Third Force ( ka, მესამე ძალა, tr) was a

political alliance A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller political parties, who a ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

formed around

Strategy Aghmashenebeli Yes to Europe – Strategy Aghmashenebeli ( ka, კი ევროპას – სტრატეგია აღმაშენებელი, tr), sometimes translated as Strategy Builder (named after the David IV of Georgia, King David IV o ...

in opposition to the ruling

Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GD), also colloquially known as the Kotsebi, is a Conservatism, conservative and populism, populist List of political parties in Georgia (country), political party in Georgia (country), Georgia, which has ...

party. The alliance was formed in 2021 participating in the

local elections Local may refer to: Geography and transportation * Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand * Local, Missouri, a community in the United States Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Local'' (comics), a limited series comic book by Bria ...

held the same year with its electoral number being 1. Third Force consisted of three parties: Strategy Aghmashenebeli, Free Democrats and the

Republican Party of Georgia The Republican Party of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს რესპუბლიკური პარტია, tr), commonly known as the Republicans (რესპუბლიკელები, ''resp'ublik'elebi''), is a poli ...

, however, they were also joined by other prominent opposition figured such as

Grigol Vashadze Grigol Vashadze ( ka, გრიგოლ ვაშაძე, also transliterated as Gregory Vashadze) (born July 19, 1958) is a Georgian politician, diplomat and a former member of the Cabinet of Georgia in the capacity of the Minister for Cultu ...

, former chairman of

United National Movement United National Movement (UNM; ka, ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობა, tr) also colloquially known as the Natsebi is a liberal conservative political party in Georgia. Tina Bokuchava serves as the p ...

and a runner-up in the 2018 presidential election. The alliance ran in the 2021 local elections receiving 1.34% of the vote. Tamar Kekenadze, the chairwoman of Free Democrats, was nominated as the coalition's candidate for the 2021 Tbilisi mayoral election receiving 0.59% of the vote and finishing in the 9th place. The results were considered disappointing for the coalition considering the fact that the constituent parties received a higher vote total in the 2020 parliamentary election, with Strategy Aghmashenebeli getting 3.15% and Free Democrats - 0.27%. Republican party participated in the election as part of the

Strength is in Unity United National Movement – United Opposition "Strength is in Unity" Faction was a List of political parties in Georgia (country), politician coalition and a Parliament of Georgia, parliamentary faction in Georgia (country), Georgia. It was led ...

with it attaining 27.18% of the vote and becoming the largest opposition group in the

Georgian parliament The Parliament of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პარლამენტი, tr) is the supreme national legislature of Georgia (country), Georgia. It is a unicameral parliament, currently consisting of 150 members elected ...

Civil Georgia ''Civil Georgia'' ( ka, სივილ ჯორჯია) is a Tbilisi-based daily news website run by Georgian NGO UN Association of Georgia. Creation and funding Civil Georgia was founded in July 2001 and is trilingual in Georgian, Engli ...

attributed the underperformance to ex-

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Mikheil Saakashvili Mikheil "Misha" Saakashvili (born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist. He was the third president of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. He is the founder and former chair ...

's return to the country and the subsequent arrest with the opposition rallying around him and his party UNM.

Electoral performance

Local election

References

{{Georgian political parties 2021 establishments in Georgia (country) Defunct political party alliances in Georgia (country) Political parties established in 2021 Liberal parties in Georgia (country)