People's Power (Georgia)

People's Power (Georgian: ხალხის ძალა, romanized: khalkhis dzala) is an anti-Western political party in Georgia. It was founded by MPs Sozar Subari, Mikheil Kavelashvili and Dimitri Khundadze, after they nominally separated from the ruling Georgian Dream.

People's Power is thought to be controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party, created with the purpose of attracting socially conservative, anti-liberal anti-Western voters while still maintaining some pro-Western ones under its own banner. By 2024, Georgian Dream could still rely on People's Power for radical anti-Western narratives, but its own transformation into a dominant right-wing populist force with similar narratives was by then complete.

For the 2024 Georgian parliamentary election, People's Power was absorbed back into Georgian Dream and ran as part of the Georgian Dream party list; all nine incumbent MPs of People's Power were re-elected through GD's party list. During the 2024 presidential election, Georgian Dream nominated and supported People's Power member Mikheil Kavelashvili as a candidate for the presidency. Kavelashvili was subsequently elected as the President of Georgia by the Georgian Electoral Assembly.