Hollow Victory

What kind of vote did he get? Did he get a significant percentage?
I think single digits. Whether or not the allegations against him were true, they certainly had the effect that they were meant to have. They swayed the voters into thinking he was a man who cannot be trusted.

Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy chief, came out with a guarded endorsement of the election, saying the allegations of impropriety have to be investigated. The German press, depending on the political orientation of the paper, seem to be not very enthusiastic about Saakashvili right now.
The international election observation mission that was launched by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) came out with a statement saying that the election "was in essence consistent with most international standards for democratic elections." But at the same time it noted that there were serious shortcomings, including intimidation of opposition candidates' representatives, and that some members of the Central Election Commission, the body that was tasked with running the election, took sides and were not always objective.

There are allegations that Saakashvili's people were handing out financial inducements like wood and flour and food and heating materials to voters to win their support.
The OSCE assessment noted that "the implementation of social welfare programs is frequently combined with campaigning for this former president."

What about Russia? Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been no friend of Saakashvili, particularly since Saakashvili has been pro-Western and pro-NATO. The Russians immediately said that this election was dubious, didn't they?
Russia immediately said that reports have come in about numerous violations. It says these violations were partly expected given that the entire preelection campaign can hardly be termed free and fair. It noted that the campaign was marred by Saakashvili's using every possible lever that he had to exert pressure on opposition candidates and gain support for himself. It goes on to slam the international assessment of the ballot as meeting international standards. It implies that this is a double standard.

It's kind of amusing, after the way Putin is stage-managing the forthcoming Russian presidential election.
Of course it's amusing. It's absolutely ridiculous if you look at the way Putin handled the Duma elections last month. I suspect that the Russian presidential election in March is not going to be noticeably more free or democratic.

You noted that one of the reasons for Saakashvili's unpopularity was his failure to recover South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the two breakaway areas of Georgia. But to do that would almost require going to war with Russia, wouldn't it?
It would, which is why I think he has enough sense not to risk it.