1990 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election explained

Country:Azerbaijan SSR
Previous Election:1985
Next Election:1995–96
Election Date:30 September 1990
Seats For Election:All 360 seats in the Supreme Soviet
Majority Seats:180
First Election:yes
Nopercentage:yes
Party1:Communist Party
Leader1:Ayaz Mutallibov
Colour1:
  1. D7331B
Seats1:280
Party2:APFP
Seats2:45
Leader2:Abulfaz Elchibey
Last Election2:new
Party3:Independents
Leader3:
Seats3:15
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
Before Election:Elmira Gafarova
Before Party:CPSU
After Election:Elmira Gafarova
After Party:CPSU

Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Azerbaijan SSR on 30 September and 14 October 1990. They were the first multi-party elections in the country.

According to historian Audrey Altstadt,

The 1990 elections were characterized by intimidation, including the jailing of several Popular Front candidates, the murder of two others, and unabashed stuffing of ballot boxes in at least some districts in Baku, as witnessed by observers from the US Embassy-Moscow and the US Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)

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