Partial recount confirms Georgia ruling party victory, says electoral commission

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 31, ARMENPRESS. Georgia's electoral commission said on Thursday that a partial recount of the vote confirmed that the ruling Georgian Dream party won the country's contested parliamentary election, reports France 24.

However, the pro-western opposition said Saturday’s parliamentary vote had been “stolen” by the ruling Georgian Dream party and it refused to recognise the results.

Georgian president, Salome Zourabichvili, who is at loggerheads with the governing party, has declared the election results “illegitimate”, alleging there was a “Russian special operation” to undermine the vote –which the Kremlin has denied.

The central election commission told AFP on Thursday that a recount at about 12% of polling stations, involving 14% of the vote, “didn’t lead to a significant change to previously announced official results”.