Final GORBI survey projects landslide for ruling Georgian Dream party with 66.4% support ahead of upcoming local elections

A new nationwide public opinion poll commissioned by Imedi TV and conducted by research company Georgian Opinion Research Business International (GORBI) indicates that the ruling Georgian Dream party holds a commanding lead ahead of the upcoming local self-government elections scheduled for Saturday.

The survey asked citizens across Georgia: “if the local self-government elections were held this week, which of the following parties and coalitions would you vote for?”

The results, distributed across the country, are as follows:

• Georgian Dream - 66.4%
• Strong Georgia - Lelo 10.3%
• Girchi - 9.3%
• Gakharia For Georgia - 8.7%
• Alliance of Patriots of Georgia - 2.2%
• All other parties (cumulative) - 3.1%

The survey was conducted using face-to-face interview methods between September 6 and 25, both nationwide and in the cities of Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi, Rustavi, Zugdidi, Khashuri, and Telavi.

A total of 2000 respondents were surveyed nationwide. Additionally, 920 respondents were interviewed in Tbilisi, and 500 respondents were interviewed in each of the remaining cities.

The margin of error is +/- 3 percent nationwide, and +/- 5 percent within the individual cities.