Greens Party of Georgia

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The Greens Party of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს მწვანეთა პარტია, romanized: sakartvelos mts'vaneta p'art'ia) is a political party in Georgia. It is led by Giorgi Gachechiladze.

Greens Party of Georgia
საქართველოს მწვანეთა პარტია
LeaderGiorgi Gachechiladze
Founded10 December 1989
IdeologyGreen politics
Green conservatism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationGeorgian Dream (2012-2020)
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
International affiliationGlobal Greens
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Its success has varied - having 11 out of 235 members of parliament in 1992 and having been part of the governing coalition in 1995. When it stood independently in 1999 it only received 0.55% of the vote. It stood as part of Eduard Shevardnadze's coalition in the annulled 2003 elections.

In 2012, the party joined the Georgian Dream coalition, electing 6 MPs at the 2012 election and at the 2016 election, but left the coalition before the 2020 parliamentary election.

The party is a member of the European Green Party and of the Global Greens.

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Parliamentary election edit

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government Coalition
1990 71,602 3.10
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New 4th Opposition Freedom Bloc
1992 Giorgi Baramidze 113,028 4.91
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  11 7th Opposition Independent
1995 504,586 25.19
2 / 225
  9 1st Government Union of Citizens of Georgia
1999 11,400 0.57
0 / 225
  2 9th Extra-parliamentary Independent
2008 Giorgi Gachechiladze 15,839 0.89
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  7th Extra-parliamentary Christian-Democratic Alliance
2012 Giorgi Gachechiladze 1,184,612 54.97
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  6 1st Government Georgian Dream
2016 Giorgi Gachechiladze 857,394 48.65
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  1st Government Georgian Dream
2020 Giorgi Gachechiladze 1,305 0.07
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  6 35th Extra-parliamentary Independent

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