Polish legislative election of 1985

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The Polish legislative election of 1985 was a late-communist era parliamentary election in the People's Republic of Poland, held under the dominance of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party before the democratic transformations of 1989.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election
alliedParty Democratic Party (Poland, communist-era satellite) NERFINISHED
United People's Party NERFINISHED
beforeEvent Polish Round Table Agreement NERFINISHED
democratic transition in Poland
partially free Polish legislative election of 1989
characteristic controlled candidate lists
lack of genuine opposition
non-competitive election
single electoral list dominated by the ruling party and its satellites
country Polish People's Republic NERFINISHED
date 1985
dominantParty Polish United Workers' Party NERFINISHED
electoralBody Sejm of the Polish People's Republic NERFINISHED
electoralCompetition absent in practice
electoralFreedom not free and not fair
electoralPluralism highly restricted
era Jaruzelski period in Poland
followedBy Polish legislative election of 1989 NERFINISHED
governmentType socialist state
headOfGovernmentDuringElection Wojciech Jaruzelski NERFINISHED
headOfStateDuringElection Wojciech Jaruzelski NERFINISHED
historicalContext Cold War NERFINISHED
Soviet influence in Eastern Europe
ideologyOfRulingParty Marxism–Leninism NERFINISHED
ideologyOfRulingParty state socialism
legalFramework constitution of the Polish People's Republic
location Poland NERFINISHED
oppositionMovementContext Solidarity movement (underground) NERFINISHED
oppositionStatus legal opposition excluded from ballot
partOf elections in the Polish People's Republic
politicalAlliance Front of National Unity NERFINISHED
politicalSystem communist one-party dominant system
precededBy Polish legislative election of 1980 NERFINISHED
region Eastern Bloc NERFINISHED
resultingInstitution contracted Sejm of the Polish People's Republic (1985–1989 term) NERFINISHED
rulingParty Polish United Workers' Party NERFINISHED
significance last fully communist-controlled parliamentary election before 1989 reforms
supervisingOrganization Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party NERFINISHED
timePeriod late communist era in Poland
typeOfRegime authoritarian socialist regime
voterChoice limited to regime-approved list
votingSystem list-based system with pre-approved candidates

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Polish legislative election of 1989 precededBy Polish legislative election of 1985