2000 Georgian presidential election

2000 Georgian presidential election
Turnout	75.86% ( 7.56 pp)
President before election; Eduard Shevardnadze; SMK	Elected President ; Eduard Shevardnadze; SMK

Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 9 April 2000.^[1] The result was a victory for Eduard Shevardnadze of the Union of Citizens of Georgia, who received 82% of the vote, with a 76% turnout.^[2]

Conduct

The OSCE election observation mission concluded that while "fundamental freedoms were generally respected during the election campaign and candidates were able to express their views [...] further progress is necessary for Georgia to fully meet its commitments as a participating State of the OSCE."^[3] The OSCE report also highlighted that only two candidates, Shevardnadze and Patiashvili had "campaigned actively".^[3]

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Eduard Shevardnadze	Union of Citizens of Georgia	1,870,311	82.00
	Jumber Patiashvili	Independent	390,486	17.12
	Kartlos Gharibashvili [ka]	Independent	7,863	0.34
	Avtandil Jogildze	National State Union of Georgia–Victorious Georgia	5,942	0.26
	Vazha Zhghenti	Progressive Party of Georgia	3,363	0.15
	Tengiz Asanidze	Independent	2,793	0.12
Total			2,280,758	100.00

Valid votes			2,280,758	97.34
Invalid/blank votes			62,418	2.66
Total votes			2,343,176	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,088,925	75.86
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
^ Nohlen et al., p402
^ ^a ^b Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. "REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 9 APRIL 2000 FINAL REPORT" (PDF). OSCE/ODIHR. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

[2] Nohlen et al., p402

[ODIHR_Final_Report-3] Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. "REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 9 APRIL 2000 FINAL REPORT" (PDF). OSCE/ODIHR. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

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