Parliamentary elections were held in the

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on 28 October 1990, with a second round on 11 November. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p382 They were the first free parliamentary election in since

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, and saw

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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 Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia ( ka, ზვიად გამსახურდია, tr; russian: Звиа́д Константи́нович Гамсаху́рдия, Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1 ...

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

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, the adoption of the first Constitution of the Republic of Georgia, as well as the revocation of

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n autonomy and the subsequent prosecution of the war in South Ossetia. It was the first and only free election to the Supreme Council of Georgian SSR. The Council ceased functioning after the coup d'état of 6 January 1992 and some of its members took part in the subsequent

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. The

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was re-instituted in March 1992 as the "State Council" and the fresh elections were held on 4 August of the same year.

Results

References

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