According to the counting of almost 100 percent of the ballots, Salome Zurabishvili won the second round of the presidential elections in Georgia, supported by 59.6 percent of the citizens who participated in the voting.

The candidate of the united opposition, Grigol Vashadze, received 40.4 percent of votes, according to CEC data.

Before that, the results of the Exit poll conducted by Gallup on the order of “Imedi” TV station were published, according to which Salome Zurabishvili, who enjoys the support of the ruling team, won in the second round of the presidential elections, receiving 58 percent of the votes.

According to the same survey, the oppositionist Grigol Vashadze received 42 percent of the votes.

The former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, who was sentenced to prison in absentia in several criminal cases in Georgia, closely followed the elections from abroad. He announced that he does not accept the results of the elections after the data of the exit polls were published.

Saakashvili called on the citizens of Georgia to go out on the streets, regardless of the election results. “From tomorrow morning, it doesn’t matter what results will be published, we will start the mass actions of disobedience,” said Mikheil Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia.

The former president noted that the Georgian society must realize the dangers and save Georgia. He called on the Georgian police and army to leave the “criminal gang”.

“I urge you to take responsibility for the salvation of Georgia. All of us should join hands and think that the fate of Georgia is being decided these days. I call for unity,” Saakashvili said, calling for civil disobedience actions the day after the elections.

Grigol Vashadze also made a statement, stating that they will protect every vote of Georgia that voted for them. However, unlike Saakashvili, he did not call his supporters to civil disobedience. “Saakashvili’s opinion should be accepted as the opinion of one person. If it was the opinion of our headquarters, it would have sounded from this podium,” he said, noting that the united opposition still plans to organize a rally on November 29.

“All of us together finally renounced the past, which was the main obstacle to our progress, strengthening and freedom,” said Salome Zurabishvili, the presidential candidate supported by the ruling “Georgian Dream” and won the exit polls.

He thanked the citizens of Georgia for showing high activity in the second round of the elections. “Today, a fundamental choice was made in my country. This election is of great importance for today’s and tomorrow’s Georgia,” Zurabishvili said.

According to the CEC, voter turnout in the second round of presidential elections was 56.23% (1,975,845 voters). The highest activity was registered in Keda – 72.72%, the lowest – in Tsalka – 43.12%. 55.9% of registered voters participated in the second round of the presidential elections in Tbilisi.

It should be noted that the turnout in the first round of the presidential elections was 46.74 percent (1,637,956 voters).

In Javakhk, an Armenian-resident of Georgia, the candidate who enjoys the support of the government, Salome Zurabishivli, won.

On the day of the election, around 22:20, supporters of “Georgian Dream” set off victory fireworks in the center of Akhalkalaki, in front of the pre-election headquarters.

Then Vahagn Chakhalyan and supporters started shouting “Victory, strong Javakhk, strong Georgia”. They also sang excerpts from the song “Full of Wine”. They attached the flag of Georgia and the “Georgian Dream” party to the cars and started driving around the city.