Tbilisi City Assembly

The Tbilisi Sakrebulo (Georgian: თბილისის საკრებულო, romanized: tbilisis sak'rebulo) is a representative body in the city government of Tbilisi, Georgia. It is also known in English as the Tbilisi City Council or Tbilisi Assembly. Sakrebulos were established as the legislative branch of local government not only in Tbilisi, but throughout Georgia, by reforms instituted in 1991 as the country declared independence from the Soviet Union.[1]

Assembly building in the 19th century.
Tbilisi City Assembly

თბილისის საკრებულო
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairperson
Giorgi Tkemaladze
Structure
Seats50
Political groups
Majority (29)
  •   Georgian Dream (29)

Minority (21)

Elections
Mixed-member proportional representation
Last election
October 21, 2017
Next election
October 2, 2021
Meeting place
Tbilisi Assembly Building
Tbilisi
Website
http://tbsakrebulo.gov.ge/?lng=eng

Composition

The members of the Sakrebulo are selected through a mixed electoral system. Of the 50 seats, 25 are filled through direct elections in local districts of the city. The remaining 25 members are chosen by political parties and are apportioned according to their support citywide. From 2017 assembly had 39 members from the ruling Georgian Dream, 5 from the United National Movement, 3 from European Georgia and 2 from Alliance of Patriots.[2]

Main Hall, 19th century

Powers

In accordance with the Code of Local Self-Government of the Organic Law of Georgia, the Sakrebulo exercises its powers to define the administrative-territorial organization of the municipality and its identity, organizational activities, determination of the personnel policy of the municipality, regulation and control of the activities of executive bodies; In the fields of municipal property management, social, amenities and household utilities, land use and natural resources use, municipal territory planning, transport and road economy, accounting, support for innovative development and informatization.[3]

The authority of the Sakrebulo in the field of administrative-territorial organization of the municipality and defining its identity includes:

  • Creation and abolition of administrative units in the municipality, change of their borders
  • Establishment of local self-government symbols - coat of arms, flag and other symbols and make changes in them
  • establish the rules for the introduction of honorary titles and awards of the self-governing unit and their award
  • names of geographical objects, Establishing the rule of numbering of buildings in the settlements
  • Making a decision on creating, joining or leaving a non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity together with other self-governing units.
  • approval of the socio-economic development strategy of the self-governing unit
  • approval of measures and programs to be taken to attract investments and support innovative development in the territory of the municipality [3]

Election results

The most recent city council election was held on October 2, 2021, and the results were as follows:

Party Lead candidate Votes  % +/- Seats +/-
Georgian Dream Levan Zhorzholiani 193 503 40.41 12.74 29 10
National Movement Sophio Japaridze 133 922 27.97 10.32 13 8
For Georgia Levan Dolidze 42 405 8.86 New 4 New
Lelo for Georgia Badri Japaridze 17 360 3.63 New 2 New
Girchi - More Freedom Tengiz Kirtadze 15 786 3.30 New 1 New
For the People Alexander Ratishvili 12 306 2.57 New 1 New
Citizens Fatman Barjadze 11 742 2.45 New 0 New
Droa Elene Khoshtaria 10 226 2.14 New 0 New
Alliance of Patriots of Georgia Gocha Tevdoradze 7 903 1.65 3.97 0 2
Girchi Herman Sabo 7 696 1.61 New 0 New
Labour Party Lasha Chkhartishvili 6 293 1.31 2.59 0
European Georgia Giorgi Noniashvili 5 631 1.11 8.00 0 3
Third Power Sergo Chikhladze 4 817 1.00 2.44 0
Total 50 ±
Electorate/voter turnout
Source:

Previous election results
2017
Party Votes  % Seats
Georgian Dream 205,994 53.15 39
National Movement 68,432 17.66 5
European Georgia 35,586 9.18 3
Alliance of Patriots 21,775 5.62 2
Labour Party 15,112 3.90 0
Strategy Builder 13,350 3.44 0
Democratic Movement 12,321 3.18 0
Republican Party of Georgia 6,229 1.61 0
Total 411,847 100.0 50
Source:
2014
Party Votes  % Seats
Georgian Dream 151,269 46.01 27
National Movement 85,858 26.11 7
United Opposition 34 026 10.35 3
Alliance of Patriots 20,890 6.35 2
Independent 1
Total 343,582 100.0 50
Source:
2010
Party Votes  % Seats
National Movement 234,150 52.5 39
Alliance for Georgia 80,166 17.97 5
Christian-Democratic Movement 53,748 12.05 3
United National Council 36,850 8.26 2
Industry Will Save Georgia 27,791 6.23 1
Source:
2006
Party Seats (37) Assembly
  National Movement 34                                                                  
  Labor Party 1                                                                    
  RPG-CPG bloc 1                                                                    
  IWSG 1                                                                    
2002
Party Votes  % Seats
Labor Party 71,145 25.5 15
National Movement 66,256 23.75 14
New Rights 31,695 11.36 7
Christian Conservative Party 20,284 7.27 4
Industry Will Save Georgia 19,898 7.13 4
Revival - XXI bloc 17,682 6.34 3
Unity 11,516 4.13 2

See also

References
  1. Losaberidze, Joseph (June 1998). "The problem of nationalism in Georgia" (PDF). NATO Office of Information and Press. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
  2. "შედეგები 2017". შედეგების არქივი (in Georgian). 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  3. "ქალაქ თბილისის მუნიციპალიტეტის საკრებულოს რეგლამენტის დამტკიცების შესახებ".
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