Polish legislative election, 1922
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Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 5 November 1922, with Senate elections held a week later on 12 November.[1] The elections were governed by the March Constitution of Poland, and saw the Christian Union of National Unity coalition emerge as the largest bloc in the Sejm with 163 of the 444 seats.
The resulting coalitions were unstable, and the situation - difficult from the start, with assassination of Polish president Gabriel Narutowicz in December shortly after the elections - culminated in 1926 with the May Coup.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Sejm
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Union of National Unity | 2,551,582 | 29.1 | 163 | +23 |
| Bloc of National Minorities | 1,398,250 | 16.0 | 66 | +64 |
| Polish People's Party "Piast" | 1,153,397 | 13.2 | 70 | +24 |
| Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" | 963,385 | 11.0 | 49 | –10 |
| Polish Socialist Party | 906,537 | 10.3 | 41 | +6 |
| National Workers' Party | 473,676 | 5.4 | 18 | New |
| Jewish Group | 405,961 | 4.6 | 18 | +7 |
| Polish Centre | 259,956 | 3.0 | 6 | – |
| Ukrainian Group | 136,044 | 1.6 | 5 | – |
| Communist Party | 121,448 | 1.4 | 2 | – |
| Radical Agrarian Alliance | 115,515 | 1.3 | 4 | New |
| Polish People's Party "Left" | 59,104 | 0.7 | 2 | –10 |
| People's Council | 46,317 | 0.5 | 0 | – |
| Unia Nar.-Państwowa | 38,160 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
| Cen. Mieszczańskie | 29,653 | 0.3 | 0 | – |
| Inwalidzi | 11,871 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| Others | 91,842 | 1.0 | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 58,977 | – | – | – |
| Total | 8,821,675 | 100 | 444 | +50 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,989,718 | 67.9 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
[edit] Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Union of National Unity | 2,173,756 | 39.1 | 48 |
| Bloc of National Minorities | 977,075 | 17.6 | 23 |
| Polish People's Party "Piast" | 729,622 | 13.1 | 17 |
| Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" | 529,675 | 9.5 | 8 |
| Polish Socialist Party | 468,147 | 8.4 | 7 |
| National Workers' Party | 291,779 | 5.2 | 3 |
| Jewish Group | 179,626 | 3.2 | 4 |
| Radical Agrarian Alliance | 56,339 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Zjed. Na Kresach | 55,953 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Polish Centre | 55,805 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Communist Party | 51,094 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Polish People's Party "Left" | 25,362 | 0.5 | 0 |
| ZRL | 10,096 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Cen. Mieszczańskie | 3,111 | 0.1 | 0 |
| UNP | 2,338 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Others | 6,713 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 36,838 | – | – |
| Total | 5,653,329 | 100 | 111 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,085,690 | 61.6 | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- A. J. Groth, Polish Elections 1919-1928, Slavic Review, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec., 1965), pp. 653-665 JSTOR
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