The voting was marred by what pro-opposition President Salome Zurabishvili called 'deeply troubling incidents of violence' at some polling stations

The pro-Western opposition and the ruling party were both shown as victorious in rival exit polls after Georgia's legislative closely-watched legislative election on Saturday seen as a fundamental choice between a European future or closer ties with Russia.

Four pro-Western opposition groups which have agreed to form a coalition received 51.9 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll commissioned by a pro-opposition TV station from US pollster Edison Research.

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