Polish legislative election of 1989

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The Polish legislative election of 1989 was a landmark semi-free vote that led to the collapse of communist rule in Poland and paved the way for democratic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
consequence acceleration of democratic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ
appointment of Tadeusz Mazowiecki as prime minister ⓘ
collapse of communist rule in Poland ⓘ
formation of first non-communist government in Eastern Bloc ⓘ
inspiration for other opposition movements in Eastern Europe ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
electoralSystem partially competitive election ⓘ
semi-free election ⓘ
endDate 1989-06-18 ⓘ
followedBy Polish parliamentary election of 1991 ⓘ
hasPart 1989 Sejm election ⓘ
1989 Senate election in Poland ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered a breakthrough in the fall of the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
first semi-free parliamentary election in the Eastern Bloc after World War II ⓘ
keyFigure Lech Wałęsa ⓘ
Mieczysław Rakowski ⓘ
Tadeusz Mazowiecki ⓘ
Wojciech Jaruzelski ⓘ
legalFramework Round Table Agreement ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
linked to: Sejm

Senate of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Poland
location Poland ⓘ
mainOpposition Citizens’ Committee "Solidarity" ⓘ
Solidarity ⓘ
linked to: Solidarność
oppositionVictoryInContestedSejmSeats almost all freely contested Sejm seats won by Solidarity-backed candidates ⓘ
oppositionVictoryInSenate 99 of 100 seats won by Solidarity-backed candidates ⓘ
organizedBy Polish United Workers’ Party ⓘ
communist authorities of the Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
partOf Polish political transformation of 1989 ⓘ
collapse of Eastern Bloc ⓘ
democratic transition in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ
politicalSystemContext Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
precededBy Polish legislative election of 1985 ⓘ
relatedEvent Polish Round Table Talks ⓘ
fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
result defeat of ruling communist coalition in freely contested races ⓘ
delegitimization of communist rule in Poland ⓘ
landslide victory for Solidarity in contested seats ⓘ
seatsContested Sejm 460 ⓘ
Senate 100 ⓘ
seatsFreelyContestedInSejm 35% ⓘ
seatsReservedForCommunistCampInSejm 65% ⓘ
senateSeatsFreelyContested 100% ⓘ
startDate 1989-06-04 ⓘ
timePeriod late Cold War ⓘ
voterTurnoutFirstRound high ⓘ
voterTurnoutSecondRound lower than first round ⓘ

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Round Table Talks of 1989 → significantEvent → Polish legislative election of 1989 ⓘ
Round Table Talks of 1989 → followedBy → Polish legislative election of 1989 ⓘ
Revolutions of 1989 → hasPart → Polish parliamentary elections of June 1989 ⓘ
linked to: Polish legislative election of 1989
Polish Round Table Agreement → followedBy → Polish legislative election, 1989 ⓘ
linked to: Polish legislative election of 1989
Polish legislative election of 1989 → partOf → Polish political transformation of 1989 ⓘ
linked to: Polish legislative election of 1989
Polish legislative election of 1989 → hasPart → 1989 Sejm election ⓘ
linked to: Polish legislative election of 1989
Polish opposition to communism → significantEvent → 1989 Polish legislative election ⓘ
linked to: Polish legislative election of 1989
Round Table Talks in Poland → ledTo → Polish legislative election, 1989 ⓘ
linked to: Polish legislative election of 1989
Solidarity Citizens' Committee → event → Polish legislative election of 1989 ⓘ
Round Table Agreement → followedBy → Polish legislative election of 1989 ⓘ
Polish legislative election of 1985 → followedBy → Polish legislative election of 1989 ⓘ
Polish parliamentary election of 1991 → precededBy → Polish parliamentary election of 1989 ⓘ
linked to: Polish legislative election of 1989