Georgian Labour Party

Georgian Labour Party

საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია
Georgian Labour Party საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია
Chairman	Shalva Natelashvili
Secretary-General	Giorgi Gugava
Founded	August 1995
Headquarters	I. Javakhishvili 88, Tbilisi
Youth wing	Labour Youth
Women's wing	Labourist Women in Georgia
Ideology	Social democracy; Left-wing populism; Pro-Europeanism;
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	United National Council (2007–2008)
Colors	Red
Seats in Parliament	0 / 150
Municipal Councilors	3 / 2,043
Website
	www.labour.ge
	Politics of Georgia; Political parties; Elections;

The Georgian Labour Party (Georgian: საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია, romanized: sakartvelos leiborist'uli p'art'ia, SLP) is a political party in Georgia that was founded in 1995 by Shalva Natelashvili.

History

1998 Local Elections

In the 1998 local elections, the party received 20% 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.^[6]

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

Parliamentary

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
1999	Shalva Natelashvili	140,595	7.02	2 / 235	2	4th	Opposition
2003	Shalva Natelashvili	229,900	12.04	20 / 235	18	4th	Opposition
2004	Shalva Natelashvili	89,981	6.01	4 / 150	16	4th	Opposition
2008	Shalva Natelashvili	132,092	7.44	6 / 150	2	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
2024	Shalva Natelashvili	15,102	0.73	0 / 150	1	8th	Extra-parliamentary

Presidential

Election year	Candidate	Results
Election year	Candidate	# of overall votes	% of overall vote
2008	Shalva Natelashvili	128,589	6.49 (#4)
2013	Shalva Natelashvili	46,958	2.88 (#4)
2018	Shalva Natelashvili	59,651	3.74 (#4)

Local election

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2014^[7]	48,862	3.45
2017^[8]	49,130	3.27	17 / 2,043
2021^[9]	24,329	1.38	3 / 2,068	14

References

^ ^a ^b Nodia, Ghia; Pinto Scholtbach, Álvaro (2006), The Political Landscape of Georgia: Political Parties: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects, Eburon, p. 123
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Georgia - 3 Political Parties". European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity.
^ Silagadze, Givi (February 2020). Who is (not) populist in Georgia? Making sense of the buzzword (PDF). Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgian Institute of Politics. p. 6.
^ "Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages: Georgia". Europe Elects.
^ "Georgia's Political Landscape". Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 18 October 2021.
^ "Georgia Parliamentary Elections: 31 October & 14 November 1999 - Final Report" (PDF). OSCE. 7 February 2000.
^ https://archiveresults.cec.gov.ge/results/2014/index.html
^ https://archiveresults.cec.gov.ge/results/20171021/proporciuli.html
^ "Არჩევნების შედეგები". Archived from the original on 2017-07-01.

External links

[Nodia123-1] Nodia, Ghia; Pinto Scholtbach, Álvaro (2006), The Political Landscape of Georgia: Political Parties: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects, Eburon, p. 123

[forum-2] "Georgia - 3 Political Parties". European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity.

[3] Silagadze, Givi (February 2020). Who is (not) populist in Georgia? Making sense of the buzzword (PDF). Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgian Institute of Politics. p. 6.

[EE-4] "Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages: Georgia". Europe Elects.

[position-5] "Georgia's Political Landscape". Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 18 October 2021.

[6] "Georgia Parliamentary Elections: 31 October & 14 November 1999 - Final Report" (PDF). OSCE. 7 February 2000.

[7] ttps://archiveresults.cec.gov.ge/results/2014/index.html

[8] ttps://archiveresults.cec.gov.ge/results/20171021/proporciuli.html

[9] "Არჩევნების შედეგები". Archived from the original on 2017-07-01.

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