The Manchurian premierial election, 1990 was held on the 27th January 1990. It was the second premierial election to be held directly and the first to allow multi-party candidates. Previously Manchuria had been a single party socialist state with power monopolised in the hands of the Communist Party of Manchuria. In the summer of 1989 in response to discontent in the Eastern Bloc protests were held around Manchuria against communist rule setting off the Orchid Revolution. The unrest culminated with the First Secretary of the CPM Tao Shiyou being ousted by the Premier Yuan Xiang as leader of the CPM who called for elections in January.
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| - The Manchurian premierial election, 1990 was held on the 27th January 1990. It was the second premierial election to be held directly and the first to allow multi-party candidates. Previously Manchuria had been a single party socialist state with power monopolised in the hands of the Communist Party of Manchuria. In the summer of 1989 in response to discontent in the Eastern Bloc protests were held around Manchuria against communist rule setting off the Orchid Revolution. The unrest culminated with the First Secretary of the CPM Tao Shiyou being ousted by the Premier Yuan Xiang as leader of the CPM who called for elections in January.
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| - Communist Party of Manchuria
- Popular Front for Democracy and Revolution
- Qinglonghui
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| votes
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- 12861825(xsd:integer)
- 21415012(xsd:integer)
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- 36(xsd:double)
- 60(xsd:double)
- 71(xsd:double)
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| - The Manchurian premierial election, 1990 was held on the 27th January 1990. It was the second premierial election to be held directly and the first to allow multi-party candidates. Previously Manchuria had been a single party socialist state with power monopolised in the hands of the Communist Party of Manchuria. In the summer of 1989 in response to discontent in the Eastern Bloc protests were held around Manchuria against communist rule setting off the Orchid Revolution. The unrest culminated with the First Secretary of the CPM Tao Shiyou being ousted by the Premier Yuan Xiang as leader of the CPM who called for elections in January. The main opposition candidate was Du Changhao, the former party secretary for Dalian (Manchuria's southern-most city) and leader of the dissident group the Popular Front for Democracy and Revolution which he had formed following the start of the revolution. The Popular Front agreed to become an electoral coalition with CPM members who had split to form the Social Democratic Party, the largest dissident party the Manzuxiehui, Du's own party the Minzhudang and several independents affiliated with the Popular Front with Du Changhao as their candidate. The CPM meanwhile were facing an internal collapse as the party factions fought amongst themselves - some hoped to reform the communist system whilst other sought to preserve it. The incumbent premier Yuan Xiang was recognised as the only man with the complete confidence of the politburo and as such was nominated by the CPM. The rushed nature of the election meant that very few candidates gained enough signatures to register as candidates, with the CPM and the Popular Front mobilising their membership bases to enter the race. As such whilst there were third party independent candidates did run the election was essentially a two horse race between the CPM and the Popular Front. The election was marred by violence at poll stations as protests had not yet subsided. When the poll numbers were announced it was clear that Du had gained a decisive victory. The co-current legislative election saw the CPM swept out of power after 44 years of single-party rule leading to the dissolution of the Manchu People's Republic and the adoption of Manchuria's current constitution. It is commonly regarded as the first genuinely democratic election in Manchuria.
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