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            Exit Polls: Georgia PM Ally Set to Win Presidential Vote

   Exit polls from Georgia`s presidential election indicate an ally of
   current Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is likely to win a first
   round victory.
   The polls indicate that Giorgi Margvelashvili, from Mr. Ivanishvili`s
   Georgian Dream coalition, might receive 67 percent of Sunday`s vote.
   Exit poll results give just 20 percent to his closest rival, former
   speaker of parliament David Bakradze, of outgoing President Mikheil
   Saakashvili`s United National Movement party.
   Mr. Ivanishvili`s coalition beat Mr. Saakashvili`s party in
   parliamentary elections a year ago. The prime minister said he will
   step down next month and nominate a new prime minister, who under
   Georgia`s new parliamentary system will assume most of the powers
   previously held by the president.
   Mr. Saakashvili has been Georgia`s president for 10 years. The
   constitution barred him from running for a third term. He came to power
   during the popular uprising that forced President Eduard Shevardnadze
   to step down in 2004.
   The pro-Western Saakashvili`s time in office has included economic
   reforms and efforts to fight corruption, but also a brief war against
   Russia and accusations of human rights abuses.
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