No winner in first round of Georgia’s presidential election
Salome Zurabishvili and Grigol Vashadze are set to contest a run-off.
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The top two candidates in Sunday’s presidential elections in Georgia obtained less than 50% of the vote, paving the way for a run-off.
The Central Election Commission said on Monday that preliminary results show two former foreign ministers, Salome Zurabishvili and Grigol Vashadze, won 39 and 38% of the vote, respectively, amid a field of 25 candidates.
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A runoff between the two is expected to be held by December 2.
This is Georgia’s last presidential election.
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Constitutional changes kick in at the end of the next president’s term that will leave it to a delegate system to choose the president.
The changes will make the prime minister the most powerful political figure in the country.