1990 Latvian Supreme Soviet election

none September 2023 March 2020 Latvian SSR 1990 1985 1993 All 201 seats in the Supreme Soviet 101 18 March 1990 Dainis Īvāns LTF New 131 68.20 Jānis Vagris LKP 201 55 21.50 – Independents new 15 10.30 Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Chairman of the Supreme Council after Anatolijs Gorbunovs LKP Anatolijs Gorbunovs Independent politician Parliamentary elections were held in the Latvian SSR on 18 March 1990.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 978-3-8329-5609-7 It was the first free parliamentary election in Latvia since 1931 and saw 201 deputies elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR, 170 of them in the first round. Run-off elections were held on 25 March 1 and 29 April. The Popular Front of Latvia won over two-thirds of the vote. Unlike its Estonian and Lithuanian counterparts, the Latvian Communist Party did not separate from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Nonetheless, on 3 May 1990, the new Supreme Soviet re-elected the Communist Party member Anatolijs Gorbunovs as its chairman, effectively the leader of Latvia. He subsequently resigned from the party, and a year later the Communist Party was banned by the parliament. The elected parliament was responsible for some of the most important decisions in modern Latvian history, such as the declaration of renewed independence from the Soviet Union. It was the first and only free election to the Supreme Soviet of Latvian SSR. The next parliament was elected as Saeima in 1993.http://sbs.com.au/theworldnews/Worldguide/index.php3?country=113&header=4 Latvia – History 17 November 2008 The World Guide 18 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20030430183720/http://sbs.com.au/theworldnews/Worldguide/index.php3?country=113&header=4 30 April 2003 dead Voting was held on the same day as municipal elections and elections in the Estonian SSR. Results File:Supreme Soviet of Letonia 1990.svg Popular Front of Latvia 1086439 131 Communist Party of Latvia 342499 55 Independents 164080 15 1960638 Nohlen & Stöver References Supreme Category:Parliamentary elections in Latvia Latvia Latvia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results