Salome Zurabishvili won the presidential election in Georgia

Grigol Vashadze, a member of the opposition "Strength in Unity", won 40.48% of the vote. The participation rate was 56.23%.

During the first round of the elections, which took place on October 28, it was not possible to determine the president, none of the 25 candidates having won more than 50% of the vote. Zourabishvili received 38.6% of the vote and Vashadze – 37.7%.

On 27 November, the Vashadze headquarters reported possible irregularities during the electoral process. According to the opposition, electoral lists could be falsified. Observers compared the lists of the first and second rounds and found that 11,000 new names appeared in the second round.

On polling day, Georgian parliament speaker Irakli Kobakhidze then told reporters that the election situation was calm and that there had been no serious violations.

Salome Zurabishvili was backed by the ruling party, the "Georgian Dream", headed by businessman and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.

During the election campaign, Zurabishvili was accused of "pro-Russian stance" after her remarks on the August 2008 war. In comments to reporters, she said that Georgia had caused a new wave of conflict when She had responded to "Russian provocation" by military means.

Zurabishvili previously headed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was also Ambbadador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to France.

For Georgia, it is the last direct presidential election. In 2017, the country adopted a new constitution according to which the next president in 2024 will be chosen by a special electoral commission of 300 delegates.