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| Registered | 3,527,964 ( 58.06%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 56.19% ( 31.78pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by municipality Saakashvili: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80%+ Gachechiladze: 30–40% 40–50% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 5 January 2008,[1] moved forward from autumn 2008 by President Mikheil Saakashvili after the 2007 demonstrations.[2]
A double referendum on when to hold the legislative elections and on NATO membership was held on the same date.[3]
Saakashvili was declared the winner with 53.7% of the votes, despite accusations of electoral fraud from the Georgian opposition.[4] International observers welcomed the elections as "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of Georgia,[5] and said, despite observed irregularities, the elections generally met the democratic standards.[6]
- ^ Georgia to hold presidential election on Jan 5, 2008 Archived 2007-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Itar-Tass. November 8, 2007.
- ^ Georgia to hold early elections. BBC News. November 8, 2007.
- ^ Georgia to Hold Plebiscite on NATO Membership. Civil Georgia. 2007-11-26.
- ^ "Saakashvili officially declared winner in Georgian presidential election". Interfax. 2008-01-13. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ "Georgia: On the Right Track". The New York Times. April 10, 2009. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ Tom Parfitt (7 January 2008). "Opposition claims Georgia president rigged election victory". Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2013.