United National Movement (Georgia)
liberal political party in Georgia
United National Movement (Georgian: ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობა, Ertiani Natsionaluri Modzraoba, ENM) is a political party in Georgia founded by Mikheil Saakashvili which rose to power following the Rose Revolution. Was rulling party from 2004 to 2012.
United National Movement ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობა | |
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| Chairman | Nika Melia |
| Honorary Chairman | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Leader of Women's Wing | Tinatin Bokuchava |
| Political Secretary | Akaki Minashvili |
| Founder | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Founded | October 2001 |
| Headquarters | Tbilisi |
| Ideology | Civic nationalism Populism[1] Liberal conservatism[2] Atlanticism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right[3] to right-wing |
| National affiliation | Strength is in Unity |
| European affiliation | European People's Party (observer) |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| Colours | Red and White |
| Parliament of Georgia | 36 / 150
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| Tbilisi Sakrebulo | 5 / 50
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| Kutaisi Sakrebulo | 4 / 25
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| Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara | 4 / 21
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Electoral performance
change| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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| 2003 | Mikhail Saakashvili | 345,197 | 18.1 | 32 / 150
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new | 3rd | Opposition |
| 2004 | Nino Burjanadze | 1,027,070 | 67.0 | 135 / 150
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Government |
| 2008 | Davit Bakradze | 1,050,237 | 59.18 | 119 / 150
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Government |
| 2012 | Vano Merabishvili | 873,233 | 40.34 | 65 / 150
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Opposition |
| 2016 | Davit Bakradze | 477,143 | 27.11 | 27 / 150
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Opposition |
| 2020 | Vakhtang Kikabidze | 523,127 | 27.18 | 36 / 150
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Presidential
change| Election year | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
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| # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | ||
| 2004 | Mikheil Saakashvili | 1,692,728 | 96% (#1) | ||
| 2008 | Mikheil Saakashvili | 1,060,042 | 53.73% (#1) | ||
| 2013 | David Bakradze | 354,103 | 21,72% (#2) | ||
| 2018 | Grigol Vashadze | 601,224 | 37.74% (#2) | 780,680 | 40.48% (#2) |
Further reading
change- Ghia Nodia, Álvaro Pinto Scholtbach: The Political Landscape of Georgia: Political Parties: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects. Eburon, Delft 2006, ISBN 90-5972-113-6
- Lincoln A. Mitchell: Uncertain Democracy: U.S. Foreign Policy and Georgia's Rose Revolution. University of Pennsylvania Press 2008, ISBN 0-8122-4127-4
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ Lecarte, Jacques (January 2015). Georgia: political parties and the EU (PDF) (Report). European Parliamentary Research Service. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Georgia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Nodia, Ghia; Pinto Scholtbach, Álvaro (2006), The Political Landscape of Georgia: Political Parties: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects, Eburon, p. 123
Other websites
change- Official website Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Official website in English Archived 2012-04-12 at the Wayback Machine