 However, the GLP was not allowed to use its parliamentary mandate, even though the OSCE had confirmed that the GLP won the elections.In 1998, the GLP won 20 percent of the votes in the local self-government elections, and it received 26 percent of the votes municipal elections four years later in 2002.The GLP achieved big success in the parliamentary elections of 2002 where Natelashvili's party won the majority seats in Tbilisi City Assembly (Tbilisi Sakrebulo), receiving 26%.