1990 Georgian Supreme Soviet election

none Georgian SSR 1985 1992 All 250 seats in the Supreme Soviet 126 69.59% 28 October 1990 (first round)11 November 1990 (second round) yes Zviad Gamsakhurdia Round Table—Free Georgia new 155 Givi Gumbaridze Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union) 250 64 Nodar Natadze People's Front (Georgia) new 12 Democratic Georgia #33A6FF new 4 LERB #FFCF01 new 2 Akaki Bakradze Rustaveli Society #CCB691 new 1 – Independents 0 9 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Givi Gumbaridze Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union) Chairman of the Supreme Council after Zviad Gamsakhurdia Round Table—Free Georgia Parliamentary elections were held in the Georgian SSR on 28 October 1990, with a second round on 11 November.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 0-19-924958-X 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.https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/10/30/georgia-votes-for-change/ Georgia Votes for Change Tampa Bay Times 30 October 1990 On 9 April 1991, the newly elected Georgian legislature issued a declaration of Georgian independence from the USSR.https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1991/04/10/georgian-republic-declares-independence/ Georgian Republic Declares Independence Tampa Bay Times 10 April 1991 Electoral system On 18 August 1990 a new electoral law was passed providing for the election of the legislature consisting of 250 members, 125 elected by proportional representation and 125 from single-member districts using the two-round system. The electoral threshold for the proportional seats was set at 4%. Political parties, trade unions and movements were allowed to nominate candidates.Irakli Iremadze Electoral history of Georgia: 1990-2018 2020 Central Electoral Commission of Georgia Tbilisi, Georgia https://history.cec.gov.ge/PDF/ElectoralHistoryOfGeorgia.pdf 25 January 2024 13–15 Results File:Georgia Parliament 1990.svg National Constituency Round Table—Free Georgia 1248111 81 74 155 Communist Party of Georgia 683824 44 20 64 Concord, Peace, Revival Bloc 80262 0 0 0 #77C9F1 Freedom Bloc 71602 0 0 0 All-Georgian Rustaveli Society 53673 0 1 1 #CCB691 People's Front 43771 0 12 12 Democratic Georgia Bloc 40769 0 4 4 #33A6FF Liberation and Economic Revival Bloc 33687 0 1 1 #FFCF01 Social Democrat Party of Georgia 32699 0 0 0 Progressive Party of Georgia 15496 0 0 0 Political Union of Citizens–All-Georgian Farmers Union 8029 0 0 0 Independents 9 9 Vacant 4 4 84797 3444002 0 Nohlen et al. References Supreme Category:Parliamentary elections in Georgia (country) Georgia Georgia Georgia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results