GORBI poll shows if parliamentary elections were held this week, Georgian Dream party would receive 59.5% of votes
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A public opinion poll published on Tuesday 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 59.5 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 - 59.5%
- United National Movement and allied parties - 13.6%
- Gvaramia, Melia, Khoshtaria, and Japaridze alliance - 10.3%
- Kharazadze's alliance - 4.5%
- Giorgi Gakharia's party - 3.8%
- Iago Khvichia's "Girchi" - 2.7%
- Patriots' Alliance/Alt Info - 2.5%
- Other parties - 3.1%
Based on this data, only three parties surpass the five percent electoral threshold.
The poll, commissioned by Imedi TV, was conducted between September 18 and September 30 and involved 1 700 respondents across the country, interviewed through face-to-face interview method.
The margin of error amounts to +/- 3 percent.
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