2024 Georgian presidential election
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Nominee Salome Zourabichvili
Party Independent
Incumbent President

Salome Zourabichvili
Independent



Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Georgia in 2024. They will be the eighth presidential elections in Georgian history. The previous presidential elections in 2018 resulted in the election of Salome Zurabishvili.

Background

The President of Georgia is the ceremonial head of state of Georgia as well as the commander-in-chief of the Defense Forces. In 2013, a series of constitutional amendments passed in the Parliament of Georgia from 2010 to 2013 entered into force, finalizing Georgia's transition to a parliamentary republic. The president's executive powers were significantly curtailed in favor of the Prime Minister.[1]

Electoral system

In 2017 the Parliament of Georgia adopted several constitutional amendments with 117 voting in favor and two against. The amendments abolished direct presidential elections starting from 2024.[2][3] President Giorgi Margvelashvili vetoed the constitutional amendment on 9 October, describing it as an "anti-people constitution". Parliament overrode his veto on 13 October.[4] The constitutional amendments went into effect after the 2018 presidential elections and the inauguration of President Salome Zurabishvili on 16 December 2018.

For the 2024 elections, the president will be elected by a 300-member Electoral College, the composition of which will be approved by the Central Election Commission. It will include all members of Parliament, the legislative bodies of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara, and nominees of the respective political parties from among the representative bodies of local government.[5]

The President of Georgia will be elected for a term of five years, without debates and by open ballot. The same person can be elected President of Georgia only twice. Any citizen of Georgia who has voting rights, is aged 40 or over and who has lived in Georgia for at least fifteen years, is eligible to run for the presidency. A candidate requires the backing of at least 30 members of the Electoral College to be nominated.

References

  1. ^ Key Points of Newly Adopted Constitution. Civil Georgia. 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Parliament Approves Constitution on Final Reading". Civil Georgia. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Key Points of Newly Adopted Constitution". Civil Georgia. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Parliament Overrides Presidential Veto on Constitutional Amendments". Civil Georgia. 13 October 2017. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. ^ "New Constitution Enters into Force". Civil Georgia. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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