page_title: Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
section_title: Electoral process
hierarchical_section_title: Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union / Electoral process
caption_attribution_description: English: MOSCOW. In 1989 in Moscow\'s territorial electoral district No. 13, the Kuntsevsky district, first deputy Director of Gosstroi is elected candidate to the Congress of People\'s Deputies at the district\'s pre-electoral assembly for nominating candidates to the Congress of People\'s Deputies. Photograph: Boris Yeltsin giving an interview during a break in the meeting.Русский: МОСКВА. В 1989 году на окружном предвыборном собрании по выдвижению кандидатов в народные депутаты СССР по территориальному избирательному округу №13 Кунцевского района Москвы первый заместитель председателя Госстроя СССР избран кандидатом в народные депутаты. На снимке: Борис Ельцин дает интервью во время перерыва в собрании.
context_page_description: The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union was the highest body of state authority of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991.
context_section_description: The month-long nomination of candidates for the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR (CPD) lasted until 24 January 1989. For the next month, selection among the 7,531 districts nominees took place at meetings organized by constituency-level electoral commissions. On 7 March, a final list of 5,074 candidates (one in 399 constituencies, two in 953 constituencies and three or more in 163 constituencies) was published; approximately 85% of these were members of the ruling Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and 17% were women.
  In the two weeks prior to the 1,500 districts polls, elections to fill 750 reserved seats of public organizations, contested by 880 candidates, were held. Of these seats, 100 were allocated to the CPSU, 100 to the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, 75 to the Communist Youth Union (Komsomol), 75 to the Soviet Women's Committee, 75 to the War and Labour Veterans' Organization, and 325 to other organizations such as the Academy of Sciences. The selection process was ultimately completed in April.
  In the 26 March general elections, voter participation was reported at 89.8%. With this polling, 1,958 – including 1,225 district seats – of the 2,250 CPD seats were filled. In the district races, run-off elections were held in 76 constituencies on 2 and 9 April and fresh elections were organized on 20 April and 14 to 23 May in the 199 remaining constituencies where the required absolute majority was not attained.
caption: Boris Yeltsin during his electoral campaign on 1 February 1989.
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