Georgian parliamentary election, 1990

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Georgian SSR on 28 October 1990, with a second round on 11 November.^[1] 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 69.9%.

Round Table-Free Georgia MP Zviad Gamsakhurdia was elected by the Congress as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet 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.

It was the first and only free election to the Congress of Soviets of Georgian SSR. The Congress 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 of Georgia was re-instituted in March 1992 as the "State Council" and the fresh elections were held on 4 August of the same year.

Results

Party	Constituency			National			Total seats
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
Round Table-Free Georgia			74	1,248,111	54.0	81	155
Communist Party of Georgia			20	683,824	29.6	44	64
Concord, Peace, Revival Bloc			0	80,262	3.5	0	0
Freedom Bloc			0	71,602	3.1	0	0
All-Georgian Rustaveli Society			1	53,673	2.3	0	1
People's Front			12	43,771	1.9	0	12
Democratic Georgia Bloc			4	40,769	1.8	0	4
Liberation and Economic Revival Bloc			1	33,687	1.5	0	1
Social Democrat Party of Georgia			0	32,699	1.4	0	0
Progressive Party of Georgia			0	15,496	0.7	0	0
Political Union of Citizens-All-Georgian Farmers Union			0	8,029	0.4	0	0
Independents			9	–	–	–	9
Vacant	–	–	4	–	–	0	4
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	84,797	–	–	–
Total			125	2,396,720	100	125	250
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

Elections and referendums in Georgia

Presidential elections	1991 1995 2000 2004 2008 2013 2018

Parliamentary elections	1919 1990 1992 1995 1999 2003 2004 2008 2012 2016

Local elections	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2017

Referendums	1991 2003 2008

See also: Elections and referendums in Abkhazia Adjara South Ossetia

Elections and referendums in the Soviet Union

Legislative elections	1921 1924 1925 1927 1929 1931 1935 1936 1937 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1979 1984 1989

Regional elections	1938 1939 1947 1951 1955 1959 1985 1990

Referendums	1991

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