List of political parties in Georgia
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A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

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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...

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Georgia has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...

, with at the moment only one dominant-party system
Dominant-party system
A dominant-party system, or one-party dominant system, is a system where there is "a category of parties/political organizations that have successively won election victories and whose future defeat cannot be envisaged or is unlikely for the foreseeable future." A wide range of parties have been...

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Major parties

  • United National Movement (Ertiani Nazionaluri Modsraoba)
  • Democratic Movement – United Georgia
    Democratic Movement – United Georgia
    Democratic Movement – United Georgia is a centre-right political party in Georgia chaired by Nino Burjanadze; it was founded on 24 November 2008.The party is currently in opposition to the government led by Mikheil Saakashvili and his United National Movement...

  • Rightist Opposition
    Rightist Opposition
    The Right Opposition is an alliance of Georgia's New Rights and Industry will save Georgia parties. It is the only opposition group that successfully won over seven percent of the votes on March 28, 2004, which was the necessary threshold to secure seats in Parliament...

     (Memarjvene Opozicia)
    • New Right
      New Right (Georgia)
      The New Rights Party of Georgia , also translated as New Conservative Party is a liberal conservative party in Georgia...

       (Akhali Memarjveneebi)
    • Industry Will Save Georgia
      Industry will save Georgia
      The Industry Will Save Georgia is a conservative political party in Georgia....

       (Mretsveloba Gadaarchens Sak'art'velos)
  • Georgia's Way
    Georgia's Way
    Georgia's Way is a political party in Georgia. It was registered on March 11, 2006. The chairman of the party was former Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili, who was sacked by Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli in October 2005. On November 12, 2010 Zourabichvili announced her resignation...

  • National Forum
    National Forum
    National Forum is a political party in Georgia, formed on December 15, 2006. Kakhaber Shartava, chairman of the party, is the son of Georgian national hero Jiuli Shartava....

     (Erovnuli forumi)

Parties In Parliament

  • Conservative Party of Georgia
    Conservative Party of Georgia
    The Conservatives Party of Georgia is a centre-right and nationalist political party, active in Georgia since 2001.Currently led by its acting chairman Zviad Dzidziguri, the party had been allied with Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement until May 2004 when it switched into opposition...

  • Christian-Democratic Movement
    Christian-Democratic Movement (Georgia)
    The Christian-Democratic Movement is a political party in Georgia, founded in February 2008 and led by Giorgi Targamadze, formerly a Imedi TV anchor who had once been a Member of the Parliament of Georgia and a close ally of Aslan Abashidze, then a regional leader of Adjara...

  • Republican Party of Georgia
    Republican Party of Georgia
    The Republican Party of Georgia , commonly known as the Republicans , is a political party in Georgia active since 1978. It is currently in opposition to Mikheil Saakashvili’s government...


Other parties

  • Democratic Union for Revival
    Democratic Union for Revival
    The Democratic Union for Revival is a political party in Georgia.At the last legislative elections, on 28 March 2004, the party won 6.0% of the popular vote....

     (Demokratiuli Aghordzinebis Kavshiri)
  • Georgian Labour Party
    Georgian Labour Party
    The Georgian Labour Party is a political party in Georgia. The party is led by its founder Shalva Natelashvili.Its main goal is to make Georgia a democratic country and eventually to become a member of the European Union...

     (Sakartvelos Leiboristuli Partia)
  • Freedom Movement (Tavisupleba)
  • Movement for United Georgia
    Movement for United Georgia
    The Movement for United Georgia is a Georgian political party founded by former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili on 27 September 2007. It is opposed to the current President Mikheil Saakashvili's supposed trend towards authoritarianism...

    • National Democratic Party
      National Democratic Party (Georgia)
      The National Democratic Party is a political party in Georgia.At the last legislative elections, 28 March 2004, the party was part of the National Democratic Alliance....

       (Erovnul Demokratiuli Partia)
    • Intellectuals League of Georgia
      Intellectuals League of Georgia
      The Intellectuals League of Georgia is a left-wing political party in Georgia.At the last legislative elections, 28 March 2004, the party was part of the Jumber Patiashvili - Unity alliance....

  • Greens
    Green Party (Georgia)
    The Green Party is a political party in Georgia. It is led by Gia Gachechiladze.Its success has varied - having 11 out of 235 members of parliament in 1992 and having been art of the governing coalition in 1995.When it stood independently in 1999 it only received 0.55% of the vote...

  • 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....

  • United Communist Party of Georgia
    United Communist Party of Georgia
    The United Communist Party of Georgia is a political party in Georgia. It was founded in 1994 through the merger of the Stalin Society, the Georgian Workers Communist Party and the Union of Communists of Georgia...

  • New Communist Party of Georgia
    New Communist Party of Georgia
    New Communist Party of Georgia , is a political party in Georgia. Founded in 2001 by Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, the grandson of Joseph Stalin. Dzhugashvili later left the position as party leader.The party symbol is a hedgehog....


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