According to final results, the pro-Shevardnadze For a New Georgia bloc came in first with 21.32 percent of the vote, while the Revival party, which sometimes has been critical of the government but sided with Shevardnadze in the present crisis, finished second with 18.84 percent.
Saakashvili's National Movement came in a very close third with 18.08 percent of the vote, while the Democrats who allied with Saakashvili got 8.8 percent.
Russia, which remains a key power in the region, also acknowledged that the election was marred and called for the "mistakes to be corrected, but in the realm of the law."
"The alternative is chaos," the Russian Foreign Ministry warned.
Shevardnadze criticized the opposition yesterday for calling for civil disobedience, saying "Is this your country or not? If you have a program, talk as much as you want. Gather 20,000 or 100,000. I also will come to listen, if it is an interesting program."
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