Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 4 March 1928, with Senate elections held a week later on 11 March.[1] The Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government, a coalition of the Sanation faction - won the highest number of seats in the Sejm (125 out of 444) and 48 out of 111 in the Senate–in both cases, short of a majority. Unlike latter elections during the Sanation era, opposition parties were allowed to campaign with only a few hindrances, and also gained a significant number of seats. The 1928 election is often considered the last fully free election in Second Polish Republic.[2][3]
Quick Facts All 444 seats in the Sejm, Majority party ...
1928 Polish parliamentary election|
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Majority party |
Minority party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Walery Sławek |
Zygmunt Marek |
Yitzhak Gruenbaum |
Party |
BBWR |
PPS |
BMN |
Leader since |
November 1927 |
February 2, 1926 (as chairman of the PPS caucus) |
1922 |
Leader's seat |
1 – Warsaw |
44 - Nowy Sącz |
1 - Warsaw |
Last election |
Did not exist |
41 |
66 |
Seats won |
125 |
64 |
55 |
Seat change |
125 |
23 |
11 |
Popular vote |
2,399,438 |
1,482,097 |
1,439,568 |
Percentage |
21.0% |
13.0% |
12.6% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Leader |
Stanisław Kozicki |
Maksymilian Malinowski |
Wincenty Witos and Józef Chaciński |
Party |
ZLN |
PSL "Wyzwolenie" |
Polish Catholic Bloc |
Leader since |
1923 |
1925 |
December 1, 1918 (Witos) and January 1927 (Chaciński) |
Leader's seat |
Senate - Lublin area |
27 - Zamość |
84 - Tarnów (Witos) no.24 - State list (Chaciński) |
Last election |
163 (as part of Chjena coalition) |
49 |
Did not exist |
Seats won |
38 |
40 |
34 |
Seat change |
- |
9 |
34 |
Popular vote |
925,570 |
834,710 |
770.891 |
Percentage |
8,1% |
7,3% |
6.8% |
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