1989 Soviet Union legislative election

1989 Soviet Union legislative election
26 March 1989 (first round)
2 April–23 May 1989 (runoffs)
All 2,250 seats in the Congress of People's Deputies
1,126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout89.8%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mikhail Gorbachev
Party CPSU Independents
Seats won 1958 292
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Nikolai Ryzhkov
CPSU

Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Nikolai Ryzhkov
CPSU

Legislative elections were held in the Soviet Union on 26 March 1989 to elect members of the Congress of People's Deputies, with run-offs on 2, 9 and 20 April and 14 and 23 May. They were the first partially free nationwide elections held in the Soviet Union, and would be the last national elections held in that country before its dissolution in 1991. The elections were followed by regional elections in 1990, which would be the last regional elections to take place in the country.

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