Conservative Party of Georgia
Conservative Party of Georgia საქართველოს კონსერვატიული პარტია | |
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| Leader | Zviad Dzidziguri |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Tbilisi |
| Ideology | National conservatism[2] |
| Political position | Centre-right[1] |
| National affiliation | United National Council (2007–2010) Georgian Dream (2012–2019) For Georgia (since 2024) |
| European affiliation | European Conservatives and Reformists Party (2014–2022) |
| Colors | |
| Seats in Parliament | 1 / 150 |
| Website | |
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The Conservative Party of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს კონსერვატიული პარტია, romanized: sakartvelos k'onservat'iuli p'art'ia, SKP) is a political party, active in Georgia since 2001.[1][3][4]
Under its acting chairman Zviad Dzidziguri, the party was allied with Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement until May 2004 when it switched into opposition, and with the Republican Party of Georgia formed the Democratic Front faction.
They joined other opposition parties in the 2007 anti-government demonstrations and supported a joint opposition candidate Levan Gachechiladze in the early 2008 presidential election.
From 2012 until 2019, the party was part of Georgian Dream Alliance. Georgian Dream won 2012 Election against United National Movement.
The party joined the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists on 1 November 2014.[5]
Electoral performance
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government | Coalition |
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| 2008 | Zviad Dzidziguri | 314,668 | 17.73 | 1 / 150 |
New | 2nd | Opposition | United Opposition |
| 2012 | Zviad Dzidziguri | 1,181,862 | 54.97 | 6 / 150 |
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1st | Government | Georgian Dream |
| 2016 | Zviad Dzidziguri | 856,638 | 48.68 | 4 / 150 |
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1st | Government | Georgian Dream |
| 2020 | Zviad Dzidziguri | 3,124 | 0.16 | 0 / 150 |
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21st | Extra-parliamentary | Independent |
| 2024 | Zviad Dzidziguri | 161,521 | 7.78 | 1 / 150 |
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4th | Opposition | For Georgia[a] |
References
- ^ a b "Conservative Party of Georgia". pecob.eu. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages: Georgia". Europe Elects.
- ^ Bader, M. "Notes - UvA DARE" (PDF). idea.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Conservative Party of Georgia (Political party, Georgia)". crwflags.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "AECR welcomes two new members from Slovakia and Georgia". Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
Notes
- ^ The Conservative Party of Georgia was running its candidates on For Georgia's party list.
