1919 Polish parliamentary election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in
Background
In 1919, the borders of the newly restored Polish state were not yet established. As a result, the government of Poland led by
The situation was even more complicated in the West, in territories which had belonged to the German Empire. Polish legislators created there several electoral districts, even in lands that never became part of the Second Polish Republic. Thus, apart from districts of Poznań, Toruń, Kartuzy, Katowice, and Gostyń, the government stipulated creation of districts in such locations, as Bytom (Beuthen), Nysa, Złotów (Flatow), Gdańsk (Danzig), and Olsztyn (Allenstein).[2] The 1919 election was not organised in these areas, as they remained part of Germany until 1945.
Furthermore, Polish legislators wanted the election to be organised in whole
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Popular National Union | 1,616,157 | 28.96 | 140 | |
Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" | 839,914 | 15.05 | 59 | |
Jewish National Council | 602,927 | 10.80 | 11 | |
Polish Socialist Party | 515,062 | 9.23 | 35 | |
Peasants' Lists | 234,399 | 4.20 | 0 | |
Polish People's Party "Piast" | 232,983 | 4.17 | 46 | |
Polish People's Union | 212,097 | 3.80 | 35 | |
Polish People's Party "Left" | 197,838 | 3.54 | 12 | |
Catholic People's Party | 102,292 | 1.83 | 18 | |
German National Minority | 96,677 | 1.73 | 2 | |
National Workers' Union | 67,285 | 1.21 | 32 | |
Local lists and independents | 863,349 | 15.47 | 4 | |
Total | 5,580,980 | 100.00 | 394 | |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Aftermath
The resulting parliament came to be known as the
References
- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ a b 80th Anniversary of inauguration of the Polish Parliament[permanent dead link] Sejm of Poland
Further reading
- A. J. Groth, Polish Elections 1919-1928, Slavic Review, Vol. 24, No. 4 (December 1965), pp653–665
- Hubert Zawadzki A Concise History of Poland p223