Referendums in Poland
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There have been several referendums in the history of Poland.
1920 and 1921
There were no country-wide referendums in the Second Polish Republic, but there were two local referendums on border issues between Poland and Germany:
- 11 July 1920 - Referendum on Warmia, Mazury and Powiśle
- 20 March 1921 - Referendum on Upper Silesia
1946 and 1987
There were two referendums in the People's Republic of Poland:
- 30 June 1946 - People's referendum (also known as the 3xTAK, 3 times YES referendum)
- 29 November 1987 - Referendum on political and economic reforms
Since 1989
There have been four referendums in post-Communist Poland:
- 18 February 1996: two referendums:
- Referendum on enfranchisement of citizens (Referendum w sprawie powszechnego uwłaszczenia obywateli)
- Referendum with four questions on privatised assets (Referendum o niektórych kierunkach wykorzystania majątku państwowego)
- 25 May 1997 - Referendum on the Constitution (Referendum konstytucyjne)
- 7–8 June 2003 - Referendum on joining the EU (Referendum akcesyjne or Referedum europejskie)
A referendum on the proposed EU Constitution was planned in 2005, but was abandoned after the rejection of the Constitution by French voters.
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