Supreme Soviet The Supreme Soviet () was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). These soviets were modeled after the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, establ ...

elections were held in the

Tajik SSR The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, also commonly known as Soviet Tajikistan, the Tajik SSR, TaSSR, or simply Tajikistan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1929 to 1991 in Central Asia. The Tajik Re ...

were held on 25 February 1990. A total of 230 deputies were elected to the Supreme Soviet. The Communist Party of the Tajik SSR was the only legal and registered party at the time of the elections; members of other parties including the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan and Rastokhez contested the elections as independent candidates.

Background

The elections took place amid the 1990 Dushanbe riots, which had relatively subsided by election day. It was these riots that became some of the first sparks of the

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, which lasted until 1997.

Results

The Communist Party led by

Qahhor Mahkamov Qahhor Mahkamov (, ; alternative spelling Kahar Mahkamov; 16 April 1932 – 8 June 2016) was a Tajik politician who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1985 to 1991 and was the first President of Tajikistan from No ...

won 96% of the seats.Nohlen ''et al''., p465 The ranks of the Communist Party included several de facto opposition candidates who entered the Supreme Soviet thanks to tough competition with other communists and numerous petitions and rallies of voters who monitored the voting process. Independent candidates won the remaining 4% of the seats.

Aftermath

After the independence of Tajikistan on 9 September 1991 the Supreme Soviet continued to function until the

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in 1995.

References

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Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

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