1938 Polish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 6 November 1938, with Senate elections held a week later on 13 November.[1] They were the last elections in the Second Polish Republic. This election was held under the April Constitution of 1935, which was written to favor the Sanation movement.
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The Camp of National Unity, the party of the Sanation movement, won 164 of the 208 seats in the Sejm and 66 of the 96 seats in the Senate. Although multiple parties ran, all of them were controlled by the Camp of National Unity and the number of votes they received were chosen by the government beforehand.
Results
Sejm
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Camp of National Unity | 164 | –17 | |||
Ukrainian Group | 18 | –1 | |||
Jewish Group | 5 | +2 | |||
German Minority | 0 | –3 | |||
Other parties | 21 | +21 | |||
Total | 208 | +2 | |||
Valid votes | 11,324,010 | 95.76 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 501,990 | 4.24 | |||
Total votes | 11,826,000 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 17,626,000 | 67.09 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Senate
Party | Seats | +/– | |
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Camp of National Unity | 66 | –30 | |
Ukrainian Group | 6 | +6 | |
Jewish Group | 1 | +1 | |
Independents | 23 | +23 | |
Total | 96 | 0 | |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1491 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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