1990 Georgian Supreme Soviet election

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%.

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
Turnout69.59%
PartyLeader % 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
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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. On 9 April 1991, the newly-elected Georgian legislature issued a declaration of Georgian independence from the USSR.

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