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Batumi City Assembly

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Batumi City Assembly

ბათუმის საკრებულო
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairperson
Ramaz Jincharadze (GD)[1]
Deputy Chairmen
Natalia Zoidze (GD)
Irakli Tavdgiridze (I)
Zurab Nakaidze (GD)[2]
Structure
Seats35
Political groups
Majority (18)
  •   Georgian Dream (16)[a]
  •   People's Power (1)[b]
  •   Independent (1)[c]

Minority (17)

Elections
Mixed-member proportional representation
Last election
October 2, 2021
Next election
2025
Meeting place
Batumi City Hall
25 Luka Asatiani Street
Website
https://www.batumicc.ge/index.php

The Batumi Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ბათუმის საკრებულო, romanized: batumis sak'rebulo) is a representative body in the city of Batumi, Georgia. Currently consisting of 35 members; of these, 28 are proportional representatives and 7 are elected through single-member districts, representing their constituencies. During the 1990s, the city council did not function as a self-governing body and decisions in the city were made individually by authorities. At this period, the leader of the autonomous republic was Aslan Abashidze, whose authoritarian ruling ended after the Adjara’s Rose Revolution, on May 6, 2004. On October 5, 2006 the first local self-governmental election of the representative body took place.[8] The council is assembled into session regularly, to consider subject matters such as code changes, utilities, taxes, city budget, oversight of city government, and more. Batumi sakrebulo members are being elected every four years. Currently, the city council has 5 committees. The last election was held in October 2021. The current Chairperson of the Batumi City Assembly is Ramaz Jincharadze.

Composition

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The members of the Sakrebulo are selected through a mixed electoral system. Of the 35 seats, 7 are filled through direct elections in local districts of the city. The remaining 28 members are chosen by political parties and are apportioned according to their support citywide. From 2021, city council has 17 members from the ruling Georgian Dream, 14 from the United National Movement, 2 from For Georgia, 1 from Lelo and 1 Independent.[9]

Powers

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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 us municipal territory planning, transport, and road economy, accounting, support for innovative development and informatization.[10]

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 the 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

Last election results

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

Party Lead candidate Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Georgian Dream Aslan Baladze 30,136 39.82 Decrease 14.09 16 Decrease 3
United National Movement Kakhaber Kashibadze 29,065 38.40 Increase 13.48 15 Increase 11
For Georgia Nino Batsiashvili 7,587 10.03 New 3 New
Lelo Irakli Kupradze 2,491 3.29 New 1 New
Girchi - More Freedom Temur Gorgadze 1,193 1.57 New 0 New
Alliance of Patriots Zaur Gabaidze 917 1.21 Decrease 5.52 0 Decrease 1
New Political Center - Girchi Levan Bakuridze 855 1.13 New 0 New
Strategy Aghmashenebeli Beka Diasamidze 817 1.08 Increase 0.16 0 Steady
European Georgia Vakhtang Kaloiani 748 0.98 Decrease 5.79 0 Decrease 1
Labour Party Davit Robakidze 698 0.92 Decrease 2.27 0 Steady
Droa Dimitri Darchia 407 0.53 New 0 New
Others 762 0.85
Total 75,676 100.0 35
Electorate/voter turnout
Source: [1]

Previous election results

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2017
Batumi City Assembly in 2017
Party Votes % Seats
Georgian Dream 26,415 53.91 19
United National Movement 12,209 24.92 4
European Georgia 3,319 6.77 1
Alliance of Patriots 3,296 6.73 1
Labour Party 1,561 3.19 0
Democratic Movement 942 1.92 0
Strategy Aghmashenebeli 451 0.92 0
Total 50,935 100.0 25
Source: [2]
2014
Batumi City Assembly in 2014
Party Votes % Seats
Georgian Dream 19,590 42.46 17
National Movement 8,643 18.73 3
Alliance of Patriots 4,548 9.85 3
Democratic Movement 4,071 8.82 1
The Way of Georgia 2409 5.22 1
Unity Hall 2139 4.63 1
Total 46,135 100.0 26
Source: [3]
2010
Party Votes % Seats
National Movement 24,811 60.06
Christian-Democratic Movement 6,201 15.01
United National Council [f] 5,544 13.42
Alliance for Georgia [g] 3,446 8.34
Industry Will Save Georgia 1,014 2.45
National Democratic Party 198 0.48
Total 100.0
Source: [4]
2006
Party Votes % Seats
National Movement 60.62 12
Republican Party 26.28 2
Labour Party 8.75 1
Industry Will Save Georgia 3.33
against all 1.02
Total 100.0 15
Source: [5]

Council Members

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Georgian Dream United National Movement For Georgia Lelo People's Power Independent
Aslan Baladze Kakhaber Kashibadze Akaki Gvianidze Vazha Darchia Nino Tskhvaradze Irakli Tavdgiridze
Natalia Zoidze Nodar Dumbadze Natalia Dzidziguri
Tengiz Apkhazava Irakli Dzidziguri
Zurab Nakaidze Revaz Kharazi
Ramaz Jincharadze Nazi Putkaradze
Rostom Khalvashi Tekla Kavazashvili
Richard Sirabidze Mamuka Kobuladze
Levan Beridze Nato Natsarashvili
Neriman Tsintsadze Aleksandre Varshalomidze
Levan Tskhoidze Ilia Jincharadze
Gocha Mgeladze Ketevan Lastakanidze
Davit Makharadze Irakli Zoidze
Mindia Goguadze Ekaterine Zaria
Teona Beridze Bachi Mekvabishvili
Levan Dolidze
Giorgi Lomtatidze

See also

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Explanatory notes

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  1. ^ GD won Batumi by-elections and gained one more seat at the expense of UNM.[3]
  2. ^ Nino Tskhvaradze - split from GD.[4]
  3. ^ Irakli Tavdgiridze - split from For Georgia.[5]
  4. ^ Split from UNM.[6]
  5. ^ Natalia Dzidziguri - expelled from For Georgia.[7]
  6. ^ Conservative Party of Georgia; Movement for Fair Georgia; People's Party.
  7. ^ Republican Party; Free Democrats; The Way of Georgia; New Rights.

References

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  1. ^ ""ოცნების" და ენმ-ის საპარლამენტო გარიგების პირველი შედეგი – ბათუმის საკრებულოს თავმჯდომარე რამაზ ჯინჭარაძე გახდა". 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "ბათუმის საკრებულოში თავმჯდომარის მოადგილეები აირჩიეს". 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Georgian Dream Wins Batumi By-election Marred by Violation Claims". Civil.ge. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ "ბათუმის საკრებულოს წევრმა ნინო ცხვარაძემ "ოცნება" დატოვა". Batumelebi (in Georgian). 31 October 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Two Sakrebulo Members Quit Gakharia's Party in Contested Municipalities". Civil.ge. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  6. ^ "ბათუმის საკრებულოს 7-მა წევრმა "ნაციონალური მოძრაობა" დატოვა". radiotavisupleba.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  7. ^ "ბათუმის საკრებულოს წევრი ნატალია ძიძიგური გახარიას პარტიიდან გარიცხეს". Batumelebi (in Georgian). 26 October 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  8. ^ "City Council History". Batumi City Council Official Website (in Georgian). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ "შედეგები 2017". შედეგების არქივი (in Georgian). 21 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Ქალაქ ბათუმის მუნიციპალიტეტის საკრებულოს რეგლამენტის დამტკიცების შესახებ".