Media on Elections 2024

Official Results from the Central Election Commission for the 2024 Parliamentary Elections show the ruling Georgian Dream party leading with 54.23%. The combined total of opposition parties that passed the 5% threshold is 37.44%. While the Georgian Dream celebrates the victory, the opposition denies the legitimacy of the elections and observer organizations speak of “large-scale” rigging and demand the annulment of the official results.

Independent media plays a crucial role in this process, as their coverage throughout the pre-election period, on election day, and afterward has highlighted methods of rigging- voter manipulation and the systematic nature of these violations.

To broaden accessibility for diverse audiences, MAC gathers and translates journalists’ election-related coverage into English, compiling it in this section.

Georgian Dream’s Secret Network to Control Elections

Georgian Dream’s call centers confirming the payment of 150 GEL in exchange to their work on the Election Day.

Vote Secrecy not Secured

Widespread breaches of vote secrecy on October 26 Parliamentary Elections and a legal process associated with it.

Votes for Georgian Dream from Abandoned Villages

Journalistic investigation into the electoral success of Georgian Dream in the Ninotsminda and Akhalkalaki districts, primarily populated by national minorities, where the ruling party secured 87% and 88% of the votes, according to the official results.

Georgian Dream Officials on the List of NGO Observers

Family-run "independent" NGO observer mission coordinated with the Georgian Dream party involved in election fraud.

Call Centers of Georgian Dream: who are the “Captains”?

Covert call centers of Georgian Dream to coordinate voter suppression.