2000 Georgian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 9 April 2000.[1] The result was a victory for Eduard Shevardnadze of the Union of Citizens of Georgia, who won 82.0% of the vote, with a 75.9% turnout.[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Eduard Shevardnadze	Union of Citizens of Georgia	1,870,311	82.0
Jumber Patiashvili	Independent	390,486	17.1
Kartlos Gharibashvili	Independent	7,863	0.3
Avtandil Jogildze	National State Union of Georgia-Victorious Georgia	5,942	0.3
Vazha Zhghenti	Progressive Party of Georgia	3,363	0.2
Tengiz Asanidze	Independent	2,793	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		62,418	-
Total		2,343,176	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
2. Nohlen et al., p402