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ODIHR recorded potential compromises to vote secrecy in 24 per cent of observations from the way ballots were inserted into boxes, 12 per cent from how voters marked them, and 7 per cent from polling station layout. Contributing factors included the proximity of commission members, party representatives or observers to boxes and booths (16 per cent), overcrowding (16 per cent), improper use of ballot sleeves (9 per cent) and marks bleeding through the paper (6 per cent). Voters using the newly introduced electronic devices were not properly instructed, which produced further breaches.

Observers reported tracking of voters outside polling premises in 10 per cent of observations, frequently inside the prohibited 100-metre perimeter, and tracking by party representatives inside stations in 7 per cent. Ruling-party representatives frequently video-recorded the voting process. Group or family voting was seen at 4 per cent of stations. ODIHR found that citizen observer status had been misused, with some accredited observers involved in tracking voters on behalf of the ruling party.

Preliminary reports from key domestic observer organisations noted procedural irregularities and isolated cases of major violations including vote buying, ballot box stuffing, intimidation and multiple voting, but did not assess them as systemic or orchestrated. The opposition coalition led by Transparency International Georgia took the opposite view, calling the observed violations evidence of orchestrated electoral manipulation.