MP by-election will be held in Telavi single-mandate constituency on October 2 to elect a new majoritarian MP, the Central Election Commission decided on August 1..
 
The majoritarian seat in Telavi, a town and district in eastern region of Kakheti, became vacant after Gia Arsenishvili, a ruling party lawmaker, who chaired parliamentary committee for human rights, died of heart attack in November 2010.