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Kutaisi City Assembly ქუთაისის საკრებულო
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairperson	Irakli Shengelia (GD)
Deputy Chairmen	Teimuraz Nadiradze (GD) Paata Liluashvili (GD) Gia Basiladze (GD)
Structure
Seats	35
Political groups	Majority (18)   Georgian Dream (18) Minority (16)   Ahali (7)   United National Movement (5)   For Georgia (1)   Strategy Aghmashenebeli (1)   Independent (2) Vacant (1)
Elections
Voting system	Mixed-member proportional representation
Last election	October 2, 2021
Next election	2025
Meeting place
Kutaisi City Hall Kutaisi
Website
http://kutaisi.gov.ge/

Kutaisi Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ქუთაისის საკრებულო) is a representative body in the city of Kutaisi, Georgia. currently consisting of 35 members; of these, 28 are proportional representatives and 7 are elected through single-member districts, representing their constituencies. It was established in the early 1990s, after Georgia's independence. The council is assembled into session regularly, to consider subject matters such as code changes, utilities, taxes, city budget, oversight of city government and more. Kutaisi sakrebulo is elected every four years. Currently, the city council has 5 committees. The last election was held in october 2021. The ruling party of Georgian Dream won the majority of votes. The current Chairperson of Kutaisi City Assembly is Irakli Shengelia.

Composition

The members of the Sakrebulo are selected through a mixed electoral system. Of the 35 seats, 7 are filled through direct elections in local districts of the city. The remaining 28 members are chosen by political parties and are apportioned according to their support citywide. From 2017 council had 18 members from the ruling Georgian Dream, 14 from the United National Movement, 2 from For Georgia and 1 from Strategy Aghmashenebeli.

Powers

In accordance with the Code of Local Self-Government of the Organic Law of Georgia, the Sakrebulo exercises its powers to define the administrative-territorial organization of the municipality and its identity, organizational activities, determination of the personnel policy of the municipality, regulation and control of the activities of executive bodies; In the fields of municipal property management, social, amenities and household utilities, land use and natural resources use, municipal territory planning, transport and road economy, accounting, support for innovative development and informatization.

The authority of the Sakrebulo in the field of administrative-territorial organization of the municipality and defining its identity includes:

• Creation and abolition of administrative units in the municipality, change of their borders
• Establishment of local self-government symbols - coat of arms, flag, and other symbols and make changes in them
• establish the rules for the introduction of honorary titles and awards of the self-governing unit and their award
• names of geographical objects, Establishing the rule of the numbering of buildings in the settlements
• Deciding on creating, joining, or leaving a non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity together with other self-governing units.
• Approval of the socio-economic development strategy of the self-governing unit
• approval of measures and programs to be taken to attract investments and support innovative development in the territory of the municipality

Election results

The most recent city council election was held on October 2, 2021, and the results were as follows:

Party		Lead candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Georgian Dream	Dimitri Mkheidze	25,957	39.21	9.94	18	1
	United National Movement	Giga Shushania	24,893	37.60	14.23	14	10
	For Georgia	Eleonora Archaia	4,440	6.71	New	2	New
	Strategy Aghmashenebeli	Koba Guruli	2,168	3.28	0.64	1	1
	Lelo	Gia Gurgenidze	1,339	2.02	New	0	New
	Labour Party	Samson Gugava	1,130	1.71	2.05	0
	Girchi - More Freedom	Dachi Dididze	1,073	1.62	New	0	New
	For the People	Shota Chikovani	820	1.24	New	0	New
	Alliance of Patriots	Nona Asatiani	804	1.21	2.68	0
	European Georgia	David Gogisvanidze	733	1.11	10.82	0	2
Total			68,486	100.0		35	±10
Electorate/voter turnout			119	0.22	0.81
Source:

Previous election results

2017

2014

2010

2006

Council committees

Council Members from 2017-2021

Former Council Members from electoral districts

Former Members from a proportional list

See also

• Local government in Georgia (country)

Explanatory notes

1. Split from UNM.
2. Nino Chikvashvili - expelled from For Georgia.
3. Darejan Pkhakadze - split from UNM.
4. A member of UNM left the country, resulting in the mandate being suspended.
5. Republican Party; Free Democrats; The Way of Georgia; New Rights.
6. Conservative Party of Georgia; Movement for Fair Georgia; People's Party.

References

1. ^ "ქუთაისის საკრებულოს თავმჯდომარის მოვალეობას ირაკლი შენგელია შეასრულებს". imedinews.ge.
2. "საკრებულოს თავჯდომარის მოადგილეები".
3. ^ "ქუთაისის საკრებულოში ენმ-ის 12 წევრიდან შვიდმა პარტია დატოვა, გავიდა საქალაქო ორგანიზაციის წევრთა ნაწილიც". radiotavisupleba.ge (in Georgian). 11 November 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
4. "For Georgia expels Kutaisi City Council member Nino Chikvashvili from party". interpressnews.ge. 14 October 2022.
5. "ქუთაისის საკრებულოში "ნაციონალური მოძრაობის" ერთ-ერთმა დეპუტატმა პარტია დატოვა". interpressnews.ge (in Georgian). 8 November 2023.
6. "შედეგები 2017". შედეგების არქივი (in Georgian). 21 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
7. ^ "ქალაქ ქუთაისის მუნიციპალიტეტის საკრებულოს რეგლამენტის დამტკიცების შესახებ". სსიპ ”საქართველოს საკანონმდებლო მაცნე”.
8. "ქუთაისის მუნიციპალიტეტი". nala.
9. ^ "საკრებულოს წევრები". ქუთაისის მუნიციპალიტეტი.

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