1989 Soviet legislative election
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The 1989 Soviet legislative election was the first relatively competitive, partially free national election in the Soviet Union, marking a major step in Mikhail Gorbachev’s political reforms and the beginning of the end for one-party rule.
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| 1984 Soviet legislative election | 0 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Soviet election
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legislative election → |
| allowedNonPartyCandidates | true → |
| bodyElected | Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union → |
| country | Soviet Union → |
| degreeOfCompetitiveness |
partially free
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relatively competitive → |
| electoralBody | Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union → |
| electoralReformBasis | 1988 constitutional amendments of the Soviet Union → |
| electoralSystemChange | ended automatic appointment of many deputies by party and social organizations → |
| endDate | 1989-03-26 → |
| followedBy | 1990 Soviet legislative election → |
| generalSecretaryDuringElection | Mikhail Gorbachev → |
| governmentTypeDuringElection | one-party socialist state → |
| headOfStateDuringElection | Mikhail Gorbachev → |
| historicalPeriod |
final years of the Soviet Union
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late Cold War → |
| impact |
contributed to the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union
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strengthened reformist and nationalist movements in Soviet republics → weakened monopoly of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → |
| introducedCompetitiveElectionsTo | Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union → |
| introducedElement | limited political pluralism in candidate selection → |
| languageOfCampaigning |
Russian
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various languages of Soviet republics → |
| legislature | Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union → |
| location | Soviet Union → |
| mainRulingParty | Communist Party of the Soviet Union → |
| notableFeature |
multiple candidates in many constituencies
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presence of prominent dissidents and non-communist candidates → televised campaign and public debates → |
| numberOfSeatsContested | 2250 → |
| partOf |
Gorbachev reforms
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perestroika → |
| politicalContext |
glasnost
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perestroika → |
| precededBy |
1989 Soviet legislative election
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1984 Soviet legislative election
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| region | Eastern Europe → |
| resultedIn |
creation of an opposition group within the Congress of People's Deputies
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increased public criticism of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → televised debates in the Congress of People's Deputies → |
| significance |
first relatively competitive national election in the Soviet Union
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major step in political liberalization under Mikhail Gorbachev → marked erosion of one-party rule in the Soviet Union → |
| startDate | 1989-03-26 → |
| typeOfElection | parliamentary → |
| voterParticipation | high → |
| votingSystem |
first-past-the-post
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multi-candidate constituencies → |
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1989 Soviet legislative election
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1984 Soviet legislative election