Senaki_Municipality
Senaki Municipality
Municipality in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Senaki (Georgian: სენაკის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. Its main town is Senaki.
Senaki Municipality
სენაკის მუნიციპალიტეტი | |
|---|---|
Fence of Nokalakevi | |
Location of the municipality within Georgia | |
| Country |  GEO |
| Region | Samegrelo |
| Administrative centre | Senaki |
| Government | |
| • Body | Senaki Municipal Assembly |
| • Mayor | Vakhtang Gadelia[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 520.7 km2 (201.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 39 652 |
| • Density | 76.15/km2 (197.2/sq mi) |
| Population by ethnicity[2] | |
| • Georgians | 99,56 % |
| • Russians | 0,15 % |
| • Armenians | 0,10 % |
| • Ukrainians | 0.06 % |
| • Assyrians | 0.06 % |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time) |
| Website | senaki.gov.ge |
Population: 39,652 (2014 census)
Area: 521 km2
Senaki Municipal Assembly (Georgian: სენაკის საკრებულო) is a representative body in Senaki Municipality, consisting of 33 members which is elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. Vakhtang Gadelia of Georgian Dream was elected mayor through a 2nd round against a candidate of the United National Movement.
Senaki was one of just seven municipalities where ruling Georgian Dream lost its majority in the sakrebulo, five of which in Samegrelo.[3]
A protracted local political crisis ensued over the election of the chairperson of the sakrebulo, eventually resulting in a majoritarian UNM council member to abandon his mandate, and the central election commission calling for a by-election in one of the districts.[4] The election was boycotted by the opposition parties, resulting in the election of the Georgian Dream candidate with 96.7% on 1 October 2022,[5] at the expense of a (former) UNM seat, tilting the balance of political power in the sakrebulo
| Party | 2017[6] | 2021[1] | Current Municipal Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgian Dream | 26 | 17[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United National Movement | 4 | 12[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For Georgia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Georgia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alliance of Patriots | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 33 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senaki municipality is administratively divided into one city, 14 communities (თემი, temi), and 61 villages (სოფელი, sopeli):[8]
Cities
Communities
- Akhalsopeli
- Gejeti
- Ek'i
- Zani
- Zemo-Ch'aladidi
- Tek'lati
- Ledzadzame
- Menji
- Nosiri
- Nokalakevi
- Ushapati
- Potskho
- Dzveli Senak'i
- Khorshi
Bila Tserkva, Ukraine [9]
Rakvere, Estonia
- "Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2021" (PDF) (in Georgian). CESKO Central Election Commission. pp. 102–104. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- "Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014". mashke.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-04.
- "GD Falls Short of Securing Majorities in 7 Sakrebulos". Civil.ge. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- "Election of Senaki Local Council Chairperson 'Illegal', rules Court". Civil.ge. 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ""Georgian Dream" candidate received 96.68% of votes in Senaki's by-elections". Radio Tavisupleba (RFE/RL) (in Georgian). 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- "Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2017" (PDF) (in Georgian). CESKO Central Election Commission. pp. 83–84. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- "Main Results of the 2014 Census (Publication)" (PDF). Census.ge, National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) (in Georgian). 2016-04-28. pp. 261–265. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- "საგარეო ურთიერთობები". senaki.gov.ge (in Georgian). Senaki Municipality. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
