MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th October, 2018) The final turnout in the presidential election that was held Georgia on Sunday has amounted to 46.74 percent, marking a slight increase compared to the 2013 presidential election, the Georgian Central Election Commission's spokeswoman, Ana Mikeladze, said.
�"The turnout in the Georgian presidential election was 46.74 percent; a total of 1,637,956 people voted. The turnout in the 2013 presidential election was 45.4 percent," Mikeladze told reporters at a briefing.�
The post was contested by a total of 25 candidates. The polling stations officially closed at 16:00 GMT.
While exit polls have delivered contradictory results, the poll carried out by the ruling Georgian Dream party suggested that independent candidate Salome Zourabichvili had won the first round with 52.3 percent of votes. If Zourabichvili does win the presidential race, she will become the country's first female president.
