1919 Georgian parliamentary election
Constituent Assembly elections were held in the Democratic Republic of Georgia between 14 and 16 February 1919.[1] The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in a single nationwide district.[2] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Labour Party of Georgia, which won 81% of the vote, and 109 of the 130 seats. In by-elections held in spring, they lost four seats and the Armenian Party in Georgia - Dashnaktsitiuni and the Georgian National Party both won seats.[3]
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Following the election, the Constituent Assembly approved and ratified the Act of Independence on 12 March.[4]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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Social Democratic Labour Party of Georgia | 409,766 | 81.0 | 109 |
Georgian Socialist-Federalist Revolutionary Party | 33,721 | 6.7 | 8 |
National Democratic Party | 30,754 | 6.1 | 8 |
Socialist-Revolutionary Party of Georgia | 21,453 | 4.2 | 5 |
Radical-Democratic Party of Georgia | 3,107 | 0.6 | 0 |
Armenian Party in Georgia - Dashnaktsitiuni | 2,353 | 0.5 | 0 |
Left Socialist-Federalist Party | 1,616 | 0.3 | 0 |
Georgian National Party | 1,532 | 0.3 | 0 |
Union of Non-Party Independents | 795 | 0.2 | 0 |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party | 779 | 0.2 | 0 |
Group of Muslims from Borchalo District | 77 | 0.0 | 0 |
National Council of Muslims | 60 | 0.0 | 0 |
Party of Noble Aestheticians | 53 | 0.0 | 0 |
Party of Rustaveli Group | 51 | 0.0 | 0 |
Democratic Group of Georgian Hellenes | 14 | 0.0 | 0 |
Total | 506,131 | 100 | 130 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- Nohlen et al., p374
- Nohlen et al., p395
- The Statesman's Year-Book, 60th edition, p1296
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