President Salome Zourabichvili described the election results as a 'total rigging, a total robbery of your votes' and stated that the country had been victimized by a Russian special operation.
The opposition, refusing to concede defeat, accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of orchestrating a constitutional coup, further escalating tensions in the politically polarized nation.
The electoral commission announced that the ruling GD party secured 54% of the vote and 89 parliamentary seats, effectively thwarting the opposition's hopes for a pro-western coalition.
Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of GD, claimed victory in what is considered the most consequential election for Georgia since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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