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Georgian Dream wins 54% of vote, electoral commission says

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President slams outcome, calls for protests

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Opposition parties reject results, alleging violations

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EU, US call for probe into reports of violations

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Kremlin denies accusations of vote interference

(Edits, adds Kremlin, Italian foreign minister, NATO,

London-traded Georgian bank shares)

By Felix Light and Lucy Papachristou

TBILISI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Georgia's president called

for protests in Tbilisi on Monday evening after the ruling party

declared victory in a parliamentary election marred by reports

of voting violations that Western countries said must be fully

investigated.

The results of Saturday's election are a blow for

pro-Western Georgians who had cast the vote as a choice between

a ruling party that has deepened ties with Russia and an

opposition aiming to fast-track integration with Europe.

The ruling Georgian Dream party clinched nearly 54% of the

vote, according to the country's election commission.

However, monitors from the Organisation for Security and

Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said they had registered incidents

of vote-buying, voter intimidation, and ballot-stuffing that

could have affected the outcome. But they stopped short of

saying the election was rigged.

President Salome Zourabichvili, a former ally of Georgian

Dream who has become its leading critic, urged people to take to

the streets to protest against the results of the ballot.

In an address on Sunday, Zourabichvili - whose powers are

mainly ceremonial - referred to the result as a "Russian special

operation". She did not clarify what she meant by the term.

Zourabichvili urged Georgians to protest in the centre

of the capital on Monday evening to show the world "that we do

not recognise these elections".

Russia angrily denied charges of election interference.

"We strongly reject such accusations - as you know, they

have become standard for many countries. At the slightest thing,

they immediately accuse Russia of interference... There was no

interference and the accusations are absolutely unfounded,"

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Peskov described the election result as "the choice of

the Georgian people" and said it was the West, not Russia, that

was trying to destabilise the situation.

'CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER' CHALLENGED

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accused the

opposition on Monday of attempting to "shake the constitutional

order" of the country, local media reported. He also said his

government remained committed to European integration.

But among the strongest responses in Europe to the

events in Tbilisi, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said

Georgian opposition parties were "absolutely right" to dispute

the election results, and he too pointed a finger at Moscow.

"We all know what Russian interference systems are," he

told Italian daily Il Messaggero in an interview published on

Monday.

NATO added its voice on Monday to the calls for a full probe

of what it called the "uneven playing field" in Georgia's

election, echoing an earlier demand from U.S. Secretary of State

Antony Blinken.

"... we encourage Georgia's political leaders to respect the

rule of law, repeal legislation that undermines fundamental

freedoms, and address deficiencies in the electoral process

together," Blinken said in his statement.

Shares in London-listed Georgian banks fell on Monday, with

TBC Bank ( TBCCF ) down 9.8% and Bank of Georgia ( BDGSF ) down

7.3%, amid concerns of possible political instability.

The European Union also urged Georgia to swiftly and

transparently investigate alleged irregularities in the vote.

"The EU recalls that any legislation that undermines the

fundamental rights and freedoms of Georgian citizens and runs

counter to the values and principles upon which the EU is

founded, must be repealed," the European Commission said in a

joint statement with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

For years, Georgia was one of the most pro-Western countries

to emerge from the Soviet Union, with polls showing many

Georgians disliking Russia for its support of two breakaway

regions of their country.

Russia defeated Georgia in their brief war over the rebel

province of South Ossetia in 2008.

The election result poses a challenge to the EU's ambition

to expand by bringing in more former Soviet states.

Moldova earlier this month narrowly approved adding a clause

to the constitution defining EU accession as a goal. Moldovan

officials said Russia meddled in the election, a claim denied by

Moscow.