ELECTIONS OF PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS IN ZUGDIDI DISTRICT (1920)

Abstract

In November 1917, the National Council of Georgia passed a resolution on national reform, according to which a three-stage national system was to be introduced in Georgia: a small national-territorial unit, uyezd and province, or district.
National elections were to be held under a universal (regardless of gender), direct, equal, secret and proportional system.
On February 10, 1918 the Transcaucasian Seim began to work and urgently established the Commission of Local Government and Self-Government. On February 18, the Secretariat of the Nation’s Introductory Instructor was established, which began establishing national uyezd commissions.
On October 16, 1919, Chairman of Zugdidi Board Leo Shengelaia resigned from his post, and the Zugdidi Board asked the Georgian government to hold new elections of voters in Zugdidi Uyezd. On January 25, 1920, a second national election was held in Zugdidi Uyezd. There were 65,728 registered voters in Zugdidi Uyezd. 20,841 voters participated in the election; 19 ballots were declared invalid.
The results for different political parties were as follows: Social-Democratic Workers’ Party of Georgia: 10,436 votes; National-Democratic Party of Georgia: 2,890 votes; Socialist-Revolutionary Party of Georgia: 5863 votes; Revolutionary Party of the Socialists-Federalists of Georgia: 1,633 votes.