Georgian Labour Party

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Georgian Labour Party
საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია
ChairmanShalva Natelashvili
Secretary-GeneralGiorgi Gugava
FoundedAugust 1995
HeadquartersI. Javakhishvili 88, Tbilisi
Youth wingLabour Youth
Women's wingLabourist Women in Georgia
Membership26,000
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Left-wing populism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left[1]
National affiliationUnited National Council (2007-2008)
Colours  Red
  Blue
Seats in Parliament
0 / 150
Municipal Councilors
3 / 2,043

The Georgian Labour Party (Georgian: საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია, romanized: sakartvelos leiborist'uli p'art'ia, SLP) is a political party in Georgia that was founded in 1995 by Shalva Natelashvili.

History

Former logo

1998 Local Elections

In the 1998 local elections, the party received 20% of the votes.

1999 Parliamentary Elections

The Labor Party received 7% in the 1999 parliamentary elections. The party blamed the authorities for rigging the elections.[2]

2002 Local Self-Government Elections

In the 2002 Local Self-Government Elections, the party won the majority of seats (26%) in the Tbilisi City Assembly.

2003 Parliamentary Elections

The Georgian Labour Party received 12% in the 2003 parliamentary elections, which translated into 20 parliamentary mandates.

2008 Parliamentary Elections

The Georgian Labour Party received 7.4% of the popular vote in the 2008 parliamentary elections.

Electoral performance

Parliamentary

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1999 Shalva Natelashvili 140,595 7.02
2 / 235
Increase 2 Steady 4th Opposition
2003 Shalva Natelashvili 229,900 12.04
20 / 235
Increase 18 Steady 4th Opposition
2004 Shalva Natelashvili 89,981 6.01
4 / 150
Decrease 16 Steady 4th Opposition
2008 Shalva Natelashvili 132,092 7.44
6 / 150
Increase 2 Steady 4th Opposition
2012 Shalva Natelashvili 26,759 1.24
0 / 150
Decrease 6 Steady 4th Extra-parliamentary
2016 Shalva Natelashvili 55,208 3.14
0 / 150
Steady 0 Decrease 7th Extra-parliamentary
2020 Shalva Natelashvili 19,314 1.00
1 / 150
Increase 1 Decrease 9th Opposition

Presidential

Election year Candidate Results
# of overall votes % 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)

Local election

Election Votes % Seats +/–
2014[3] 48,862 3.45
2017[4] 49,130 3.27
17 / 2,043
2021[5] 24,329 1.38
3 / 2,068
Decrease 14

References

  1. ^ a b Nodia, Ghia; Pinto Scholtbach, Álvaro (2006), The Political Landscape of Georgia: Political Parties: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects, Eburon, p. 123
  2. ^ https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/4/c/15612.pdf. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ https://archiveresults.cec.gov.ge/results/2014/index.html
  4. ^ https://archiveresults.cec.gov.ge/results/20171021/proporciuli.html
  5. ^ "Არჩევნების შედეგები". Archived from the original on 2017-07-01.

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