Polish legislative election, 1922

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The Polish legislative election, 1922 lasted from 2 to 12 November and was the second election in the Second Polish Republic. The elections were won by Polish Right party, National Populist Association (Związek Ludowo-Narodowy), however it did not obtain a majority - it got only 98 out of 444 seats (22% of total). One of the dominant forces over the next few years would be the Chjeno-Piast coalition. 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.

The elections were governed by the March Constitution of Poland.

[edit] Results

	Party	Sejm seats[1]	Senate seats[1]
	Związek Ludowo-Narodowy	98	29
	Blok Mniejszości Narodowych	87	25
	Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe Piast	70	17
	Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe Wyzwolenie	48	8
	Chrześcijańska Demokracja	43	7
	Polska Partia Socjalistyczna	41	7
	Stronnictwo Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe	28	11
	Narodowa Partia Robotnicza	18	3
	Chłopskie Stronnictwo Radykalne	4	0
	Others	5	4
	Total	444	111

[edit] Notes

[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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