By Liza Zhvania in Tbilisi There was a tense atmosphere in Georgia on the evening of Saturday October 26 as both the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party and a united group of pro-Western opposition parties both declared victory in the country’s parliamentary elections amid conflicting exit poll data. As of 20:00 local time, polling stations closed, with the Central Election Commission (CEC) saying that, with 70% of precincts counted, the official count showed GD had won 53% of the vote and the opposition 44.1%. Voter turnout was reported at 58.9% of 3.5mn registered voters. However, the picture w…