Georgia's opposition disputes results of an election seen as a make-or-break vote on the chance to join the European Union or revert to Russia's orbit.

The ruling Georgian Dream party's billionaire founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, the opposition, and foreign diplomats had cast the election as a watershed moment that would decide if Georgia moves closer to the West or leans back towards Russia amid the war in Ukraine.

The pro-Western opposition and the ruling party were both shown as victorious in rival exit polls after Georgia's legislative closely-watched legislative election on Saturday seen as a fundamental cho