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handle is hein.crs/goverfm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Georgia: Incumbent Georgian Dream Claims Victory in Disputed Parliamentary Elections November 5, 2024 Georgia, a country in the Black Sea region that borders Russia and Turkey, held parliamentary elections on October 26, 2024. Georgia's governing party, Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia (GD), claimed victory. GD came to power in 2012 as a center-left party and has since governed on the basis of a more nationalist-conservative ideology. Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili and main opposition parties, which campaigned on a pro-European platform, maintained the elections were highly flawed and said they would not recognize the results. U.S. and European Union (EU) leaders called on the Georgian government to address concerns about the election and about recent laws they said restricted democratic freedoms. U.S. policy expressly grounds the U.S.-Georgia relationship in shared values and commitment to the country's integration into the Euro-Atlantic community. Some observers questioned whether the elections marked a decisive shift away from Georgia's long-standing efforts to join NATO and the EU and toward a neutral or Russia-leaning foreign policy orientation, despite Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia and occupation of about 20% of its territory. Members of Congress may assess the impact of Georgia's parliamentary elections and their aftermath on U.S. interests and Russian influence in Georgia and the Black Sea region and may consider whether and how Congress might respond. Disputed Election Results and Aftermath According to preliminary official results, GD received 54% of the vote while four opposition parties that exceeded a 5% threshold for entering parliament received a combined 38%. Media reports stated GD thus would receive 89 seats in Georgia's 150-seat parliament. According to official results, GD defeated the combined opposition throughout Georgia, except in Tbilisi (Georgia's capital), the nearby city of Rustavi, and overseas. Election observers and pollsters raised doubts about the election's integrity. International observers cited a significantly high number of cases of intimidation of voters and indications of pressure, potentially compromised ...vote secrecy, and allegations of vote buying, among other concerns. Domestic monitors detailed instances of suspected violations, including allegations of extensive multiple voting. After the election, two international firms commissioned by opposition-leaning media to conduct Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12456 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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