Tbilisi City Assembly

Tbilisi City Assembly

თბილისის საკრებულო
Tbilisi City Assembly ; თბილისის საკრებულო
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairperson	Giorgi Tkemaladze
Structure
Seats	50
Political groups	Majority (29) Georgian Dream (29); Minority (21) United National Movement (10); For Georgia (3); Lelo (2); Ahali (2); Girchi - More Freedom (1); For the People (1); Independent (2);
Elections
Voting system	Mixed-member proportional representation
Last election	October 2, 2021
Next election	2025
Meeting place
	Tbilisi Assembly Building; Tbilisi
Website
	http://tbsakrebulo.gov.ge/?lng=eng

The Tbilisi Sakrebulo (Georgian: თბილისის საკრებულო, romanized: tbilisis sak'rebulo), is a representative body in the city government of Tbilisi, Georgia. It is also known in English as the Tbilisi City Council or Tbilisi Assembly. Sakrebulos were established as the legislative branch of local government not only in Tbilisi, but throughout Georgia, by reforms instituted in 1991 as the country declared independence from the Soviet Union.^[4]

Composition

The members of the Sakrebulo are selected through a mixed electoral system. Of the 50 seats, 40 are filled through direct elections in local districts of the city. The remaining 10 members are chosen by political parties and are apportioned according to their support citywide. From 2021 assembly has 29 members from the ruling Georgian Dream, 13 from the United National Movement, 4 from For Georgia, 2 from Lelo, 1 from Girchi - More Freedom and 1 from For the People.^[5]

Powers

In accordance with the Code of Local Self-Government of the Organic Law of Georgia, the Sakrebulo exercises its powers to define the administrative-territorial organization of the municipality and its identity, organizational activities, determination of the personnel policy of the municipality, regulation and control of the activities of executive bodies; In the fields of municipal property management, social, amenities and household utilities, land use and natural resources use, municipal territory planning, transport and road economy, accounting, support for innovative development and informatization.^[6]

The authority of the Sakrebulo in the field of administrative-territorial organization of the municipality and defining its identity includes:

Creation and abolition of administrative units in the municipality, change of their borders
Establishment of local self-government symbols - coat of arms, flag and other symbols and make changes in them
establish the rules for the introduction of honorary titles and awards of the self-governing unit and their award
names of geographical objects, Establishing the rule of numbering of buildings in the settlements
Making a decision on creating, joining or leaving a non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity together with other self-governing units.
approval of the socio-economic development strategy of the self-governing unit
approval of measures and programs to be taken to attract investments and support innovative development in the territory of the municipality^[6]

Election results

The most recent city council election was held on October 2, 2021, and the results were as follows:


Party		Lead candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Georgian Dream	Levan Zhorzholiani	193 486	40.40	12.75	29	10
	National Movement	Sopio Japaridze	133 926	27.96	10.30	13	8
	For Georgia	Levan Dolidze	42 596	8.89	New	4	New
	Lelo	Badri Japaridze	17 373	3.63	New	2	New
	Girchi - More Freedom	Tengiz Kirtadze	15 799	3.30	New	1	New
	For the People	Aleksandre Ratishvili	12 337	2.58	New	1	New

	Citizens	Fatman Barjadze	11 743	2.45	New	0	New
	Droa	Elene Khoshtaria	10 262	2.14	New	0	New
	Alliance of Patriots	Gocha Tevdoradze	7 915	1.65	3.97	0	2
	New Political Center - Girchi	Herman Szabo	7 695	1.61	New	0	New
	Labour Party	Lasha Chkhartishvili	6 293	1.31	2.59	0
	European Georgia	Giorgi Noniashvili	5 575	1.16	8.02	0	3
	Strategy Aghmashenebeli	Sergo Chikhladze	4 817	1.01	2.43	0
	Other		9 133	1.91
Total						50	±
Electorate/voter turnout
Source: [1]

Previous election results

2017


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Georgian Dream	205,994	53.15	39
	National Movement	68,432	17.66	5
	European Georgia	35,586	9.18	3
	Alliance of Patriots	21,775	5.62	2

	Labour Party	15,112	3.90	0
	Strategy Aghmashenebeli	13,350	3.44	0
	Democratic Movement	12,321	3.18	0
	Republican Party	6,229	1.61	0
Total		411,847	100.0	50
Source: [2] [3]

2014


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Georgian Dream	151,269	46.01	27
	National Movement	85,858	26.11	7
	United Opposition^c	34 026	10.35	3
	Alliance of Patriots	20,890	6.35	2
	Independent			1
Total		343,582	100.0	40
Source: [4]

2010


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Movement	234,150	52.5	39
	Alliance for Georgia^a	80,166	17.97	5
	Christian-Democratic Movement	53,748	12.05	3
	United National Council^b	36,850	8.26	2
	Industry Will Save Georgia	27,791	6.23	1
Source: [5]

2006

Party		Seats (37)	Assembly
	National Movement	34
	Labour Party	1
	RPG-CPG bloc	1
	IWSG	1

2002


	Votes	%	Seats
Labour Party	71,145	25.5	15
National Movement	66,256	23.75	14
New Rights	31,695	11.36	7
Christian Conservative Party	20,284	7.27	4
Industry Will Save Georgia	19,898	7.13	4
Revival - XXI bloc	17,682	6.34	3
Unity	11,516	4.13	2

1998


	%	Seats
Union of Citizens	29.94	20
Labour Party	17.90	12
Socialist Party	12.66	9
Party of the People	7.40	4
Democratic Union for Revival	7.02	4
National Democratic Party	6.65	3
Union of Georgian Traditionalists	6.09	3

Notes

a.^ A coalition of Free Democrats, Republican Party, New Rights and Georgia's Way.

b.^ A coalition of Conservative Party, Movement for a Fair Georgia and People's Party.

c.^ A coalition of Democratic Movement, Christian-Democratic Movement and Georgian Troupe.

Explanatory notes

^ Split from UNM.^[1]
^ Davit Partsvania - expelled from For Georgia.^[2]
^ Mikheil Kakauridze - split from UNM.^[3]

References

^ ""ნაციონალურ მოძრაობას" ტოვებს თბილისის ორგანიზაციების 300-მდე წევრი, მათ შორის საკრებულოს წევრები". radiotavisupleba.ge (in Georgian). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "Tbilisi City Council member Davit Partsvania expelled from Giorgi Gakharia's party". Interpressnews.ge. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ ""ნაციონალური მოძრაობიდან" თბილისის საკრებულოს წევრმა, მიხეილ კაკაურიძემ პარტია დატოვა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ Losaberidze, Joseph (June 1998). "The problem of nationalism in Georgia" (PDF). NATO Office of Information and Press. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
^ "Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2021" (PDF) (in Georgian). CESKO Central Election Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "ქალაქ თბილისის მუნიციპალიტეტის საკრებულოს რეგლამენტის დამტკიცების შესახებ".

External links

[2] Split from UNM.^[1]

[4] Davit Partsvania - expelled from For Georgia.^[2]

[6] Mikheil Kakauridze - split from UNM.^[3]

[1] ""ნაციონალურ მოძრაობას" ტოვებს თბილისის ორგანიზაციების 300-მდე წევრი, მათ შორის საკრებულოს წევრები". radiotavisupleba.ge (in Georgian). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

[3] "Tbilisi City Council member Davit Partsvania expelled from Giorgi Gakharia's party". Interpressnews.ge. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[5] ""ნაციონალური მოძრაობიდან" თბილისის საკრებულოს წევრმა, მიხეილ კაკაურიძემ პარტია დატოვა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[nationalism-7] Losaberidze, Joseph (June 1998). "The problem of nationalism in Georgia" (PDF). NATO Office of Information and Press. Retrieved 20 May 2008.

[gevote21-8] "Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2021" (PDF) (in Georgian). CESKO Central Election Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

[auto2-9] "ქალაქ თბილისის მუნიციპალიტეტის საკრებულოს რეგლამენტის დამტკიცების შესახებ".

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