IRI survey: If parliamentary elections were held this coming Saturday, 25% of respondents would support Georgian Dream and 13% - National Movement

According to the International Republican Institute (IRI) survey, if parliamentary elections were held this coming Saturday, 25% of respondents would support Georgian Dream and 13% would support the United National Movement.

25% of respondents name Georgian Dre­am as the first choice (3% as second choice), 13% name the United Natio­nal Movement (3% as second choice).

As for other parties:

For Georgia - 4% (4% second choice)

Strategy Builder - 3% (4% second choice)

People’s Power - 1% (5% second choice)

Lelo - 2% (4% second choice)

Girchi - 3% (2 second choices)

Girchi&Droa - Zurab Japaridze, Elene Khoshtaria - 2% (3% second choice)

Labour Party - 2% (3% second choice)

Citizens - 2% (2% second choice)

For People - 2% (1% second choice)

Alliance of Patriots - 1% (1% second choice)

Conservative Movement - Alt Ifno - 1% (1% second choice)

European Georgia - <1% (1% second choice)

Other - 1% (<1% second choice)

The fieldwork was carried out by the Institute of Polling and Marketing. The survey was coordinated by Dr. Rasa Alisauskiene of the public and market research company Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization on behalf of the Center for Insights in Survey Research. Data was collected throughout Georgia between September 14 and October 14, 2023, through CAPI administered faceto-face interviews in respondents’ homes. The sample consisted of n=1,200 permanent residents of Georgia aged 18 and older and eligible to vote. It is representative of the general population by the age, gender, region and settlement size. The response rate was 73 percent. The margin of error for the mid-range full sample does not exceed ±2.5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The survey was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia Meline Arakalian - to be frank, I think it will take a lot of time to rebuild the trust in the Georgian government