1990 Soviet Union presidential election information
1990 Soviet Union presidential election
14 March 1990
Candidate
Mikhail Gorbachev
Party
CPSU
Electoral vote
1,329
Percentage
72.86%
President before election
Office established
Elected President
Mikhail Gorbachev
CPSU
The 1990 Soviet Union presidential election was held in the Soviet Union on 14 March 1990 to elect a president for a five-year term. This was the first and only presidential election to be held in the Soviet Union. This was due to the office of president being established in 1990, a year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The elections were uncontested, with Mikhail Gorbachev, then-General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as the only candidate.[1][2][3]
Although the constitution required the president to be directly-elected,[4] it was decided that the first elections should be held on an indirect basis as it was necessary for a president to be elected immediately and processes taking place in the country did not leave time for elections to be held.[5]
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^Выборы первого президента СССР Rusfate, 18 March 2018
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^USSR Constitution 1977. Article 127.1 Garant
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