| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Sakartvelos Parlamenti / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
9 January 1995
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| Mode of designation |
Directly elected 150 |
| Constituencies |
- One nationwide constituency for the PR system.
- 75 single-member constituencies for the majority system. |
| Voting system |
Mixed:
- 75 seats by the Proportional Representation system (Party List system)
Parties exceeding a 5-per cent threshold are entitled to win seats under the PR system.
- 75 seats by the Majority system (first past the post):
If no candidate secures 30 per cent of the valid vote, run-off elections will be held between the two leading candidates.
- Under both systems, at least 50% of the registered electors in each constituency must have voted for the poll to be deemed valid, otherwise it is repeated. If no candidate obtains at least 33% of the votes cast in the constituency, a runoff simple majority vote is held between the two top candidates.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Georgian citizenship |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
Qualified electors
- age: 25 years
- Georgian citizenship
- fulfilment of residence requirements |
| Incompatibilities |
- any position in a state office
- industrial activities
- membership of territorial representative body (except Abkhazian or Adjarian supreme bodies) |
| Candidacy requirements |
- proportional system: nomination by duly registered parties or blocs supported by at least 30,000 electors or already represented in Parliament
- majority system: each candidate must be nominated by a party or needs backing of at least 1000 electors unless he/she is member of outgoing legislature
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