1990 Soviet Union regional elections

Regional elections in the Soviet Union September 2021 In 1990, elections were held for the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia and the Supreme Soviets of 14 other republics of the Soviet Union. Background The proposal to create a "two-story" system for the formation of the legislative branch (with a directly-elected Congress of People's Deputies and a Supreme Soviet elected by the Congress of People's Deputies) in the USSR and its constituent and autonomous republics was put forward by Mikhail Gorbachev at the 19th Conference of the Communist Party in summer of 1988. On 1 December, the corresponding changes were made to the Constitution of the USSR. Most of the republics except for Russia and its autonomous region of Dagestan ignored this requirement of the Union Constitution. Under the constitutional reform of 1989–90, they retained direct elections to their Supreme Soviets, but unlike the campaigns of preceding 50 years, republican branches of the CPSU now were facing significant opposition from the nationalist forces, represented in organizations such as Lithuania's Sąjūdis and numerous "Popular Fronts" (Estonia, Latvia, Moldavia, Azerbaijan). List RepublicDateCommunist PartyResultOpposition PartiesResultIndependentsArmenia20 MayCommunist Party of Armenia136 259 Communist Party of the Soviet Union–123 259 IndependentAzerbaijanCIA World Factbook (1995)30 SeptemberAzerbaijan Communist Party280 360 Communist Party of the Soviet UnionAzerbaijani Popular Front45 360 Azerbaijani Popular Front Party15 360 IndependentByelorussiahttp://nn.by/?c=ar&i=150176 What was the Belarusian parliament quarter of a century ago? The Supreme Council of XII convocation, 1990-1995 Nasha Niva 26 May 2015 3 December 20164 MarchCommunist Party of Byelorussia302 360 Communist Party of the Soviet UnionBelarusian Popular Front26 360 Belarusian Popular Front–Estoniahttp://www.vvk.ee/english/overview.html Elections and Referendums in Estonia 1989-1999 2008-11-17 Estonian National Electoral Committee18 MarchCommunist Party of Estonia27 105 Communist Party of the Soviet UnionPopular Front of Estonia43 105 Popular Front of Estonia10 105 IndependentJoint Soviet of Work Collectives25 105 blackGeorgiaDieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 0-19-924958-X28 OctoberCommunist Party of Georgia64 250 Communist Party of the Soviet UnionRound Table—Free Georgia155 250 Round Table—Free Georgia9 250 IndependentPeople's Front12 250 People's Front (Georgia)Kazakhstan25 MarchCommunist Party of Kazakhstan342 360 Communist Party of the Soviet Union–18 360 IndependentKirghizia25 FebruaryCommunist Party of Kirghizia315 350 Communist Party of the Soviet Union–35 350 IndependentLatvia18 MarchCommunist Party of Latvia55 201 Communist Party of the Soviet UnionPopular Front of Latvia131 201 Popular Front of Latvia15 201 IndependentLithuaniaIn December 1989, majority of the Communist Party of Lithuania led by Brazauskas proclaimed it separate from the CPSU. Burokevičius headed pro-Union branch.24 FebruaryCommunist Party of Lithuania (CPSU)7 141 Communist Party of the Soviet UnionLithuanian Social-Democratic Party9 141 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania64 141 IndependentCommunist Party of Lithuania (independent)46 141 Communist Party of the Soviet UnionOthers9 141 blackEndorsed by SąjūdisThe leading Sąjūdis opposition movement in Lithuania did not formerly run as a political party, but rather endorsed individual candidates of other parties, primarily independents and members of the independent branch of the Communist Party91 141 SąjūdisMoldaviaFebruary–MarchCommunist Party of Moldavia177 380 Communist Party of the Soviet UnionPopular Front of Moldova101 380 Popular Front of Moldova102 380 IndependentRussia4 MarchCPSUSince the creation of the Soviet Union, Russia was the only constituent republic without its own Communist Party. The short-lived CP RSFSR would be created three months after the 1990 election.920 1068 Communist Party of the Soviet Union–148 1068 IndependentEndorsed by Democratic RussiaThe opposition Democratic Russia movement did not run as a political party, but rather endorsed certain Communist Party and independent candidates350 1068 #018DE9Tajikistan25 FebruaryCommunist Party of Tajikistan221 230 Communist Party of the Soviet Union–9 230 IndependentTurkmenistan7 JanuaryCommunist Party of Turkmenistan157 175 Communist Party of the Soviet Union–18 175 IndependentUkraine4 MarchCommunist Party of Ukraine331 450 Communist Party of the Soviet UnionDemocratic Bloc111 450 Democratic Bloc (Ukraine)–Uzbekistan18 FebruaryCommunist Party of Uzbekistan456 500 Communist Party of the Soviet UnionUnity40 500 Unity (Uzbekistan)4 500 Independent See also 1989 Soviet Union legislative election Demokratizatsiya References Notes