1990 Georgian Supreme Soviet election

1990 Georgian Supreme Soviet election
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
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All 250 seats in the Supreme Soviet
126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout69.59%
Party Leader Seats +/–
Round Table Zviad Gamsakhurdia 155 New
SKP Givi Gumbaridze 64 −186
People's Front Nodar Natadze 12 New
Democratic Georgia 4 New
LERB 2 New
Rustaveli Society Akaki Bakradze 1 New
Independents 9 +9
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet before Chairman of the Supreme Soviet after
Irakli Abashidze
SKP
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Round Table

Parliamentary elections were held in the Georgian SSR on 28 October 1990, with a second round on 11 November.[1] They were the first free parliamentary elections in Georgia since 1919 and saw Round Table-Free Georgia emerge as the largest party in Parliament with 155 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was 70%.

Round Table-Free Georgia MP Zviad Gamsakhurdia was subsequently elected by the Congress as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council on 14 November, effectively becoming the leader of Georgia.

The elections were the first in the Soviet Union in which the opposition groups were registered as formal political parties.[2] On 9 April 1991, the newly-elected Georgian legislature issued a declaration of Georgian independence from the USSR.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ "Georgia Votes for Change". Tampa Bay Times. 30 October 1990.
  3. ^ "Georgian Republic Declares Independence". Tampa Bay Times. 10 April 1991.