Islam Karimov CP UzSSR The first and last presidential elections in the history of the Uzbekistan Soviet Socialist Republic were held on March 24, 1990, one month after the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbekistan SSR.

The only candidate in the election was the then acting First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist party of the Uzbekistan SSR (as part of the CPSU), the de facto leader of the Republic since June 23 1989 — Islam Abdughaniyevich Karimov.

Thus, the first and last presidential elections in the history of the Uzbekistan SSR were held on an uncontested basis.

[1] 498 out of 500 deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbekistan SSR took part in the voting.

Thus, Islam Karimov was elected president of the Uzbekistan SSR with an overwhelming number of votes, and on the same day began his new duties, continuing in parallel to hold the post of first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Uzbekistan SSR.