Georgian parliamentary election, 1990

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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 election in since 1919, and saw Round Table-Free Georgia emerge as the largest party in Parliament, with 155 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was 69.9%.

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

The elected parliament was responsible for some of the most important decisions in the modern Georgian history, such as the declaration of independence from the Soviet Union, the adoption of the first Constitution of the Republic of Georgia, as well as the revocation of South Ossetian autonomy and the subsequent prosecution of the war in South Ossetia.

It was the first and only free election to the Congress of Soviets of Georgian SSR. The Congress ceased functioning after the coup d'état of 6 January 1992 and some of its members took part in the subsequent civil war. The Parliament of Georgia was re-instituted in March 1992 as the "State Council" and the fresh elections were held on 4 August of the same year.

Results

Party Constituency National Total seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Round Table-Free Georgia 741,248,11154.081155
Communist Party of Georgia 20683,82429.64464
Concord, Peace, Revival Bloc 080,2623.500
Freedom Bloc 071,6023.100
All-Georgian Rustaveli Society 153,6732.301
People's Front 1243,7711.9012
Democratic Georgia Bloc 440,7691.804
Liberation and Economic Revival Bloc 133,6871.501
Social Democrat Party of Georgia 032,6991.400
Progressive Party of Georgia 015,4960.700
Political Union of Citizens-All-Georgian Farmers Union 08,0290.400
Independents 99
Vacant404
Invalid/blank votes 84,797
Total 1252,396,720100125250
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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