Georgian former President Mikhail Saakashvili has won Saturday's presidential election by 52.5 percent of votes, exit polls showed.
The exit polls, broadcasted on the state-funded Georgian Public Broadcasting, was based on statistics till 4 p.m. local time (1200GMT), four hours ahead of the official end of the 12-hour voting.
"The four-hour difference will not change the percentage of votes," a representative of the exit polls organizations said on alive-broadcast briefing.
A 50 percent plus one vote will ensure the victory of a candidate, according to Georgian laws.
If no candidate wins in the first round, a second round of voting between the top two candidates in the first round will be held two weeks later and who wins a majority in the run-off wins the election.
Two think-tanks, the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development and the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, have joined with the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs and government-funded Ilia Chavchavadze State University to carry out the exit polls.
Source:Xinhua
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