Georgia’s opposition disputes are the result of a crucial vote that could decide the country’s role in Europe

Georgian election observers who stationed thousands of people across the country to monitor the vote said there were multiple violations and that the results “do not correspond to the will of the Georgian people.”

The election campaign in the South Caucasus nation of 3.7 million people, which borders Russia, has been dominated by foreign policy and marked by a fierce battle for votes and allegations of a smear campaign.

Some Georgians complained of intimidation and were pressured to vote for Georgian Dream, while the opposition accused the party of waging a “hybrid war” against its citizens.

The largest opposition party, the United National Movement, said its headquarters were attacked on the day of the vote. Georgian media also reported that two people were hospitalized after being attacked outside polling stations, one in the western city of Zugdidi, the other in Marneuli, a town south of the capital, Tbilisi.

There were also reports of multiple voting irregularities.

A video shared on social media on Saturday also showed a man stuffing ballot papers into a box at a polling station in Marneuli. Georgia’s Interior Ministry said it had launched an investigation, and the Central Election Commission said a criminal case had been opened and all polling station results would be declared invalid.