GORBI poll shows if parliamentary elections were held this week, Georgian Dream party would receive 59.3% of votes

A public opinion poll published on Wednesday by the Tbilisi-based Georgian Opinion Research Business International showed that if the parliamentary elections were held this week, the ruling Georgian Dream party would receive 59.3 percent of the votes.

Asked - “If parliamentary elections were held this week, which party would you vote for?” - the responses after allocation were distributed as follows:

• Georgian Dream - 59.3%
• United National Movement / Strategy Aghmashenebeli -13.1%
• Coalition Lelo / Ana Dolidze - For People / Freedom Square -5.8%
• Coalition Ahali / Girchi More Freedom / Droa - 5.5%
• For Georgia - 4.8%
• Coalition Alliance of Georgian Patriots and Alt-Info - 3%
• European Georgia - 2.2%
• New political centre Girchi - 2.1%
• Other - 4.2%

The poll results show that the Georgian Dream party will secure 107 seats in the 150-member parliament, while the opposition parties together will obtain 43 seats.

The upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26 have the electoral threshold of five percent.

The poll, commissioned by Imedi TV, was conducted between July 24 and August 4 and involved 1 700 respondents across the country, interviewed through face-to-face interview method. The margin of error amounts to +/- 3 percent.