1980 Polish parliamentary election

1980 Polish parliamentary election

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All 460 seats in the Sejm
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Edward Gierek Stanisław Gucwa Tadeusz Witold Młyńczak  [ pl ] Party PZPR ZSL SD Alliance FJN FJN FJN Last election 261 seats 113 seats 37 seats Seats won 261 113 37 Seat change

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 23 March 1980. ^[1] The results, like with the other elections in communist Poland, were controlled by the communist government. The results of the 1980 election exactly duplicated the 1976 elections, which were only marginally different from those of the preceding years.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Front of National Unity		Polish United Workers' Party	24,683,056	99.52	261	0
			United People's Party			113	0
			Democratic Party			37	0
			Independents			49	0
Blank ballots				119,556	0.48	–	–
Total				24,802,612	100.00	460	0
Valid votes				24,802,612	99.94
Invalid votes				13,692	0.06
Total votes				24,816,304	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				25,098,816	98.87
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.