Editing Rustavi (section)

== City governance ==
[[File:Rustavi S 4.JPG|thumb|270px|Map of Rustavi]]
Rustavi is a self-governing city. The representative body of the city is the City Council, and the executive body is the City Hall. Administratively, Rustavi is divided into 10 territorial bodies:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://georgiantravelguide.com/en/rustavi |title=About Rustavi |access-date=2021-04-15 |archive-date=2021-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415142602/https://georgiantravelguide.com/en/rustavi |url-status=live }}</ref>

#David Agmashenebeli district
#Old Rustavi district
#Shota Rustaveli district
#Zhiuli Shartava district
#[[Giorgi Chkondideli district]]
#Ilia Chavchavadze district
#Vakhtang Gorgasali district
#Iakob Tsurtaveli district
#Nikoloz Baratashvili district
#district named after the 13 Assyrian fathers

===City council===
{{Main|Rustavi City Assembly}}
[[File:Rustavi 2018.jpg|thumb|270px|Rustavi City hall]]
'''Rustavi City Assembly''' ([[Georgian language|Georgian]]: რუსთავის საკრებულო, Rustavi Sakrebulo) is the representative body in Rustavi City that consists of 35 members as of 2021,<ref name=electioncode>{{Cite web | url=https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/1557168?publication=69 | title=Election Code of Georgia (art. 148, 149, Annex 1) | date=2021-06-28 | accessdate=2022-03-31 | work=Legislative Herald of Georgia | language=en }}</ref> who are elected every four years.

The last election for the ''sakrebulo'' was held in [[2021 Georgian local elections|October 2021]]. Rustavi was one of only seven municipalities where the ruling Georgian Dream party failed to secure a council majority in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://civil.ge/archives/452078 | title=GD Falls Short of Securing Majorities in 7 Sakrebulos | date=2021-11-01 |accessdate=2022-03-31 | work=Civil.ge | language=en }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#ccc" colspan="2" | Party
! style="background:#ccc"  | 2017<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://cesko.ge/res/docs/danOK47.pdf | pages=16–17 | title=Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2017 | access-date=2022-03-03 | publisher=CESKO Central Election Commission | language=ka }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
! style="background:#ccc"  | 2021<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://cesko.ge/static/res/docs/2021sakrebuloswevraddameradarcheulipirebi.pdf | pages=21–23 | title=Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2021 | access-date=2022-03-03 | publisher=CESKO Central Election Commission | language=ka }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
! colspan="44" style="background:#ccc" | Current Municipal Assembly
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| [[Georgian Dream]] 
| style="text-align: right" | '''16'''
| style="text-align: right" | '''16'''
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| [[United National Movement (Georgia)|United National Movement]]
| style="text-align: right" | '''3'''
| style="text-align: right" | '''11'''
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| [[For Georgia]] 
| style="text-align: right" | '''1'''{{efn|Split from [[Georgian Dream|GD]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://npg.ge/ka-GE/Home/Details/4688|title=რუსთავის საკრებულოს "ქართული ოცნების" თავმჯდომარის მოადგილე გახარიას პარტიას შეუერთდა|date=2021-07-16|access-date=2024-06-19|website=NPG.ge|language=ka}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align: right" | '''3'''
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|[[Lelo for Georgia|Lelo]] 
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| style="text-align: right" | '''2'''{{efn|Davit Suladze and Nino Suladze - left [[United National Movement (Georgia)|UNM]] and joined [[Lelo for Georgia|Lelo]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=რუსთავის საკრებულოს ფრაქცია "ნაციონალური მოძრაობის" წევრი "ლელოში" გადავიდა|url=https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/32085529.html|date=2022-10-16|accessdate=2024-06-19|website=radiotavisupleba.ge|language=ka}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=რუსთავის საკრებულოში ფრაქცია "ნაციონალური მოძრაობა" რამდენიმე წევრმა დატოვა|url=https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/32906382.html|date=2024-04-15|accessdate=2024-06-19|website=radiotavisupleba.ge|language=ka}}</ref>}}
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| Independent
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| style="text-align: right" | '''3'''{{efn|Aleksandre Beridze, Vazha Morgoshia and Zurab Beradze - split from [[United National Movement (Georgia)|UNM]].<ref name=":0" />}}
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|[[Movement for Liberty - European Georgia|European Georgia]] 
| style="text-align: right" | '''2'''
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| [[Alliance of Patriots of Georgia|Alliance of Patriots]]
| style="text-align: right" | '''1'''
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| [[Georgian Labour Party|Labour Party]] 
| style="text-align: right" | '''1'''
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| [[People's Party (Georgia, 1992)|People's Party]] 
| style="text-align: right" | '''1'''{{efn|Levan Oniani - left [[Georgian Dream|GD]] and joined [[People's Party (Georgia, 1992)|People's Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/31406174.html|title=რუსთავის საკრებულოს თავმჯდომარემ "ქართული ოცნება" დატოვა და გოგაშვილის პარტიას შეუერთდა|date=2021-08-12|access-date=2024-06-25|website=radiotavisupleba.ge|language=ka}}</ref>}}
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! colspan=2 | Total 
! align=right | 25
! align=right | 35 
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|}

===Mayor===
[[File:Rustavi georgia.JPG|right|thumb|270px|Statue of [[Shota Rustaveli]]]]
[[File:Panoramic view of the Rustavi Metallurgical Plant. 1957.jpg|270px|thumb|view of the Rustavi Metallurgical Plant. 1957]]
The most recent mayoral election was held on 2 October 2021, with a runoff on 30 October which Nino Latsabidze ([[Georgian Dream]]) won from Davit Kirkitadze ([[United National Movement (Georgia)|United National Movement]]).<ref name="agenda-gvote21">{{Cite web | url=https://agenda.ge/elections/2021/dist/index.html? | title=Interactive results 2021 municipal elections | accessdate=2021-03-31 | work=Agenda.ge | language=en }}</ref>

The results were as follows:
<onlyinclude>{{Election results
|cand1='''Nino Latsabidze'''|party1=[[Georgian Dream]]|votes1=22352|votes1_2=27298
|cand2=David Kirkitadze|party2=[[United National Movement (Georgia)|United National Movement]]|votes2=21706|votes2_2=23523
|cand3=Beqa Liluashvili|party3=[[For Georgia]]|votes3=3401
|cand4=Tornike Arevadze|party4=[[Alliance of Patriots of Georgia|Alliance of Patriots]]|votes4=1231
|cand5=Vazha Bakhturidze|party5=[[European Democrats (Georgia)|European Democrats]]|votes5=751
|cand6=Elguja Kochiashvili|party6="Whites"|votes6=408
|invalid=2308 |invalid2=2205
|totalvote=52212|totalvote2=53037
|electorate=106895||electorate2=106869
|source=[https://results.cec.gov.ge/#/ka-ge/election_45/dashboard CEC], [https://results.cec.gov.ge/#/ka-ge/election_46 CEC]
}}</onlyinclude>

'''Previously elected mayors of Rustavi'''{{refn|Prior to the 2014 Local self-governance reform, mayors were elected by the city assembly.}}
* Irakli Tabagua ([[Georgian Dream|GD]]) (2017–2021)
* Davit Jikia ([[Georgian Dream|GD]]) (2014–2017)