Georgian presidential election, 1991

Presidential elections were held in Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

on 26 May 1991. The result was a victory for Zviad Gamsakhurdia

Zviad Gamsakhurdia

Zviad Gamsakhurdia was a dissident, scientist and writer, who became the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era...

of the Round Table-Free Georgia party, who won 87.6% of the vote, with an 82.9% turnout.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Zviad Gamsakhurdia Zviad Gamsakhurdia Zviad Gamsakhurdia was a dissident, scientist and writer, who became the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era...	Round Table-Free Georgia	2,565,362	87.6
Valerian Advadze	Concord, Peace, Revival Bloc	240,243	8.2
Jemal Mikeladze	Communist Party of Georgia Communist Party of Georgia Communist Party of Georgia is a communist political party in Georgia. The party was founded on February 23, 1992 as the Socialist Labour Party. It was registered at the Ministry of Justice on February 27, 1998. In the 1992 elections it won four MPs. During the period 1994-1995 it maintained a...	51,717	1.8
Nodar Natadze	People's Front People's Front (Georgia) People's Front is a non-Marxist political organization in the Republic of Georgia. This party was founded in 1989, in Tbilisi. Chairman of the organization is a noted Georgian scholar, Professor Nodar Natadze....	36,266	1.2
Irakli Shengelaia	Freedom Bloc	26,886	0.9
Tamaz Kvachantiradze	Democratic Georgia Bloc	8,533	0.3
Invalid/blank votes		39,918
Total		2,968,945	100
Source: Nohlen et al

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