts: 

Tbilisi

District No.1 – Mtatsminda

District No.2 – Vake (Chavchavadze Avenue with adjacent streets and Tskneti)

District No.3 – Vake (Bagebi; large part of Vasha-Pshavela and Nutsubidze neighborhoods)

District No.4 – Saburtalo (Didi Digomi; Village Digomi; Vashlijvari; Vedzisi)

District No.5 – Saburtalo (Vazha Pshavela and Kazbegi avenues and adjacent streets)

District No.6 – Saburtalo (Pekini avenue and adjacent streets)

District No.7 – Krtsanisi

District No.8 – parts of Isani

District No.9 – Isani (Avlabari)

District No.10 – parts of Isani and Samgori districts

District No.11 – Samgori (parts of Varketili; Patara Lilo)

District No.12 – parts of Samgori (among them Moskovi ave.)

District No. 13 – parts of Samgori (as well as part of Varketili; Didi Lilo; Martkopi)

District No.14 – Chugureti

District No.15 – Didube (Tsereteli av. and adjacent streets)

District No.16 – Didube (Digomi and Zahesi)

District No.17 – Nadzaladevi (Dadiani av. and adjacent streets, Lotkini neighborhood)

District No. 18 – Nadzaladevi (Sanzona and adjacent streets)

District No. 19 – Nadzaladevi (Temka)

District No.20 – Gldani (Avchala and the village of Gldani)

District No. 21 – Gldani (most of the Gldani district)

District No. 22 – Gldani (Mukhiani)

Kakheti Region

District No.23 – Sagarejo

District No.24 – Gurjaani

District No.25 – Signagi and Dedoplistskaro

District No. 26 – Lagodekhi and parts of Kvareli municipality

District No.27 – Telavi and parts of Kvareli municipality

District No.28 – Akhmeta and parts of Telavi municipality

Kvemo Kartli Region

District No.29 – Rustavi

District No.30 – Rustavi

District No.31 – Gardabani

District No. 32 – Tetritskaro and parts of Gardabani

District No.33 – Bolnisi

District No.34 – Tsalka and Dmanisi

District No.35 – Marneuli municipality;

District No.36 – town of Marneuli and ten villages of Marneuli municipality

Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region

District No.37 – Mtskheta

District No.38 – Dusheti, Tianeti and Kazbegi

Shida Kartli Region

District No.39 – Kaspi

District No.40 – Kareli

District No.41 – town of Gori

District No.42 – Gori municipality

District No.43 – Khashuri

Samtskhe-Javakheti Region

District No.44 – Akhaltsikhe and Adigeni

District No.45 – Borjomi and Aspindza

District No.46 – Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda

Imereti Region

District No.47 – Kutaisi

District No.48 – Kutaisi

District No. 49 – Kutaisi

District No.50 – Tkibuli and Terjola municipalities

District No.51 – Kharagauli and Bagdati

District No.52 – Zestaponi

District No.53 – Sachkhere

District No.54 – Vani and Khoni

District No.55 – Samtredia

District No.56 – Chiatura

District No.57 – Tskaltubo

Svaneti and Racha-Lechkhumi Regions

District No.58 – Ambrolauri, Oni, Tsageri, Lentekhi and Mestia

Guria Region

District No.59 – Ozurgeti

District No.60 – Lanchkhuti and Chokhatauri

Samegrelo Region

District No.61 – Poti

District No.62 – Martvili and Abasha

District No.63 – Senaki

District No.64 – Khobi

District No.65 – town of Zugdidi;

District No. 66 – Zugdidi municipality

District No.67 – Tsalenjikha and Chkhorotsku

Adjara Region

District No.68 – Batumi

District No.69 – Batumi

District No.70 – Batumi

District No.71 – Kobuleti

District No.72 – Khelvachauri

District No.73 – Khulo, Shuakhevi and Keda