1965 Polish parliamentary election

Polish legislative election, 1965

30 June 1965 (1965-06-30)
All 460 seats in the Sejm
First party   Leader Władysław Gomułka Party FJN - PZPR Leader since 21 October 1956 Leader's seat Warsaw-Prague Last election 460 seats, 100% Seats won 460 Seat change -
Premier before election Józef Cyrankiewicz PZPR New Premier Józef Cyrankiewicz PZPR

The Polish legislative election of 1965 was the fourth election to the Sejm, the parliament of the People's Republic of Poland, and fifth in Communist Poland. They took place on 30 May. The sole list admitted being the Front of National Unity (FJN) ruled by the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR).

The distribution of seats was decided before the elections by the FJN, and electors had no possibility to change it:

• 255 seats to Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR), 55.4%
• 117 seats to United People's Party (ZSL), 25.4%
• 49 seats to Independents (members of social organizations led by PZPR)
• 39 seats to Democratic Party (SD), 8.7%

The turnout of the election was 96.6%.

Further reading

Czesław Wycech, leader of puppet United People's Party

• Jerzy Drygalski, Jacek Kwasniewski, No-Choice Elections, Soviet Studies, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Apr., 1990), pp. 295-315, JSTOR
• George Sakwa, Martin Crouch, Sejm Elections in Communist Poland: An Overview and a Reappraisal, British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct., 1978), pp. 403-424, JSTOR
• Informacja o dziatalnoici Sejmu PRL. (IV kadencja 1965-1969) (Warsaw: Sejm Chancellory Publications, 1969),

External links

• Template:Pl icon List of members of Polish Sejm from 1965 to 1969 on Polish Wikipedia