It is not yet known how many parliamentary seats the CDM will get as a result of these elections, but it has reached the threshold and the party, established in February of this year, will hence enter parliament. The CDM ended in third place, after Saakashvili's United National Movement (59.3%) and the Electoral Bloc "The United Opposition", comprising the 'eight-party-' National Council and the New Rights party of former presidential candidate David Gamkrelidze, (17.64%). The only other party to cross the threshold was the Labour Party of former presidential candidate Shalva Natelashvili, that ended in fourth place with 7.41%. Other parties, such as the Republicans, the Traditionalists and the Greens, did not cross the threshhold.

"These elections were not perfect, but since I was here in January for the presidential election, concrete and substantial progress has been made. Problems and much work remain. I hope all political forces in this country will come together and continue to work to improve Georgia's democracy," said Joao Soares, Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE short-term observers and head of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation.

ECPYN congratulates the Christian Democratic Movement of Georgia with its good election result, that is quite remarkable for a party that participated in elections for the first time. "I want to convey our hope for a good and fruitfull relation with the CDM and its youth organisation and I wish the CDM the best of luck and God's essential blessing, in seeking to cary out its programme based on Christian values in Georgian society and now also in Georgian parliament.", says Jonathan van Tongeren, Secretary General of ECPYN.