Supreme Soviet elections were held in Abkhazia on 29 September 1991, with a second round on 14 October. A third round was held in twelve constituencies where voter turnout had been below the 50% threshold on 1 December.[1]
Electoral system
The 65 seats in the Supreme Soviet were allocated to different ethnic groups; 28 were reserved for Abkhazians, 26 for Georgians and 11 for the other ethnic groups.[2]
Aftermath
The Supreme Soviet was only able to approve legislation in some areas of policy with a 75% majority. On 24 June 1992 the chairman of Abkhazian Supreme Soviet Vladislav Ardzinba ordered the republican guard to attack the building of Abkhazian Ministry of Internal Affairs and remove ethnic Georgian minister Givi Lominadze from office, which led to Lominadze's hospitalization. Lominadze was replaced by Alexander Ankvab, a member of Abkhaz ethno-nationalist movement Aidgylara.[3] After this, on 30 June, Georgian deputies of the Supreme Soviet organized a walk-out and began boycotting the Soviet.[4]
