Tbilisi, Georgia ? Opposition leaders alleged Friday that Georgia’s local and regional elections were riddled with fraud, but international monitors said the balloting was conducted “with general respect for fundamental freedoms.”

President Mikhail Saakashvili told supporters that his United National Movement Party won “a minimum of 70 percent” across the country in voting Thursday.

The Central Election Commission said late Friday that preliminary results showed Saakashvili’s party had won two-thirds of the vote in the capital, Tbilisi, where about 890,000 of Georgia’s 3.2 million registered voters live.

It said a fuller picture of results would not emerge for several days.