Saakashvili won the election with 53.47% of the votes in an election described in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) election observation mission report as "the first genuinely competitive post-independence presidential election", which "was in essence consistent with most OSCE and Council of Europe commitments and standards for democratic elections".
Saakasjvili vann valet med 53,47 % av rösterna som i organisationen för säkerhet och samarbete i Europas valobservationsrapport "det första genuina konkurrenskraftiga presidentvalet efter självständigheten" (på engelska: "the first genuinely competitive post-independence presidential election").