Governing party wins huge majority

The governing party in Georgia has solidified its control of the ex-Soviet nation’s Parliament, winning enough seats to change the country’s constitution, according to early runoff election results released Monday.

The Georgian Dream party took 67 of the Parliament’s150 seats in voting three weeks ago. During Sunday’s runoffs, it won 48 of the 50 remaining seats to give it a 115-seat majority.

Georgian Dream was started by tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili, who made his fortune in Russia.