Polish legislative election, 1935
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The Polish legislative election, 1935 took place on 8 to 15 September of that year. It was the next to last election held in the Second Polish Republic
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The election was held under the April Constitution, drawn up earlier in 1935 by the Sanation (Sanacja) movement, which structured the election rules in its favor. In protest of this, the election was boycotted by opposition factions, and voter turnout was only 46.6%, the lowest in the history of the Second Republic.
The "Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government" (Bezpartyjny Blok Współpracy z Rządem), the political arm of Sanacja, won 153 seats out of 208 in the Sejm
(lower house) and 60 out of 64 seats in the Senate of Poland
. The remaining seats went to independents not affiliated with any party.
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
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The election was held under the April Constitution, drawn up earlier in 1935 by the Sanation (Sanacja) movement, which structured the election rules in its favor. In protest of this, the election was boycotted by opposition factions, and voter turnout was only 46.6%, the lowest in the history of the Second Republic.
The "Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government" (Bezpartyjny Blok Współpracy z Rządem), the political arm of Sanacja, won 153 seats out of 208 in the Sejm
Sejm
The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
(lower house) and 60 out of 64 seats in the Senate of Poland
Senate of Poland
The Senate is the upper house of the Polish parliament, the lower house being the 'Sejm'. The history of the Polish Senate is rich in tradition and stretches back over 500 years, it was one of the first constituent bodies of a bicameral parliament in Europe and existed without hiatus until the...
. The remaining seats went to independents not affiliated with any party.