Georgian parliamentary election, 2016

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All 150 seats in the Parliament
76 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
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Leader	Giorgi Kvirikashvili	Davit Bakradze
Party	Georgian Dream	ENM
Last election	85 seats, 54.97%	65 seats, 40.34%
Seats won	115	27
Seat change	67	19
Popular vote	856,638	477,053
Percentage	48.768%	27.11%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Irma Inashvili	Gogi Topadze
Party	APG	MGS
Last election	–	6
Seats won	6	1
Seat change	New	5
Popular vote	88,097	13,788
Percentage	5.01%	0.78%

Prime Minister before election

Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Georgian Dream

Prime Minister-designate

Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Georgian Dream

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 8 October 2016 to elect the 150 members of Parliament. The ruling Georgian Dream coalition, led by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, sought a second term in office. Opposition parties included the former ruling party and main opposition, the United National Movement (ENM); the Free Democrats, formerly a member of the Georgian Dream coalition and led by Irakli Alasania; and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia.

Georgian Dream won 115 seats, an increase of 67 seats, while the United National Movement was reduced to 27 seats.

The 150 members of the unicameral Parliament are elected by two methods: 77 by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 5%, and 73 by two-round system in single-member constituencies with majority rule requiring the winner to get over 50% (in previous election the first-placed candidate had to pass 30% threshold to win constituency seat).

Boundaries of constituencies were re-drawn to reduce malapportionment effect. Previously size of electorates ranged from less than 6,000 voters in one district to over 150,000 voters in another.

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