1995 Chinese general elections

The 8th National People's congress were held in China on February 23, 1995.The elections were the first completely free and cpmpetitive elections to be held in the country since 1949,and only the first completely free elections with universal suffrage in the country's history.The consititutional Democracy Party(CDP) led by former general secretary of the CCP Zhao Ziyang defeated several small parties by a huge margin,to become the largest party in theNational People's congress with an absolute majority.

CDP leaders Zhao Ziyang become the premier of China,The Socialist Party of China,the former CCP,sufferd a crushing defeat,winning only 34 seats and 4,7% of popular votes.The Progressive Unionist, an elecoral coalition of Social Democrats Party of China and Liberal.become the largest opposition party/coalition in the National People's Congress.Conservative movement led by former premier Li Peng, the Minzudang(Chinese National Party) become the third largest party.