1990 Georgian Supreme Soviet election

1990 Georgian Supreme Soviet election

28 October 1990 (first round) 11 November 1990 (second round)
All 250 seats in the Supreme Soviet 126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	69.88%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Round Table Zviad Gamsakhurdia 53.99 155 New SKP Givi Gumbaridze 29.58 64 −186 Rustaveli Society Akaki Bakradze 2.32 1 New People's Front Nodar Natadze 1.89 12 New Democratic Georgia 1.76 4 New LERB 1.46 2 New Independents – – 9 +9 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chairman of the Supreme Soviet before Chairman of the Supreme Soviet after Irakli Abashidze SKP Zviad Gamsakhurdia Round Table

Parliamentary elections were held in the Georgian SSR on 28 October 1990, with a second round on 11 November. 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 70%.

Round Table-Free Georgia MP Zviad Gamsakhurdia was elected by the Congress as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council 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. The Council 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 was re-instituted in March 1992 as the "State Council" and fresh elections were held on 4 August of the same year.

Results

Party		National			Constituency			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Round Table—Free Georgia	1,248,111	53.99	81			74	155
	Communist Party of Georgia	683,824	29.58	44			20	64
	Concord, Peace, Revival Bloc	80,262	3.47	0			0	0
	Freedom Bloc	71,602	3.10	0			0	0
	All-Georgian Rustaveli Society	53,673	2.32	0			1	1
	People's Front	43,771	1.89	0			12	12
	Democratic Georgia Bloc	40,769	1.76	0			4	4
	Liberation and Economic Revival Bloc	33,687	1.46	0			1	1
	Social Democrat Party of Georgia	32,699	1.41	0			0	0
	Progressive Party of Georgia	15,496	0.67	0			0	0
	Political Union of Citizens–All-Georgian Farmers Union	8,029	0.35	0			0	0
	Independents						9	9
Vacant							4	4
Total		2,311,923	100.00	125			125	250
Valid votes		2,311,923	96.46
Invalid/blank votes		84,797	3.54
Total votes		2,396,720	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,444,002	69.59
Source: Nohlen et al.