Georgian Troupe | |
Native Name: | ქართული დასი |
Split: | Georgian Labor Party |
Leader: | Jondi Baghaturia |
Foundation: | 2007 |
Ideology: | Left-wing nationalism[1] [2] Social conservatism[3] Russophilia[4] |
National: | United National Council (2007-2008) |
Country: | Georgia |
Country Dab1: | Politics of Georgia (country) |
Elections Dab1: | Elections in Georgia (country) |
Parties Dab1: | List of political parties in Georgia (country) |
The Georgian Troupe (Georgian: ქართული დასი|tr) is a left-wing Georgian opposition political party with a strong nationalist component set up in January 2007 and chaired by Jondi Bagaturia, formerly a leading activist of the Georgian Labour Party. Bagaturia left the Labour Party following his disagreement with the party leader Shalva Natelashvili in December 2006.[5] The party has promised to nationalize companies and property bought by foreigners. It joined the United Opposition alliance in November 2007.[6] Its leader Bagaturia was elected to the Georgian parliament as a parliamentary opposition during the 2008 Georgian parliamentary election. Following the election, the party soon broke away from the United Opposition alliance, with Bagaturia calling the alliance's tactic of boycotting the parliament "inappropriate and useless".[7] The party failed to be reelected in the 2012 Georgian parliamentary election and in the subsequent elections.
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government | Coalition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Jondi Baghaturia | 314,668 | 17.73 | New | 2nd | United Opposition | ||
2012 | Jondi Baghaturia | 2,324 | 0.11 | 1 | 9th | Independent | ||
2016 | Jondi Baghaturia | 2,182 | 0.12 | 14th | Independent | |||
2020 | Jondi Baghaturia | 982 | 0.05 | 40th | Independent | |||