1989 Polish legislative election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1989_Polish_legislative_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:date 1989-06-04
1989-06-18
gptkbp:first_free_election_since gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1991_Polish_parliamentary_election
gptkbp:free_seats_in_Sejm 35%
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1989 Polish legislative election
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:main_ruling_party gptkb:Polish_United_Workers'_Party
gptkbp:notable_for peaceful transition of power
beginning of the end of communism in Central and Eastern Europe
gptkbp:opposedBy Solidarity
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Polish_Round_Table_Agreement
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1985_Polish_parliamentary_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Tadeusz_Mazowiecki
gptkbp:reserved_seats_in_Sejm 65%
gptkbp:resultedIn end of communist rule in Poland
formation of first non-communist government in Eastern Bloc
gptkbp:Solidarity_leader gptkb:Lech_Wałęsa
gptkbp:Solidarity_seats_won_(Sejm) 160
gptkbp:Solidarity_seats_won_(Senate) 99
gptkbp:total_Sejm_seats 460
gptkbp:total_Senate_seats 100
gptkbp:type gptkb:politics
gptkbp:voter_turnout_(Sejm) 62.7%
gptkbp:voter_turnout_(Senate) 62.9%
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Polish_United_Workers'_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5