Police and Saakashvili supporters clash in Georgia

Georgian police used water canns to disperse protesters in Tbilisi on Sunday as opposition supporters rallied against results of recent parliamentary election.

Thousands of demonstrators demanded a snap vote after opposition including ex-president Mikhail Saakashvili's United National Movement accused ruling Georgian Dream party of rigging tightly contested election on October 31.

Foot from capital showed riot police and water canns being deployed to clear crowd.

Preliminary election results from Georgia's Central Election Commission website have given Georgian Dream 48.2% of vote.

party, created by a tycoon who made his fortune in Russia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, has held a strong majority in Parliament for eight years, but its popularity has dwindled steadily amid country's ecomic problems.