1990 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election

none Azerbaijan SSR 1985 1995–96 30 September 1990 All 360 seats in the Supreme Soviet 180 yes yes Communist Party Ayaz Mutallibov #D7331B 280 APFP 45 Abulfaz Elchibey new Independents – 15 Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Elmira Gafarova CPSU Elmira Gafarova CPSU Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Azerbaijan SSR on 30 September and 14 October 1990. They were the first multi-party elections in the country. According to historian Audrey Altstadt,Altstadt Audrey L. Azerbaijan's struggle toward democracy 1997 https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/conflict-cleavage-and-change-in-central-asia-and-the-caucasus/azerbaijans-struggle-toward-democracy/4973616DA6867A781E2FE7C3D4DB96B7 Conflict, Cleavage, and Change in Central Asia and the Caucasus 110–155 Parrott Bruce Democratization and Authoritarianism in Post-Communist Societies Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-59731-9 Dawisha Karen The 1990 elections were characterized by intimidation, including the jailing of several Popular Front candidates, the murder of two others, and unabashed stuffing of ballot boxes in at least some districts in Baku, as witnessed by observers from the US Embassy-Moscow and the US Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Results Azerbaijan Communist Party 280 #D40000 Azerbaijan Popular Front 45 Independents 15 Vacant 20 0 References CIA World Factbook (1995) Category:Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan Supreme Azerbaijan Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Azerbaijian