1990 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election

1990 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
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All 380 seats in Supreme Soviet
191 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats
PCM Petru Lucinschi 177
FPM Ion Hadârcă 101
Independents 102
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before Prime Minister
Petru Pascari
PCM
Mircea Druc
FPM

Parliamentary elections were held in the Moldavian SSR in February and March 1990 to elect the 380 members of the Supreme Soviet. They were the first and only free elections to the Supreme Soviet of the MSSR, and although the Communist Party of Moldova was the only registered party allowed to contest the elections, opposition candidates were allowed to run as independents.[1] Together with affiliated groups, the Popular Front of Moldova won a landslide victory. Candidates who were openly supporters of the Popular Front won about 27% of the seats; together with moderate Communists, mainly from rural districts, they commanded a majority.

On 5 June the Supreme Soviet renamed the Moldavian SSR the "Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova" and issued a Declaration of Sovereignty on 23 June. It subsequently removed references to socialism and soviets on 23 May 1991 by adopting the name "Republic of Moldova", and declared full independence from the Soviet Union on 27 August 1991. The next legislature was elected as the Parliament of Moldova in 1994.

  1. ^ Vorkunova in Alker, p.107