Senaki Municipality


Senaki is a district of Georgia, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. Its main town is Senaki.
It has an area of 521 km2 and had a population of 39,652 as of the 2014 census.

Politics

Senaki Municipal Assembly is a representative body in Senaki Municipality, consisting of 33 members which is elected every four years. The last election was held in Georgian local elections|October 2021]. Vakhtang Gadelia of Georgian Dream was elected mayor through a 2nd round against a candidate of the United [National Movement |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.
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. The election was boycotted by the opposition parties, resulting in the election of the Georgian Dream candidate with 96.7% on 1 October 2022, at the expense of a UNM seat, tilting the balance of political power in the sakrebulo

Administrative divisions

Senaki municipality is administratively divided into one city, 14 communities, and 61 villages :

Cities