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.
Country desk · updated 25 Oct
Georgia
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.
Key takeaways
- 1
Parliament. Georgian Dream holds the most seats: 89 of 150 (59%). A majority needs 76.
- 2
Headlines. The tone is steady: 7% of the last 3 days' headlines read grim, 7% upbeat. Top topic: Politics (53%).
- 3
Government. Government barometer 60/100 (Builder). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.
Headline mood · 3 days
Line: mood · bars: stories
25 Oct · 4 stories · neutral0 upbeat · 4 neutral · 0 grim
What the headlines are about
- Politics 53%
- Other 20%
- Security 13%
- Economy 7%
- Society 7%
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: 7% grim, 7% upbeat · today +0
What changed today
25 Oct
- 25 Oct: 4 stories (average 6); tone as usual.
New headlines
- Kobakhidze Attends Events Marking Anti-Soviet Uprising Anniversary in Budapest
Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze was in Budapest on October 23 to attend events marking the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian anti-Soviet uprising, in his first visit to the Hungarian capital since Georgian Dream’s close ally Viktor Orbán lost power to Péter Magyar’s party in the April elections. Georgian government’s official press releases showed …
Civil Georgia · 24 Oct
- Sokhumi, Tskhinvali, Moscow Digest – October 16-22, 2026
Below is the weekly digest of key developments and discourses in and around the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, as well as those concerning Tbilisi–Moscow relations. Sokhumi Police Cooperation Agreement with Moscow Sparks Heated Debates in Abkhazia A cooperation agreement between the de facto Abkhaz and Russian interior ministries has sparked public debate in Abkhazia,…
Civil Georgia · 24 Oct
- How the Armenian government built a sham exhibit at the National Gallery
This is just one example of the Armenian authorities creating a spectacle through confiscated wealth.
OC Media · 24 Oct
- Indian Foreign Minister visits Azerbaijan as relations appear to be on the mend
Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was the highest-level Indian delegate to visit Azerbaijan in almost a decade.
OC Media · 23 Oct
Headlines and summaries come from the linked sources; the selection is automatic.
Go deeper
Parties, people, promises, money
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.
- GD36.0%
- For Georgia2.0%
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
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.
No data
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.
Openness score
Three separate measures, each in its own year. We do not blend them.
Gallup, 2016
What expats say
No data
In plain words
- No published survey here asks people about other countries, so who's welcomed shows no data.
Sources and method
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.
InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.
What it means for you
What it means for you
Only figures with a source, a date, and a link. Anything not listed here is not on file.
Taxes
The summary gives a standard rate of 18 percent.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Georgia, other taxes, 2026-09-02 Source
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.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Georgia, taxes on personal income, 2026-09-02 Source
Business
The rate is a flat 15 percent, charged under the Estonian model when profits are distributed; banks and lenders pay 20 percent.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Georgia, taxes on corporate income, 2026-09-02 Source
Sources, licences and image credits
Data
- Wire (public RSS feeds): Civil Georgia, OC Media.
- 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.