Georgians head to the polls in pivotal parliamentary election

Urban and younger voters are more likely to vote for pro-western opposition groups. Photograph: Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters

Georgians have headed to the polls in a pivotal parliamentary election that could determine whether Georgia shifts away from its long-held western orientations towards stronger ties with the Kremlin.

Voters will decide on Saturday whether the Georgian Dream (GD) party, which has been in power since 2012 and steered the country into a conservative course away from the west and closer to Russia, secures another four-year term.