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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2000_Georgian_presidential_election" title="2000 Georgian presidential election">2000</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>4 January 2004</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2008_Georgian_presidential_election" title="2008 Georgian presidential election">2008</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">87.97% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 12.11 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #BC0000;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mikhail_Saakashvili,_Davos_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Mikhail_Saakashvili%2C_Davos_%28cropped%29.jpg/124px-Mikhail_Saakashvili%2C_Davos_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Mikhail_Saakashvili%2C_Davos_%28cropped%29.jpg/186px-Mikhail_Saakashvili%2C_Davos_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Mikhail_Saakashvili%2C_Davos_%28cropped%29.jpg/248px-Mikhail_Saakashvili%2C_Davos_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="431" data-file-height="486" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #DCDCDC;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noimage.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Noimage.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" title="Mikheil Saakashvili">Mikheil Saakashvili</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%96_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" class="extiw" title="ka:თეიმურაზ შაშიაშვილი">Teimuraz Shashiashvili</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Movement_(Georgia)" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Movement (Georgia)">UNM</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="text-align:center"> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Citizens_of_Georgia" title="Union of Citizens of Georgia">SMK</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>1,890,256</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">36,398 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>96.94%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1.87% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; 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As expected, the main opposition leader, <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Saakashvili" class="mw-redirect" title="Mikhail Saakashvili">Mikhail Saakashvili</a>, was soon shown by exit polls to be heading for an overwhelming victory. According to preliminary results issued on January 6 by the Central Election Commission, Saakashvili won over 97% of the votes cast. </p><p>The other candidates received less than 2% each. They were former presidential envoy to the <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> region <a href="/w/index.php?title=Temur_Shashiashvili&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Temur Shashiashvili (page does not exist)">Temur Shashiashvili</a>, leader of the Lawyers of Georgia Party <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kartlos_Garibashvili&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kartlos Garibashvili (page does not exist)">Kartlos Garibashvili</a>, one of the leaders of the political organization <i>Mdzleveli</i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zurab_Kelekhsashvili&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zurab Kelekhsashvili (page does not exist)">Zurab Kelekhsashvili</a>, the President of the Coalition of <a href="/wiki/NGO" class="mw-redirect" title="NGO">Non-Government Organisations</a> of the Disabled <a href="/wiki/Zaza_Sikharulidze" title="Zaza Sikharulidze">Zaza Sikharulidze</a>, and leader of the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Agmashenebeli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Agmashenebeli (page does not exist)">David Agmashenebeli</a> Party</i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roin_Liparteliani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roin Liparteliani (page does not exist)">Roin Liparteliani</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Georgian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Early on 5 January Saakashvili claimed victory, although no official figures had been released at that time. He thanked his supporters, who were gathered in the Philharmonic Hall in <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a>, and also thanked the voters. "The whole of Georgia has won," he said. </p><p>"The primary tasks to be implemented from the first days of my presidency include introduction of a Prime Minister's post, appointment of a date for parliamentary elections and implementation of anti-corruption measures in the country," Saakashvili said. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Candidate</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" title="Mikheil Saakashvili">Mikheil Saakashvili</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,890,256</td><td style="text-align:right">96.94</td></tr><tr><td>Teimuraz Shashiashvili</td><td style="text-align:right">36,398</td><td style="text-align:right">1.87</td></tr><tr><td>Roin Liparteliani</td><td style="text-align:right">5,154</td><td style="text-align:right">0.26</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Zaza_Sikharulidze" title="Zaza Sikharulidze">Zaza Sikharulidze</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,782</td><td style="text-align:right">0.25</td></tr><tr><td>Kartlos Garibashvili</td><td style="text-align:right">4,192</td><td style="text-align:right">0.21</td></tr><tr><td>Zurab Kelekhsashvili</td><td style="text-align:right">1,901</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">Against all</td><td style="text-align:right">7,302</td><td style="text-align:right">0.37</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="1">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">1,949,985</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="3" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>1,949,985</td><td>99.31</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>13,571</td><td>0.69</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>1,963,556</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>2,231,986</td><td>87.97</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="3" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/1913/">IFES</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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