Progress and Freedom explained

Progress and Freedom
Native Name:პროგრესი და თავისუფლება
Leader:Kakha Okriashvili
Tsezar Chocheli
Leader1 Title:Chairman of Political Council
Headquarters:Tbilisi
Ideology:Pro-Europeanism[1]
National:Strength Is in Unity
Colors: Orange
Seats1 Title:Parliament
Seats2 Title:Seats in Dmanisi Municipal Assembly
Website:Facebook page
Country:Georgia
Country Dab1:Politics of Georgia (country)
Parties Dab1:List of political parties in Georgia (country)
Elections Dab1:Elections in Georgia (country)

Progress and Freedom (Georgian: პროგრესი და თავისუფლება|tr) is a political party in Georgia. The party was founded by Kakha Okriashvili and Tsezar Chocheli In 2020.[2] In September 2020, the party joined the coalition Strength Is in Unity.[3]

The coalition nominated both party founders as majoritarian candidates during the 2020 parliamentary election. Kakha Okriashvili received 23,666 votes (39.55%) in the #14 majoritarian constituency and took second place. Tsezar Chocheli was nominated in the #11 majoritarian constituency, where he received 17,134 votes (33.78%) and passed to the second round, but refused to participate; nevertheless his last name was on the ballot paper and received 2,076 (7.47%) votes in the second round.[4] Kakha Okriashvili and Tsezar Chocheli refused to enter parliament on party lists (entirely with the opposition, citing rigged elections).

Electoral performance

Local elections

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages: Georgia . .
  2. Web site: კახა ოქრიაშვილმა და ცეზარ ჩოჩელმა პარტია შექმნეს. formulanews.ge.
  3. Web site: "ძალა ერთობაშიას" პარტია "პროგრესი და თავისუფლება" შეუერთდა.
  4. Web site: არჩევნების შედეგები. Jan 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210104235435/https://results.cec.gov.ge/#/ka-ge/election_44/dashboard. 2021-01-04.