Batumi City Assembly

Batumi City Assembly

ბათუმის საკრებულო
Batumi City Assembly ; ბათუმის საკრებულო
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairperson	Ramaz Jincharadze (GD)
Deputy Chairmen	Natalia Zoidze (GD); Irakli Tavdgiridze (I); Zurab Nakaidze (GD)
Structure
Seats	35
Political groups	Majority (18) Georgian Dream (16); People's Power (1); Independent (1); Minority (17) United National Movement (7); Ahali (7); For Georgia (1); Lelo (1); Independent (1);
Elections
Voting system	Mixed-member proportional representation
Last election	October 2, 2021
Next election	2025
Meeting place
	Batumi City Hall; 25 Luka Asatiani Street
Website
	https://www.batumicc.ge/index.php

The Batumi Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ბათუმის საკრებულო, romanized: batumis sak'rebulo) is a representative body in the city of Batumi, Georgia. Currently consisting of 35 members; of these, 28 are proportional representatives and 7 are elected through single-member districts, representing their constituencies. During the 1990s, the city council did not function as a self-governing body and decisions in the city were made individually by authorities. At this period, the leader of the autonomous republic was Aslan Abashidze, whose authoritarian ruling ended after the Adjara’s Rose Revolution, on May 6, 2004. On October 5, 2006 the first local self-governmental election of the representative body took place.^[8] 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. Batumi sakrebulo members are being elected every four years. Currently, the city council has 5 committees. The last election was held in October 2021. The current Chairperson of the Batumi City Assembly is Ramaz Jincharadze.

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 2021, city council has 17 members from the ruling Georgian Dream, 14 from the United National Movement, 2 from For Georgia, 1 from Lelo and 1 Independent.^[9]

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 us municipal territory planning, transport, and road economy, accounting, support for innovative development and informatization.^[10]

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
Making a decision 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

Last election results

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


Party		Lead candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Georgian Dream	Aslan Baladze	30,136	39.82	14.09	16	3
	United National Movement	Kakhaber Kashibadze	29,065	38.40	13.48	15	11
	For Georgia	Nino Batsiashvili	7,587	10.03	New	3	New
	Lelo	Irakli Kupradze	2,491	3.29	New	1	New

	Girchi - More Freedom	Temur Gorgadze	1,193	1.57	New	0	New
	Alliance of Patriots	Zaur Gabaidze	917	1.21	5.52	0	1
	New Political Center - Girchi	Levan Bakuridze	855	1.13	New	0	New
	Strategy Aghmashenebeli	Beka Diasamidze	817	1.08	0.16	0
	European Georgia	Vakhtang Kaloiani	748	0.98	5.79	0	1
	Labour Party	Davit Robakidze	698	0.92	2.27	0
	Droa	Dimitri Darchia	407	0.53	New	0	New
	Others		762	0.85
Total			75,676	100.0		35
Electorate/voter turnout
Source: [1]

Previous election results

2017


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Georgian Dream	26,415	53.91	19
	United National Movement	12,209	24.92	4
	European Georgia	3,319	6.77	1
	Alliance of Patriots	3,296	6.73	1

	Labour Party	1,561	3.19	0
	Democratic Movement	942	1.92	0
	Strategy Aghmashenebeli	451	0.92	0
Total		50,935	100.0	25
Source: [2]

2014


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Georgian Dream	19,590	42.46	17
	National Movement	8,643	18.73	3
	Alliance of Patriots	4,548	9.85	3
	Democratic Movement	4,071	8.82	1
	The Way of Georgia	2409	5.22	1
	Unity Hall	2139	4.63	1
Total		46,135	100.0	26
Source: [3]

2010


Party		Votes	%
	National Movement	24,811	60.06
	Christian-Democratic Movement	6,201	15.01
	United National Council ^[f]	5,544	13.42
	Alliance for Georgia ^[g]	3,446	8.34

	Industry Will Save Georgia	1,014	2.45
	National Democratic Party	198	0.48
Total		100.0
Source: [4]

2006


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Movement		60.62	12
	Republican Party		26.28	2
	Labour Party		8.75	1

	Industry Will Save Georgia		3.33
	against all		1.02
Total		100.0		15
Source: [5]

Council Members

Georgian Dream	United National Movement	For Georgia	Lelo	People's Power	Independent
Aslan Baladze	Kakhaber Kashibadze	Akaki Gvianidze	Vazha Darchia	Nino Tskhvaradze	Irakli Tavdgiridze
Natalia Zoidze	Nodar Dumbadze				Natalia Dzidziguri
Tengiz Apkhazava	Irakli Dzidziguri
Zurab Nakaidze	Revaz Kharazi
Ramaz Jincharadze	Nazi Putkaradze
Rostom Khalvashi	Tekla Kavazashvili
Richard Sirabidze	Mamuka Kobuladze
Levan Beridze	Nato Natsarashvili
Neriman Tsintsadze	Aleksandre Varshalomidze
Levan Tskhoidze	Ilia Jincharadze
Gocha Mgeladze	Ketevan Lastakanidze
Davit Makharadze	Irakli Zoidze
Mindia Goguadze	Ekaterine Zaria
Teona Beridze	Bachi Mekvabishvili
Levan Dolidze
Giorgi Lomtatidze

Explanatory notes

^ GD won Batumi by-elections and gained one more seat at the expense of UNM.^[3]
^ Nino Tskhvaradze - split from GD.^[4]
^ Irakli Tavdgiridze - split from For Georgia.^[5]
^ Split from UNM.^[6]
^ Natalia Dzidziguri - expelled from For Georgia.^[7]
^ Conservative Party of Georgia; Movement for Fair Georgia; People's Party.
^ Republican Party; Free Democrats; The Way of Georgia; New Rights.

References

^ ""ოცნების" და ენმ-ის საპარლამენტო გარიგების პირველი შედეგი – ბათუმის საკრებულოს თავმჯდომარე რამაზ ჯინჭარაძე გახდა". 30 May 2022.
^ "ბათუმის საკრებულოში თავმჯდომარის მოადგილეები აირჩიეს". 30 May 2022.
^ "Georgian Dream Wins Batumi By-election Marred by Violation Claims". Civil.ge. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ "ბათუმის საკრებულოს წევრმა ნინო ცხვარაძემ "ოცნება" დატოვა". Batumelebi (in Georgian). 31 October 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "Two Sakrebulo Members Quit Gakharia's Party in Contested Municipalities". Civil.ge. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "ბათუმის საკრებულოს 7-მა წევრმა "ნაციონალური მოძრაობა" დატოვა". radiotavisupleba.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "ბათუმის საკრებულოს წევრი ნატალია ძიძიგური გახარიას პარტიიდან გარიცხეს". Batumelebi (in Georgian). 26 October 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "City Council History". Batumi City Council Official Website (in Georgian). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^ "შედეგები 2017". შედეგების არქივი (in Georgian). 21 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Ქალაქ ბათუმის მუნიციპალიტეტის საკრებულოს რეგლამენტის დამტკიცების შესახებ".

[4] GD won Batumi by-elections and gained one more seat at the expense of UNM.^[3]

[6] Nino Tskhvaradze - split from GD.^[4]

[8] Irakli Tavdgiridze - split from For Georgia.^[5]

[10] Split from UNM.^[6]

[12] Natalia Dzidziguri - expelled from For Georgia.^[7]

[16] Conservative Party of Georgia; Movement for Fair Georgia; People's Party.

[17] Republican Party; Free Democrats; The Way of Georgia; New Rights.

[1] ""ოცნების" და ენმ-ის საპარლამენტო გარიგების პირველი შედეგი – ბათუმის საკრებულოს თავმჯდომარე რამაზ ჯინჭარაძე გახდა". 30 May 2022.

[2] "ბათუმის საკრებულოში თავმჯდომარის მოადგილეები აირჩიეს". 30 May 2022.

[3] "Georgian Dream Wins Batumi By-election Marred by Violation Claims". Civil.ge. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

[5] "ბათუმის საკრებულოს წევრმა ნინო ცხვარაძემ "ოცნება" დატოვა". Batumelebi (in Georgian). 31 October 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[7] "Two Sakrebulo Members Quit Gakharia's Party in Contested Municipalities". Civil.ge. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[9] "ბათუმის საკრებულოს 7-მა წევრმა "ნაციონალური მოძრაობა" დატოვა". radiotavisupleba.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[11] "ბათუმის საკრებულოს წევრი ნატალია ძიძიგური გახარიას პარტიიდან გარიცხეს". Batumelebi (in Georgian). 26 October 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[13] "City Council History". Batumi City Council Official Website (in Georgian). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

[14] "შედეგები 2017". შედეგების არქივი (in Georgian). 21 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[15] "Ქალაქ ბათუმის მუნიციპალიტეტის საკრებულოს რეგლამენტის დამტკიცების შესახებ".

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