United National Movement (UNM) party said it would not recognize the results of the “stolen” parliamentary elections.

UNM chair Tina Bokuchava stated that the Central Election Commission performed “the dirty order of the Georgian Dream, oligarch Ivanishvili stole the Georgian people’s victory and thus stole the European future.”

“We hope that the opposition will have a similar stance as we believe today’s victory belongs not to one party but the whole of Georgia and the opposition.

We will not tolerate the results of the stolen elections. We met our pro-European future coalition parties and I’m sure the next government will be a coalition,” Bokuchava said.

According to the Central Election Commission (CEC)’s preliminary data, Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia received 53,06% of votes, followed by Coalition for Change / Gvaramia, Melia, Girchi, Droa – 11.7%, Unity – National Movement – 9.94 %, Strong Georgia – Lelo, for People, for Liberty – 8.99 % and Gakharia for Georgia – 8.22 %.

Georgia held parliamentary elections 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 secure at least 5% of the total vote to gain parliamentary representation. Eighteen political parties and coalitions are vying for seats in this race.