Georgian leader wins 53.8 pct in vote: exit poll
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili won 53.8 percent in Saturday's presidential election, a final exit poll showed, a result which would give him just enough votes for a first-round victory.
Election chiefs have not yet announced any official results. Here are the full results from the exit poll, which was conducted by a group of non-governmental organizations and commissioned by several Georgian television stations:
Mikhail Saakashvili (National Movement) 53.8 pct
Levan Gachechiladze (opposition coalition) 28.3 pct
Badri Patarkatsishvili (independent) 6.2 pct
Shalva Natelashvili (Labour Party) 5.6 pct
David Gamkrelidze (New Rights Party) 3.6 pct
Georgy Maisashvili (Future Party) 0.9 pct
Irina Sarishvili (Imedi movement) 0.4 pct
*Some respondents declined to answer or voted against all the candidates.
(Writing by James Kilner and Christian Lowe)
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