David Kirtadze, a representative of the United National Movement party, threw black paint at the head of the Central Election Commission and called him “black blot” during the meeting where Kalandarishvili was to announce the final results of the allegedly rigged October 26 parliamentary elections in Georgia. Following the incident, Kirtadze left the hall and the meeting was adjourned. Kalandarishvili later joined the meeting with a patch on his left eye and signed the protocol regarding the final results of the elections.

In Georgia, after the ruling Georgian Dream Party won its fourth consecutive election victory, President Salome Zurabashvili made a statement the day after the election saying that the election was rigged, that she did not recognize the results and that recognition “means recognition of Russian interference. Opposition parties in parliament had also announced that they would not go to parliament.