1990 Ukrainian SSR local elections
The 1990 Ukrainian local elections took place on 4 March[ 1] 1990 when Ukraine , as the Ukrainian SSR was still a part of the Soviet Union . In these relatively free elections electoral commissions managed to block the participation of most opposition group candidates while "acceptable social organisations" were permitted to register.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
The Ukrainian nationalist opposition People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh ) won majorities in the elections of the city councils of Lviv and Kyiv and was successful in western Ukraine .[ 1] The "Democratic Bloc " (a coalition of Rukh, Ukrainian Republican Party and Democratic Party of Ukraine , Green World Association and other organisations) won the elections in Lviv Oblast , Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Ternopil Oblast .[ 4] [ 5]
The Communist Party won the local government elections in Crimean Oblast .[ 6]
Only after the March 1990 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election and local elections political parties started to get established.[ 3]
See also
References
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^ Dawson J. I. Eco-Nationalism: Anti-Nuclear Activism and National Identity in Russia, Lithuania, and Ukraine . - Duke University Press Books , 1996. - page 92 - ISBN 0822318318
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^ "Результати виборів до Верховної Ради і місцевих рад 1990 р" [Results of the elections to the Verkhovna Rada and local councils in 1990]. History Твоя бібліотека (Your library) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2023 .
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