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Georgian president to be elected in second round
Preliminary results from Georgia’s presidential election on Sunday showed that neither of the two frontrunners was likely to win enough votes – more than 50% - to secure a victory and they would face a second round run-off vote. Georgia’s Central Election Commission said that according to results from 13 percent of the polling stations, independent candidate Salome Zurabishvili – backed by the ruling Georgian Dream party, had secured 38,66 percent of the vote: approximately 615,000 people cast ballots for Zurabishvili. Grigol Vashadze, backed by the United National Movement, had won 37.7% - around 600,000 voted for him. The voter turnout was 46,74%. The second round must take place by December 1.
