1969 Polish parliamentary election

1969 Polish parliamentary election

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All 460 seats in the Sejm
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Władysław Gomułka Czesław Wycech Stanisław Kulczyński Party PZPR ZSL SD Last election 255 seats 117 seats 39 Seats won 255 117 39 Seat change

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 1 June 1969. ^[1] The results, like with the other elections in communist Poland, were controlled by the communist government. The results of the 1969 election were identical to the 1965 elections and were repeated in 1972.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Front of National Unity		Polish United Workers' Party	20,473,114	99.22	255	0
			United People's Party			117	0
			Democratic Party			39	0
			Independents			49	0
Blank ballots				161,569	0.78	–	–
Total				20,634,683	100.00	460	0
Valid votes				20,634,683	99.96
Invalid votes				7,766	0.04
Total votes				20,642,449	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				21,148,879	97.61
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

As the other parties and "independents" were subordinate to PZPR, its control of the Sejm was total. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1491 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Andrzej Paczkowski; Jane Cave (2003). The spring will be ours: Poland and the Poles from occupation to freedom. Penn State Press. p. 229. ISBN   978-0-271-02308-3 . Retrieved 3 June 2011.
3. Norman Davies (May 2005). God's Playground: 1795 to the present . Columbia University Press. p.  459. ISBN   978-0-231-12819-3 . Retrieved 3 June 2011.