1989 Soviet legislative election

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Soviet election legislative election

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
1989 Soviet legislative election canonical	2
1984 Soviet legislative election	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet election ⓘ legislative election ⓘ
allowedNonPartyCandidates	true ⓘ
bodyElected	Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
degreeOfCompetitiveness	partially free ⓘ 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 ⓘ late Cold War ⓘ
impact	contributed to the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ presence of prominent dissidents and non-communist candidates ⓘ televised campaign and public debates ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested	2250 ⓘ
partOf	Gorbachev reforms ⓘ perestroika ⓘ
politicalContext	glasnost ⓘ perestroika ⓘ
precededBy	1989 Soviet legislative election self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1984 Soviet legislative election
region	Eastern Europe ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of an opposition group within the Congress of People's Deputies ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ multi-candidate constituencies ⓘ

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Subject: 1989 Soviet legislative election
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → lastElection → 1989 Soviet legislative election ⓘ

1989 Soviet legislative election → precededBy → 1989 Soviet legislative election self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1984 Soviet legislative election

People's Deputy of the USSR → significantEvent → 1989 Soviet legislative election ⓘ