TI Georgia: The ruling party and its backed candidates spent up to GEL 98 million on advertising in pre-election period in 2008-2020

According to the Transparency International Georgia report, the ruling party or its backed candidates spent up to GEL 98 million on advertising in the pre-election period in 2008-2020.

“In the pre-election period of 10 elections held in 2008-2020, political entities spent a total of 225 million GEL, of which 134 million GEL (59%) was the cost of political advertising, which includes the production, placement and circulation of advertising.

Ruling party entities or their supported candidates spent the most - GEL 98 million in 2008-2020. This is 73% of the total amount spent on advertising by political entities.

Political entities spend the most on TV advertising. In 2008-2020, this cost was more than 79 million GEL (59% of the amount spent on advertising)", reads the report.