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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