1972 Polish parliamentary election

1972 Polish parliamentary election

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All 460 seats in the Sejm
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Edward Gierek Stanisław Gucwa Zygmunt Moskwa  [ pl ] Party PZPR ZSL SD Last election 255 seats 117 seats 39 Seats won 255 117 39 Seat change 0 0 0

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 19 March 1972. ^[1] The results, like with the other elections in communist Poland, were controlled by the communist government. The results of the 1965 election would be duplicated, exactly, by the 1969 and 1972 elections. The results of the next, 1976 election, would be only marginally different.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Front of National Unity		Polish United Workers' Party	21,746,242	99.53	255	0
			United People's Party			117	0
			Democratic Party			39	0
			Independents			49	0
Blank ballots				103,155	0.47	–	–
Total				21,849,397	100.00	460	0
Valid votes				21,849,397	99.98
Invalid votes				5,084	0.02
Total votes				21,854,481	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				22,313,851	97.94
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. 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.
3. 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.