1995 Georgian presidential election

1995 Georgian presidential election

5 November 1995
Turnout	68.29% ( 5.88pp)
Nominee Eduard Shevardnadze Jumber Patiashvili Party Independent Independent Alliance SMK Popular vote 1,589,909 414,303 Percentage 77.02% 20.07%
President before election Eduard Shevardnadze SMK Elected President Eduard Shevardnadze SMK

Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 5 November 1995.^[1] The result was a victory for Eduard Shevardnadze of the Union of Citizens of Georgia, who received 77% of the vote, with a 68% turnout.^[2]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Eduard Shevardnadze	Union of Citizens of Georgia	1,589,909	77.02
	Jumber Patiashvili	Independent	414,303	20.07
	Akaki Bakradze	Ilia Chavchavadze Society	31,350	1.52
	Panteleimon Giorgadze [ka]	Unified Communist Party of Georgia	10,697	0.52
	Kartlos Gharibashvili [ka]	Independent	10,023	0.49
	Roin Liparteliani [ka]	Agrarian Party of Georgia	7,948	0.39
Total			2,064,230	100.00
Valid votes			2,064,230	97.30
Invalid/blank votes			57,280	2.70
Total votes			2,121,510	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,106,557	68.29
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
2. Nohlen et al., p402