1995 Georgian parliamentary election

1995 Georgian parliamentary election

5 November 1995 (first round) 19 November 1995 (second round)
All 235 seats in Parliament 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.18% ( 6.59 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– SMK Zurab Zhvania 25.19 108 New NDP Irine Sarishvili-Chanturia 8.45 34 +20 AGUR Aslan Abashidze 7.27 31 −4 UGT Akaki Asatiani 4.48 3 −3 SPG Vakhtang Rcheulishvili 4.03 4 New GUR-NCB Bakur Gulua 3.07 4 New Support Jemal Ajiashvili 2.28 3 New Republican Ivliane Khaindrava 1.75 1 New Progress Tamila Japaridze 1.46 4 New ULGS Shalva Natelashvili 0.98 1 New Lemi Kandit Kvitsiani 0.44 4 New Abkhazians – – 12 +12 Independents – – 29 −31 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chairman of Parliament before Chairman of Parliament after Eduard Shevardnadze SMK Zurab Zhvania SMK

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 5 November 1995, with a second round on 19 November. The result was a victory for the Union of Citizens of Georgia, which won 108 of the 235 seats. Voter turnout was 68%

Due to its breakaway status, the elections were not held in Abkhazia, resulting in the 12 MPs elected in 1992 retaining their seats.

Results

Party		National			Constituency			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Union of Citizens of Georgia	504,586	25.19	90			18	108
	National Democratic Party	169,218	8.45	31			3	34
	All-Georgian Union for Revival	145,626	7.27	25			6	31
	Unified Communist Party–Social Democrats Bloc	95,506	4.77	0			0	0
	Union of Georgian Traditionalists	89,752	4.48	0			3	3
	21st Century Bloc–Konstantin Gamsakhurdia Society–UG	88,405	4.41	0			0	0
	Socialist Party of Georgia	80,747	4.03	0			4	4
	Georgian Union of Reformers–National Consent Bloc	61,424	3.07	0			2	2
	Merab Kostava Society	49,829	2.49	0			0	0
	Stalin Communist Party	46,174	2.30	0			0	0
	Political Union Support	45,747	2.28	0			3	3
	Abkhazia–My Home	44,191	2.21	0			0	0
	Communist Party of Georgia	44,117	2.20	0			0	0
	All-Georgian Party of Peace and Freedom	43,017	2.15	0			0	0
	National Independence Party of Georgia	39,788	1.99	0			0	0
	Democratic Party	37,643	1.88	0			0	0
	Republican Party of Georgia	35,051	1.75	0			1	1
	Bloc for Life	32,534	1.62	0			0	0
	Progress Bloc	29,189	1.46	0			4	4
	Sviadi's Way–Voice of Nation Bloc	25,213	1.26	0			0	0
	Union of Social Justice of Georgia	22,190	1.11	0			0	0
	Women's Protection Union	20,384	1.02	0			0	0
	Union for Law-Governed State	19,675	0.98	0			1	1
	Party for Social Protection of the Population	15,898	0.79	0			0	0
	Ilia Chavchavadze Society	15,510	0.77	0			0	0
	Political Movement for Georgia's Future	15,316	0.76	0			0	0
	Political Organisation New Georgia	14,030	0.70	0			0	0
	Union of God's Children of Georgia	13,661	0.68	0			0	0
	Political Union of Citizens–Georgia's Women to the Elections	12,865	0.64	0			0	0
	All-Georgian Political Organisation Lemi	8,722	0.44	0			1	1
	Christian Democracy–European Choice Bloc	8,607	0.43	0			0	0
	Political Union of Georgian Citizens–Homeland	8,561	0.43	0			0	0
	Freedom Party of Georgia	8,188	0.41	0			0	0
	Agrarian Union of Georgia	7,420	0.37	0			0	0
	Union of Revival of Family	7,141	0.36	0			0	0
	Liberal-Conservative Party of Georgia	7,123	0.36	0			0	0
	Political Organisation Trade Unions to the Elections	6,969	0.35	0			0	0
	Economic Revival–The Yellows Bloc	6,564	0.33	0			0	0
	Party of Nations Friendship and Justice	6,412	0.32	0			0	0
	Agraran Party of Georgia	6,095	0.30	0			0	0
	Party for National Unity and Social Justice	5,999	0.30	0			0	0
	Christian Democratic Party of Georgia	5,854	0.29	0			0	0
	Political Organisation Fatherland	5,729	0.29	0			0	0
	Progressive Party of Georgia	5,673	0.28	0			0	0
	Georgian League for Economic and Social Progress–Bourgeois Democratic Party	5,611	0.28	0			0	0
	Liberal Democratic National Party	5,515	0.28	0			0	0
	All-Georgian Union of Traditional Families	4,791	0.24	0			0	0
	Intellectuals League of Georgia	4,746	0.24	0			0	0
	Nation's League–Dasi	4,523	0.23	0			0	0
	Political Movement of Georgia Fatherland, Language, Faith	4,339	0.22	0			0	0
	Society Elections	3,825	0.19	0			0	0
	All-State National Integrity Party of Georgia–Shield of Fatherland	3,807	0.19	0			0	0
	Conservative Monarchist Party of Georgia	3,743	0.19	0			0	0
	Independents						29	29
Abkhazian representatives				4			8	12
Vacant							2	2
Total		2,003,243	100.00	150			85	235
Valid votes		2,003,243	94.63
Invalid/blank votes		113,588	5.37
Total votes		2,116,831	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,121,075	67.82
Source: Nohlen et al.