Ex-diplomat Zurabishvili elected Georgia's first woman president
Tehran (KNA) - Georgia has elected ruling party candidate Salome Zurabishvili as its first woman president, final results showed on Thursday (November 29), but the opposition claimed fraud.
With all votes counted, the French-born ex-diplomat had taken 59.52 per cent of the vote in Wednesday's second round run-off, the election commission said.
Her rival Grigol Vashadze, from an alliance of 11 opposition parties led by exiled ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement (UNM), won 40.48 per cent.
The election was seen as a test of Georgia's democratic credentials as the Caucasus nation seeks European Union and NATO membership.
It was also a trial run for more important parliamentary elections in 2020, when the ruling Georgian Dream party is set to face off against a range of opposition parties.
Source: PressTV