Polls close in Georgian municipal elections a day after the dramatic arrest of ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili
A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the national municipal elections in Tbilisi, Georgia, October 2, 2021.
The EU mediated an inter-party agreement in May, under which the ruling party pledged to hold snap parliamentary elections if it wins less than 43 percent of the vote on Saturday. Founder of Georgia's main opposition party, the United National Movement and president between 2003-2013, Saakashvili, 53, said on Friday he had secretly returned from Ukraine, where he heads a Ukrainian government agency steering reforms.Both camps claim victory
Both the ruling party and the opposition each said they were set to win the elections after polls closed at 1600 GMT.
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