Georgian Labour Party | |
Chairman: | Shalva Natelashvili |
Secretary General: | Giorgi Gugava |
Foundation: | August 1995 |
Ideology: | Social democracy Left-wing populism[1] Pro-Europeanism[2] |
Headquarters: | I. Javakhishvili 88, Tbilisi |
National: | United National Council (2007–2008) |
Country: | Georgia |
Country Dab1: | Politics of Georgia (country) |
Native Name: | საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია |
Membership: | 26,000 |
Youth Wing: | Labour Youth |
Wing1 Title: | Women's wing |
Wing1: | Labourist Women in Georgia |
Position: | Centre-left[3] |
Seats1 Title: | Seats in Parliament |
Seats2 Title: | Municipal Councilors |
Colors: | Red Blue |
Elections Dab1: | Elections in Georgia (country) |
Parties Dab1: | List of political parties in Georgia (country) |
The Georgian Labour Party (Georgian: საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია|tr, SLP) is a political party in Georgia that was founded in 1995 by Shalva Natelashvili.
In the 1998 local elections, the party received 20% of the votes.
The Labor Party received 7% in the 1999 parliamentary elections. The party blamed the authorities for rigging the elections.[4]
In the 2002 Local Self-Government Elections, the party won the majority of seats (26%) in the Tbilisi City Assembly.
The Georgian Labour Party received 12% in the 2003 parliamentary elections, which translated into 20 parliamentary mandates.
The Georgian Labour Party received 7.4% of the popular vote in the 2008 parliamentary elections.
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Shalva Natelashvili | 140,595 | 7.02 | 2 | 4th | |||
2003 | Shalva Natelashvili | 229,900 | 12.04 | 18 | 4th | |||
2004 | Shalva Natelashvili | 89,981 | 6.01 | 16 | 4th | |||
2008 | Shalva Natelashvili | 132,092 | 7.44 | 2 | 4th | |||
2012 | Shalva Natelashvili | 26,759 | 1.24 | 6 | 4th | |||
2016 | Shalva Natelashvili | 55,208 | 3.14 | 0 | 7th | |||
2020 | Shalva Natelashvili | 19,314 | 1.00 | 1 | 9th |
Election year | Candidate | Results | |
---|---|---|---|
| % of overall vote | ||
2008 | Shalva Natelashvili | 128,589 | 6.49 (#4) |
2013 | Shalva Natelashvili | 46,958 | 2.88 (#4) |
2018 | Shalva Natelashvili | 59,651 | 3.74 (#4) |
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014[5] | 48,862 | 3.45 | |||
2017[6] | 49,130 | 3.27 | |||
2021[7] | 24,329 | 1.38 | 14 |