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In Poland's 1989 parliamentary elections, what percentage of contested seats did the Solidarity movement win?
Answer
99%
Solidarity candidates swept nearly all of the seats they were permitted to contest, a landslide that stunned even the movement's own leaders.
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Poland's Solidarity movement won 99% of contested parliamentary seats in 1989, prompting the Communist government to accept defeat within weeks.
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- 1980s
- elections
- cold-war
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