Georgian Labour Party

The Georgian Labour Party (Georgian: საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია, Sakartvelos Leiboristuli Partia, SLP) is a political party in Georgia that was founded in 1995 by Shalva Natelashvili.

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
IdeologyPopulism
Social democracy[1]
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left[1]
Colours   
Seats in Parliament
1 / 150
Website
www.labour.ge/en/

History

1998 Local Elections

In the 1998 local elections, the party received 20 percent 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
Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1999 Shalva Natelashvili 140,595 7.0
2 / 150
 2 4th Opposition
2003 Shalva Natelashvili 229,900 12.0
20 / 150
 18 4th Opposition
2004 Shalva Natelashvili 89,981 5.8
0 / 150
 20 4th Extra-parliamentary
2008 Shalva Natelashvili 132,092 7.44
6 / 150
 6 4th Opposition
2012 Shalva Natelashvili 26,759 1.24
0 / 150
 6 4th Extra-parliamentary
2016 Shalva Natelashvili 55,208 3.14
0 / 150
 0 7th Extra-parliamentary
2020 Shalva Natelashvili 19,314 1.00
1 / 150
 1 9th Opposition

References
  1. Nodia, Ghia; Pinto Scholtbach, Álvaro (2006), The Political Landscape of Georgia: Political Parties: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects, Eburon, p. 123
  2. (PDF) https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/4/c/15612.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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