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What this is

This archive makes Georgian precinct-level electoral data freely accessible to researchers, journalists, and civil society organizations. Every major Georgian election since 2012 is covered, including parliamentary, presidential, and local government elections through 2025.

The project was originally developed as part of a bachelor's thesis on the statistical detection of electoral manipulation in Georgia. The analytical framework applies two established methods — Sobyanin–Sukhovolsky regression and Kiesling–Spilkin distribution analysis — to official CEC data.

How the data was collected

Georgia's Central Election Commission publishes scanned precinct-level summary protocols for each election. These protocols were collected and digitized using a custom convolutional neural network trained to read handwritten tabular forms. Each digitized record retains a hyperlink to its original scanned protocol, allowing independent verification of any figure.

Some election commission members write handwritten corrections and explanatory notes directly on the protocols when clerical errors occur. These were reviewed manually and reconciled with the digitized data.

Data quality and verification status

Each dataset on this site carries one of three verification statuses. Verified datasets have been fully reviewed, including manual reconciliation of all handwritten corrections. Preliminary datasets are digitized and approximately 95% accurate, but have not yet completed full manual review. In progress datasets are still being processed. Please check status before citing any figure.

How to cite

If you use this data in academic work, please cite both the original source (Central Election Commission of Georgia) and this archive. A suggested citation format is provided on the Thesis page.

Contact

For questions about the data, methodology, or to report an error, please get in touch via levanlomouriq@gmail.com.