1990 Byelorussian Supreme Soviet election

1990 Byelorussian Supreme Soviet election

March–May 1990

310 of the 360 seats in the Supreme Soviet
181 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86.5% (first round)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Yefrem Sokolov Zianon Pazniak
Party CPB BPF

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet before election

Nikolai Dementey
CPSU

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

Nikolai Dementey
CPSU

Parliamentary elections were held in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1990 to elect the twelfth Supreme Council. A total of 1,473 candidates contested the 310 seats, while a further 50 members were appointed by organizations of veterans and invalids. However, by the time of the first meeting of the Supreme Council, only 278 of the 310 elected seats were filled.