1935 Polish parliamentary election

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1935 Polish parliamentary election

← 1930 15 September 1935 (1935-09-15) 1938 →

All 208 seats in the Sejm
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Walery Sławek
Party BBWR BMN
Last election 46.70%, 249 seats 2.73%, 5 seats
Seats won 181 25
Seat change Decrease 68 Decrease 8
Popular vote 6,118,695 946,305
Percentage 86.61% 13.39%

Parliamentary elections were held in

April Constitution, drawn up earlier in 1935 by the Sanation movement, which had changed the electoral system to one more in its favor. In protest, the opposition boycotted the elections and voter turnout was only 45.9%, the lowest in the history of the Second Republic.[2]

The

Sejm
and all 96 seats in the Senate.

Results

Sejm

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government6,118,69586.61181–68
Bloc of National Minorities946,30513.3925–8
Total7,065,000100.00206–238
Valid votes7,065,00094.15
Invalid/blank votes439,0005.85
Total votes7,504,000100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,332,00045.95
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Of the 25 seats won by the

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government96+19
Total96–15
Total votes167,000
Registered voters/turnout267,00062.55
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1492
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1510