Irakli Kobakhidze
Prime Minister of Georgia at the time of the October 2024 parliamentary elections, which his party won. He rejected the opposition's allegations of irregularities, and the European Parliament named him among the officials on whom it urged the EU to impose personal sanctions.
This is not a biography collection. Entries cover a person's record on elections and voting rights only, and every entry carries a citation to a court ruling, an official finding, or an election-observation report. Nothing appears here without a source, and inclusion is not a judgement about a person.
Electoral record
Each entry is dated, categorised by what it did to the conduct of an election, and cited.
- 2024Upheld resultStatement
The government dismissed the opposition's claims of electoral irregularities and accused the opposition of intending to incite disorder; the prime minister said the opposition lacked the dignity to accept its defeat.
Georgia, Parliamentary elections, 26 October 2024 — ODIHR final report — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - 2024Subject of a findingStatement
The European Parliament, in a resolution holding that the elections did not meet international standards and calling for a re-run, urged the EU and member states to impose personal sanctions on him as prime minister.
European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2024 on Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud — European Parliament
Linked cases
Sources
- Georgia, Parliamentary elections, 26 October 2024 — ODIHR final report— OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
- European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2024 on Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud— European Parliament