1990 Latvian Supreme Soviet election

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1990 Latvian Supreme Soviet election
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
← 1985 18 March 1990 1993 →

All 201 seats in the
Supreme Soviet

101 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
LTF Dainis Īvāns 68.20 131 New
LKP Jānis Vagris 21.50 55 −146
Independents 10.30 15 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
before
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet after
Anatolijs Gorbunovs
LKP
Anatolijs Gorbunovs
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in the

Communist Party member Anatolijs Gorbunovs
as its chairman, effectively the leader of Latvia. He subsequently resigned from the party, and a year later the Communist Party was banned by the parliament.

The elected parliament was responsible for some of the most important decisions in modern Latvian history, such as the declaration of renewed independence from the Soviet Union.

It was the first and only free election to the Supreme Soviet of Latvian SSR. The next parliament was elected as Saeima in 1993.[2]

Voting was held on the same day as an election in the Estonian SSR and Latvian municipal elections.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Popular Front of Latvia1,086,43968.20131
Communist Party of Latvia342,49921.5055
Independents164,08010.3015
Total1,593,018100.00201
Registered voters/turnout1,960,638
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ "Latvia – History". The World Guide. 17 November 2008. Archived from the original on 30 April 2003. Retrieved 18 November 2008.