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Grigol Vashadze, former foreign minister and Georgian presidential candidate, addresses reporters from his seat during the presidential election in Tbilisi, Georgia on Sunday, October 28, 2018. Most polls show the first three candidates, Salome Zurabishvili, Grigol Vashadze and David Bakradze. Each of them served as Foreign Minister of Georgia under the presidency of Mikheil Saakashvili, who is now an exile. (Shakh Aivazov / Associated Press)
TBILISI (Georgia) – The electoral authorities of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia said that the first two candidates in Sunday's presidential election won less than 50 percent of the vote, paving the way for a second round.
The Central Election Commission announced on Monday that the preliminary results show that two former foreign ministers, Salome Zourabishvili and Grigol Vashadze, won 39% and 38% of the vote, respectively, out of a group of 25 candidates. A flow between the two should take place on December 2nd.
This is the last presidential election in Georgia. Constitutional changes occur at the end of the term of office of the next president, which will leave a system of delegates to choose the president. The changes will make the prime minister the most powerful political figure in the country.
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