2003 Georgian parliamentary election

none Georgia 1990 1999 2004 All 225 seats in the Parliament 113 60.06% ( 7.84 pp) 2 November 2003 Eduard Shevardnadze For a New Georgia Union of Citizens of Georgia 131 57 22.10 Aslan Abashidze Democratic Union for Revival 58 39 19.54 Mikheil Saakashvili United National Movement (Georgia) new 42 18.74 Shalva Natelashvili Georgian Labour Party 2 23 12.48 Nino Burjanadze Burjanadze-Democrats Burjanadze-Democrats new 19 9.12 David Gamkrelidze New Rights Party new 16 7.62 Gogi Topadze Industry Will Save Georgia 15 4 6.40 – Independents 17 21 – Chairwoman of Parliament Nino Burjanadze Burjanadze-Democrats x70px|Nino Burjanadze Nino Burjanadze Burjanadze-Democrats x70px|Nino Burjanadze Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 2 November 2003 alongside a constitutional referendum. According to statistics released by the Georgian Election Commission, the elections were won by a combination of parties supporting President Eduard Shevardnadze. However, the results were annulled by the Georgia Supreme Court after the Rose Revolution on 23 November,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/nov/25/georgia Georgian Supreme Court Rejects Shevardnadze Poll Results The Guardian 25 November 2003 following allegations of widespread electoral fraud and large public protests which led to the resignation of Shevardnadze. Fresh elections were held on 28 March 2004. Parties "For a New Georgia" was the electoral bloc that supported President Eduard Shevardnadze. The Revival Party was an ally of Shevardnadze. The National Movement (NM) was the party of opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili. Conduct Reports of violence, voter intimidation and ballot box stuffing began coming in shortly after the polling stations opened. The biggest problem, however, was the voter lists prepared by the Georgian government. Mikhail Saakashvili was among tens of thousands who were denied the right to vote. His name, along with names of many thousands across the country, was missing from the voter list prepared by the Georgian government. Entire neighborhoods were mysteriously removed from the voter list in the areas where opposition was likely to do well. Georgian analysts described the vote as "the messiest and most chaotic election" the country has ever had. "The government did everything to make this election chaotic. I think there were also (those in) government (who) did not want this election to be orderly because they knew they would lose it," said Ghia Nodia of the Caucasus Institute for Democracy and Development. An international mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) declared that the election fell short of international standards. "These elections have, regrettably, been insufficient to enhance the credibility of either the electoral or the democratic process," said Bruce George, special co-ordinator of the OSCE chairman-in-office. Some 450 international observers from 43 countries monitored the polls in one of the largest and longest election observation missions in the OSCE's history.http://www.osce.org/item/7881.html Georgian parliamentary elections marred by confusion over voter lists Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 3 November 2003 14 December 2005 4 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170904200517/http://www.osce.org/item/7881.html deadhttps://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/georgia/17822 Post-election interim report Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 25 November 2003 Supporting the allegations of electoral fraud were also exit polls conducted by an American company, Global Strategy, which showed that the opposition had won by a large margin, with the National Movement coming first with 20% and the government block polling only 14% of the vote. Results National Constituency For a New Georgia (SMK) 407045 38 19 57 Democratic Union for Revival 359769 33 6 39 United National Movement 345197 32 10 42 Georgian Labour Party 229900 20 3 23 Burjanadze-Democrats 167908 15 4 19 New Rights Party 140259 12 4 16 Industry Will Save Georgia 117785 0 4 4 Jumber Patiashvili – Unity 34584 0 0 National Consent–Iberian Shine Bloc 15772 0 0 Unified Communist Party of Georgia 8031 0 0 United Georgia 2958 0 0 Industrialists Party 2659 0 0 Peaceful Caucasus Bloc 2403 0 0 National-State Political Union of Georgia "Mdzleveli" 1627 0 0 Georgian Lawyers 1479 0 0 Motherland 1247 0 0 Women's Protection Union 902 0 0 All-Georgian People's Alliance 680 0 0 Non-Governmental Bloc Homeland 582 0 0 Party of People's Capitalism 506 0 0 Constitutional Rights Party 342 0 0 National Movement Democrats 1 1 Independents 21 21 Vacant 3 3 1909215 3178593 Publika, CESKO References Category:Annulled elections Category:Parliamentary elections in Georgia (country) Category:Rose Revolution Georgia Parliamentary Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results