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August 23, 2023	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 27, 2023.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the 1989 Serbian general election was the last one-party election in Serbia?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 22:48, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Milošević in 1988

... that the 1989 Serbian general election, carried by Slobodan Milošević (pictured), was the last one-party election in Serbia? Source: Thomas, Robert (1998). Serbia Under Milošević: Politics in the 1990s (1 ed.). London: C. Hurst & Co. p. 69. ISBN 9781850653677. OCLC 1280730017.
- Reviewed: Jacob Hägg

Improved to Good Article status by Vacant0 (talk). Self-nominated at 10:12, 30 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/1989 Serbian general election; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

GA-promoted, long and properly written, no plagiarism, interesting as both article and hook (AGF on hook, though the fact is quite clearly backed by numerous references). Image licensed properly, with archived permission from copyright holder. QPQ done. Dahn (talk) 11:32, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]