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Georgia

150 seats, and Georgian Dream holds 89.

Key takeaways

  1. 1

    Parliament. Georgian Dream holds the most seats: 89 of 150 (59%). A majority needs 76.

  2. 2

    Headlines. The tone is getting grimmer: 17% of the last 13 days' headlines read grim, 7% upbeat. Top topic: Politics (43%).

  3. 3

    Government. Government barometer 60/100 (Builder). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.

Headline mood · 13 days

Line: mood · bars: stories

12 Nov · 4 stories · neutral0 upbeat · 4 neutral · 0 grim

What the headlines are about

  • Politics 43%
  • Other 30%
  • Security 20%
  • Society 6%
  • Economy 2%

A simple word-list estimate from the daily wire headlines. Not a judgement.

Who holds the seats · Parliament of Georgia

150 seats · 76 for a majority (line)

Georgian Dream

89 seats · 59.3% · a majority alone

89 of 150 seats. IPU Parline lists 89 seats for Georgian Dream after the 26 October 2024 election. The Central Election Commission's final result prints 53.93 percent. Observers and all four opposition groups disputed the result. The IRI poll of September 2026, as 1TV reported the circulated slide, printed 36 percent before undecided voters were allocated.

Map · mood compared

Georgia

Overall mood: 17% grim, 7% upbeat · today +0

What changed today

12 Nov

  • 12 Nov: 4 stories (average 4); tone more upbeat than usual.

New headlines

Earlier this week: 10 more headlines

Headlines and summaries come from the linked sources; the selection is automatic.

Go deeper

Parties, people, promises, money

Seats 26 October 2024 · votes at that election

150 seats, and Georgian Dream holds 89.

The seat map is IPU Parline, Parliament of Georgia, as updated in September 2025. It shows 150 seats: Georgian Dream 89, Gakharia for Georgia 12. A majority of 150 is 76. Observers and all four opposition groups disputed the 2024 vote, and three of them gave up their seats. The 49 empty seats are not drawn in the room. The next election is due in October 2028. Vote shares are from the Central Election Commission's final result for 26 October 2024. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.

A score on this desk is an editorial average of six work topics, times ten, with the method written on the row.

The room

Parliament of Georgia

150 seats · 76 to govern alone · Georgian Dream 89

The deal

One party holds 89 of 150 seats

76 seats are a majority of 150. Georgian Dream governs alone with 89. For Georgia sits with 12. The other 49 opposition mandates were revoked at their holders' request in February 2025 and are empty.

The mood

Election vs now

The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 150. They are different counts.

  • GD
    36.0%
  • For Georgia
    2.0%

The first point is the 2020 election, when the United National Movement led an opposition bloc on 27.18 percent. The second is the Central Election Commission's 2024 result. The third is an IRI party-rating slide from September 2026 as 1TV reported it: it counts undecided and refusing respondents, so the shares are far below vote shares, and IRI's own release was not published. Treat it as a reported figure.

The trend

From election night to now

Public pollster blend — not a forecast

The split

Seat share beside the vote share

The right bar is seats divided by 150. The left bar is the vote share. The electoral system means the two differ.

The mismatch

Seats they hold vs the poll

The seat bar is seats divided by 150. The other bar is the IRI poll of September 2026 as 1TV reported it.

The rude gauge

Growth king or a fight with work

Who grows the pie, who picks a fight with work. Cabinet sits at 60 / 100. The number is an editorial reading, not an official index. Six topics are averaged and multiplied by ten: energy supply, hiring, keeping and investing money, building, hours in paid work, and paperwork. Ten means the public record makes that easier for work. Zero means it makes it harder. The band is a label for that average, not a court ruling.

Against the workBuilderGrowth king

Full causal chains live on every promise

This week

The pulse

Parliament

101 of 150 seats are filled

IPU Parline records that Parliament recognised 12 new For Georgia members on 2 September 2025, bringing the sitting members to 101. 49 opposition seats stay empty.

Polls

IRI slide: Georgian Dream at 36 percent

1TV reported an IRI slide putting Georgian Dream at 36 percent unallocated and the United National Movement at 5. The next parliamentary election is due in October 2028.

Politics 101

How this country actually works

What this chamber drawing is

150 seats. 76 to govern alone.

The seat map is IPU Parline, Parliament of Georgia, as updated in September 2025. It shows 150 seats: Georgian Dream 89, Gakharia for Georgia 12. A majority of 150 is 76. Observers and all four opposition groups disputed the 2024 vote, and three of them gave up their seats. The 49 empty seats are not drawn in the room. The next election is due in October 2028. Vote shares are from the Central Election Commission's final result for 26 October 2024. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.

Who holds the offices this desk names

Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister; Mikheil Kavelashvili, President.

Office holders come from the CIA World Leaders list for Georgia, updated 7 October 2026. Party leaders are named from the press reports linked on each bio.

How foreigners are seen

Openness in Georgia

Published surveys only. Each figure shows its source and year.

Who's welcomed

Share of adults in Georgia with a favourable opinion of each country Pew asked about. A view of a country, not of its people.

UnknownNo country view on file

Pew's 2025 Global Attitudes survey did not poll in Georgia, and no other survey of views of other countries is on this desk yet. Nothing is guessed. The other measures here, and the comparison below, still work.

Welcoming index

Derived from the two published measures below, not a survey result. Each input keeps its own year.

UnknownNo index for this country

MIPEX does not cover this country, so the index cannot be built. The Gallup figure is shown on its own below. We do not fill the gap.

The measures behind it (shown separately)

What expats say

UnknownNot ranked

InterNations Expat Insider 2025 does not rank this country, and no earlier rank is on file. We do not estimate one.

All desks side by side

Pick a measure. Countries without a published figure show Unknown and sit at the end; they are not counted in the average.

Average of the 20 of 22 desks with a figure: 63.3 of 100. Unknown left out: Georgia, Thailand.

  1. Canada85.72024
  2. United States80.72020
  3. Portugal78.42023
  4. Australia76.82019
  5. Spain73.32024
  6. Ireland72.52023
  7. Netherlands69.92023
  8. Switzerland65.12019
  9. Italy65.12023
  10. United Kingdom64.72020
  11. Germany64.62023
  12. South Korea64.12020
  13. France63.62024
  14. Japan59.22019
  15. Mexico51.92019
  16. Malta51.52024
  17. Cyprus50.62024
  18. United Arab Emirates46.72019
  19. Greece43.12024
  20. Estonia38.72024
  21. Georgiathis deskUnknownMIPEX does not cover this country, so the index cannot be built.
  22. ThailandUnknownMIPEX does not cover this country, so the index cannot be built.

In plain words

  • No published survey here asks people about other countries, so who's welcomed is unknown for this country.

Sources and method are listed under “How we source this” at the bottom of the page.

What it means for you

What it means for you

Only figures with a source and a date. Each source is listed under “How we source this” at the bottom of the page. Anything not listed here is not on file.

  • Taxes

    The summary gives a standard rate of 18 percent.

  • Pay

    Personal income is taxed at a flat 20 percent. Micro businesses below GEL 30,000 turnover are exempt, and small businesses can pay 1 percent of turnover.

  • Business

    The rate is a flat 15 percent, charged under the Estonian model when profits are distributed; banks and lenders pay 20 percent.

Sources, licences and image credits

Data

  • Wire (public RSS feeds): OC Media, Civil Georgia.
  • The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 150. They are different counts.
  • Editorial economic-competence gauge, not a court and not a Nobel. Six axes: energy, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, red tape. Scores are a judgement from public records of this term and the last — not a bribery charge, not a voting recommendation.

Survey sources

  • Georgia — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2016: Gallup. Neli Esipova, John Fleming and Julie Ray, “New Index Shows Least-, Most-Accepting Countries for Migrants”, Gallup, 23 August 2017. The full-country table lists Georgia at 3.05. The survey-methods note says the index was asked in 138 countries in 2016, so the year used here is 2016. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
  • Georgia — Approve of a woman of their ethnicity marrying an American (%) 2024: CRRC Caucasus Barometer. CRRC, Caucasus Barometer 2024 Georgia, question MARWUSA, online data analysis. The chart prints Approve 48, Disapprove 46, Don't know 5, Refused 1 percent. It is one question about one nationality, not an index, and the welcoming score is not built from it. Source. Cited from CRRC's public online data analysis with the survey name and a link. The chart is not reproduced.

Image credits

  • Georgian Dream mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Gakharia for Georgia mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Coalition for Change mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Unity – National Movement mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Strong Georgia – Lelo mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Flag of Georgia — Wikimedia Commons · Public domain Source
Questions the desk actually answers

FAQ

Questions the desk actually answers

Is the Georgia desk live on Nation Runner?
Yes. It draws IPU Parline, Parliament of Georgia, as updated in September 2025, the Central Election Commission's final result for 26 October 2024, and the CIA World Leaders list for Georgia, updated 7 October 2026. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.
Which culture figures does the Georgia desk show?
Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for Georgia in 2016 (3.05 out of 9) only. The Migrant Integration Policy Index does not cover this country, so the welcoming score is shown as unknown. No Pew row for Georgia is on the perceptions page, so none is added here.
Does the money tab score political donations in Georgia?
No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.
How we source this

Seats: IPU Parline, Parliament of Georgia, as updated in September 2025. Votes: the Central Election Commission's final result for 26 October 2024. Ballot support: Parliamentary election 2024; IRI poll, September 2026 (1TV). Offices: the CIA World Leaders list for Georgia, updated 7 October 2026. Culture: Gallup 2016; MIPEX does not cover this country, so the welcoming score is unknown.

How foreigners are seen

Pew asks adults for their opinion of a country. That is a view of the country, not of its people or of any visitor. We never estimate a pair that was not asked; it shows as unknown.

InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations in 2025). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.

Welcoming index: the mean of the Gallup index rescaled to 0–100 (score ÷ 9 × 100) and the MIPEX overall score, rounded to one decimal. It is derived, not a survey result, and the two inputs come from different years. If either input is missing the index is unknown: it is not estimated, it sorts last and it is left out of the average.

What it means for you

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