2008 Georgian presidential election

2008 Georgian presidential election
5 January 2008
Registered3,527,964 ( 58.06%)
Turnout56.19% ( 31.78pp)
 
Nominee Mikheil Saakashvili Levan Gachechiladze
Party UNM National Council
Popular vote 1,060,042 509,234
Percentage 54.73% 26.29%
 
Nominee Badri Patarkatsishvili Shalva Natelashvili
Party Independent SLP
Popular vote 140,826 128,589
Percentage 7.27% 6.64%
Results by municipality
Saakashvili:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80%+

Gachechiladze:      30–40%      40–50%

Natelashvili:      40–50%
President before election

Nino Burjanadze (acting)
UNM

 Elected President

Mikheil Saakashvili
UNM

Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 5 January 2008, moved forward from autumn 2008 by President Mikheil Saakashvili after the 2007 demonstrations.

A double referendum on when to hold the legislative elections and on NATO membership was held on the same date.

Saakashvili was declared the winner with 53.7% of the votes, despite accusations of electoral fraud from the Georgian opposition. International observers welcomed the elections as "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of Georgia, and said, despite observed irregularities, the elections generally met the democratic standards.

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