| Summary: | The parliamentary elections in Georgia in the fall of 2020 were held at the height of the globalpandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus and in the middle of a prolonged domestic politica clrisis that has beset Georgia for the past several years. As expected, the ruling party in power, the Georgian Dream (ქართული ოცნება) led by Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharaia, won the elections guaranteeing a majority sitting in the parliament with coalition forces (six parties overall) that joined forces to stave off a strong challenge from the united opposition led by sympathizers of the former president Mikheil Saakashvili and his party - United National Movement. Despite the overall positive assessment of the elections by international observers, the almost unfettered use of administrative resources by the party in power, and several instances of violence between the sympathizers of the incumbent party and those of the opposition would cast a strong shadow over the conduct of the elections as well as their integrity.
Alleging widespread electoral fraud, several major opposition parties rejected the results of the first round of elections, organizing mass protests to challenge their validity. Furthermore, they threatened to abstain from receiving the parliamentary mandates, undermining its legitimacy. Aſter the certification of the results of the first round by the Central Election Commission the opposition went on to boycott the second round altogether and called on their constituents to do the same. Nevertheless, a record number of opposition parties eventually would pick up their mandates allowing them to enter the parliament for the first time and thereby reconfiguring its overall make-up.
Collected by East View researchers on site in Georgia and fully digitized, the present database consists of the most comprehensive election ephemera from the 2020 Georgian Parliamentary elections. Te carefully selected and curated posters, flyers, leaflets, brochures, and booklets provide insight into the ever-changing political landscape and social processes afoot in the post-Soviet South Caucasus.
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