Georgia is electing a new parliament today - polling stations throughout the country were opened at 8 a.m. exactly. The country is electing the parliament of 8-th convocation.
The new parliament will have 150 members, 73 of which will be majoritarian MPs, the rest 77 will take their mandates from proportional list of political parties and election blocs. The total number of election subjects is 16, 14 of which are political parties and 2 - election blocs. To win seats at the parliament, the political subjects should overcome 5% threshold.
There are 73 constituencies and 3719 polling stations throughout Georgia; 45 - in foreign countries.
Polling stations will be closed exactly at 8 p.m..