The Georgian Troupe () is a left-wing Georgian opposition political party with a strong nationalist component set up in January 2007 and chaired by Jondi Bagaturia, formerly a leading activist of the Georgian Labour Party. Bagaturia left the Labour Party following his disagreement with the party leader Shalva Natelashvili in December 2006.Activist Quits Labor Party. Civil Georgia. 4 December 2006. The party has promised to nationalize companies and property bought by foreigners. It joined the United Opposition alliance in November 2007.Georgia: Opposition leaders revive street protest strategy. Eurasua Insight. 26 November 2007. Its leader Bagaturia was elected to the Georgian parliament as a parliamentary opposition during the 2008 Georgian parliamentary election. Following the election, the party soon broke away from the United Opposition alliance, with Bagaturia calling the alliance's tactic of boycotting the parliament "inappropriate and useless". The party failed to be reelected in the 2012 Georgian parliamentary election and in the subsequent elections.
Electoral performance Parliamentary Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Status Coalition 2008 Jondi Baghaturia 314,668 17.73 New 2nd United Opposition 2012 2,324 0.11 1 9th Independent 2016 2,182 0.12 14th Independent 2020 982 0.05 40th Independent
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