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2008 Georgian presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 5 January 2008,[1] moved forward from autumn 2008 by President Mikheil Saakashvili after the 2007 demonstrations.[2]
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Registered | 3,527,964 (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 56.19% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results by municipality Saakashvili: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80%+ Gachechiladze: 30–40% 40–50% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A double referendum on when to hold the legislative elections and on NATO membership was held on the same date.[3]
Saakashvili was declared the winner with 53.7% of the votes, despite accusations of electoral fraud from the Georgian opposition.[4] International observers welcomed the elections as "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of Georgia,[5] and said, despite observed irregularities, the elections generally met the democratic standards.[6]