The ruling populist Georgian Dream party Saturday faces its first electoral test since a disputed parliamentary poll a year ago plunged the Black Sea nation into turmoil and prompted Brussels to effectively freeze the EU-candidate country's accession process. With nearly 75 percent of precincts reporting, the central election commission said Georgian Dream had secured municipal council majorities in every municipality, with more than 80 percent of the vote. "We are here to protect our democracy, which Georgian Dream is destroying." Georgian Dream initially presented itself as a liberal alternative to Saakashvili's reformist camp. The European Union has sanctioned several Georgian Dream party officials over previous crackdowns on protestors.