1989 Soviet legislative election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1989_Soviet_legislative_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:allowedNonCommunistCandidates true
gptkbp:context Gorbachev's reforms
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:date 1989-03-26
gptkbp:district 1500
gptkbp:firstFreeElection true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1989 Soviet legislative election
gptkbp:nextEdition 1990 Soviet legislative election
gptkbp:notableEvent public demonstrations
televised debates
emergence of Inter-Regional Group of Deputies
gptkbp:notableLoss several high-ranking Communist officials
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:Andrei_Sakharov
gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
gptkb:Anatoly_Sobchak
gptkbp:numberOfDeputiesElected 2250
gptkbp:officeLocation gptkb:Congress_of_People's_Deputies_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:oversees Central Election Commission of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:partOf Perestroika reforms
gptkbp:party gptkb:Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:previousEdition 1984 Soviet legislative election
gptkbp:resultedIn greater press freedom
rise of opposition groups
increased political pluralism
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 2250
gptkbp:significance First relatively free election in the Soviet Union since 1917
gptkbp:type gptkb:politics
gptkbp:voterTurnout 89.8%
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Andrei_Dmitrievich_Sakharov
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7