At stake in this election:

• 225 seats in the Supreme Council (Umaghiesi Sabcho)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Eduard Amvrosiyevich SHEVARDNADZE
• Head of Government: President Eduard Amvrosiyevich SHEVARDNADZE
• Assembly: Georgia has a unicameral Supreme Council (Umaghiesi Sabcho) with 235 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Supreme Council (Umaghiesi Sabcho), 75 members are elected by a plurality system to serve 4-year terms, 150 members are elected by party-list system with proportional distribution of seats to serve 4-year terms and 10 members are reserved .***

*** The ten seats are reserved for members who represent displaced persons from the separatist region of Abkhazia.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Citizens Union of Georgia (CUG)
  • Leader: Eduard SHEVARDNADZE
  • Seats won in this election: 121
  • Seats won in last election: 107
• Bloc: Revival Party
  • Leader: Alsan ABASHIDZE
  • Seats won in this election: 58
  • Seats won in last election: 31
• Party: "Industry Will Save Georgia"
  • Leader: George TOPADZE
  • Seats won in this election: 14
  • Seats won in last election: 2
• Party: National Democratic Party (NDP)
  • Leader: Irina SARISHVILI-CHANTURIA
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: People's Party / Didgori
  • Leader: Mamuka GIORGADSE
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Inependents and Other Parties (including Abzhazian delegates)
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 42
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• Parliamentar elections were last held on November 5, 1995.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 4,452,500 (1999)
• Registered Voters: 3,143,851 (1999)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,343,591 (1999)

·         Is Georgia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Georgia ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (26 October 1994)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 17 (following the 1999 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 76 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Georgia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (10 July 2009)

·         Has Georgia ratified CRPD: Yes (13 March 2014)

·         Population with a disability: 667,875 (est.)