Once upon a time, Georgia had a team to be feared.

Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili has conceded defeat in parliamentary elections and said the opposition now had the right to form a government.

Early returns and exit polls in a heated parliamentary election show that Georgian voters have turned against President Mikhail Saakashvili and the party that has been in power for almost nine years.

Voters in Georgia are choosing a new parliament in a heated election that will decide the future of president Mikhail Saakashvili’s government.