Country: | Adjara |
Previous Election: | 2012 |
Next Election: | 2020 |
Election Date: | 8 October 2016 (first round) 30 October 2016 (second round) |
Seats For Election: | 21 seats in the Supreme Council of Adjara |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Party1: | Georgian Dream |
Leader1: | Giorgi Kvirikashvili |
Percentage1: | 45.13 |
Seats1: | 14 |
Last Election1: | 13 |
Party2: | United National Movement (Georgia) |
Leader2: | Davit Bakradze |
Percentage2: | 29.62 |
Seats2: | 5 |
Last Election2: | 8 |
Party3: | DMUG |
Leader3: | Nino Burjanadze |
Percentage3: | 5.89 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Last Election3: | new |
Party4: | Alliance of Patriots of Georgia |
Leader4: | Irma Inashvili |
Percentage4: | 5.7 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Last Election4: | new |
Chairman of the Supreme Council | |
Before Election: | Avtandil Beridze |
Before Party: | Georgian Dream |
After Election: | Avtandil Beridze |
After Party: | Georgian Dream |
Legislative elections were held in Adjara, an autonomous republic within Georgia, on 8 October 2016. Adjara elected its 21-member parliament, Supreme Council, in the region's 7th local legislative election since Georgia declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
The 21-member Supreme Council of Adjara is elected for a 4-year term. Six of its members are in single-member constituencies and the remaining 15 seats are filled through proportional representation from parties which clear a 5% threshold.[1]
The election was held simultaneously with the nationwide parliamentary election on 8 October 2016. The ruling Georgian Dream party received 45.13% of votes in the proportional, party-list contest, followed by the opposition United National Movement party with 29.62%, Nino Burjanadze's Democratic Movement with 5.89%, and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia with 5.7%, winning respectively eight, five, one and one seat each. A majoritarian election in Adjara's all six single-mandate constituencies went into run-off on 30 October 2016,[1] which were won by the Georgian Dream candidates, securing a 14-seat majority in the Supreme Council of Adjara.[2]