Oppositionist Khatia Dekanoidze proves to be a leading mayoral candidate in Kutaisi, with her 43.81% of votes, while her main rival Ioseb Khakhaleishvili from the Georgian Dream has received 41.76%.
CEC preliminary results are as follows:
Khatia Dekanoidze _ 43.81%
Ioseb Khakhaleishvili _ 41.76%
Giorgi Goguadze _ 8.09%
Andro Losaberidze _ 5%
Irina Saghinadze _ 1.35%
Out of 124 polling stations, votes from 54 have so far been counted.