2012 Georgian parliamentary election

2012 Georgian parliamentary election
	All 150 seats in Parliament; 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	61.31% ( 8.49 pp)
	Map of electoral districts, winners by party-list

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 1 October 2012. The opposition Georgian Dream coalition of billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili won a majority of the seats. President Mikheil Saakashvili conceded his party's defeat.^[2]

The elections were held in accordance with a reformed electoral system agreed upon by the government and several opposition parties in 2011.^[3] 77 of the 150 seats were allocated proportionally to party lists, the remaining 73 to the winners in single-member constituencies.^[4] The new parliament was relocated from the capital of Tbilisi to the country's second largest city of Kutaisi later, in 2012.^[3] A new government was also formed following the 2013 presidential election as envisaged by the 2010 constitutional amendments.^[5] South Ossetia and Abkhazia did not vote.

^ Results 2012. Central Election Commission
^ Antidze, Margarita; Gutterman, Steve (2 October 2012), Georgia's president accepts his party lost poll, Reuters
^ ^a ^b "Saakashvili Clarifies Position on Parliament Relocation Issue". Civil. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ Antidze, Margarita; Gutterman, Steve (1 October 2012), Georgian opposition celebrates as both sides see victory, Reuters
^ "Key Points of Newly Adopted Constitution". Civil. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

[1] Results 2012. Central Election Commission

[2] Antidze, Margarita; Gutterman, Steve (2 October 2012), Georgia's president accepts his party lost poll, Reuters

[civil-24172-3] "Saakashvili Clarifies Position on Parliament Relocation Issue". Civil. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

[4] Antidze, Margarita; Gutterman, Steve (1 October 2012), Georgian opposition celebrates as both sides see victory, Reuters

[civil-22757-5] "Key Points of Newly Adopted Constitution". Civil. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

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