United National Movement (UNM) Chair Tina Bokuchava echoed the exit poll results, saying “The opposition won, and Georgian Dream lost.”

She claimed that despite what she described as “ballot stuffing and violence, today, won not one party but the nation’s European future.”

“Ivanishvili’s time is over,” she went on, pledging that “We treat the trust we have received with great responsibility.”

“In the shortest possible time, together with other opposition parties that passed the electoral threshold, we will start negotiations on the formation of a coalition government, which will definitely bring our country into the European Union,” she added.

According to the GORBI results, as of  6 p.m., the GD received 56.1%, followed by Coalition for Change – Gvaramia, Melia, Girchi, Droa – 12.6%, United National Movement – 11.6%, Strong Georgia – Lelo, for People, for Liberty – 7.0%, and Gakharia for Georgia – 4.8%.

As per Mtavari Arkhi exit polls results, Georgian Dream has 42%; Coalition for Change – 18%, Unity National Movement – 13%, Strong Georgia – 9% and Gakharia for Georgia – 8%.

Georgia holds parliamentary elections today under a new fully proportional system, with voters set to elect all 150 members of parliament in a single round of voting. The parties must now secure at least 5% of the total vote to gain parliamentary representation. Eighteen political parties and coalitions are vying for seats in this historic race.