ARMENPRESS

SURVEY GIVES LEAD TO GEORGIAN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE

TBILISI, DECEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS: The Common
European Cause, a Ukraine-based organization, which
will conduct an exit-poll after early January 5
presidential election in Georgia, said there will be a
run-off.
A public opinion survey conducted by the
organization showed that some 31 percent of voters
would cast their ballots in favor of the joint
opposition candidate, Levan Gachechiladze.
Business tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili, who made it
clear he would pull out of the race, would get 17.6
percent of votes and Mikhail Saakashvili 16.5 percent.
The survey found that 18 percent were still
undecided. Only 4 percent said they would boycott the
election.
The survey was conducted between December 19-24
among 2,400 people.