Polish legislative election, 1965
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The Polish legislative election of 1965 was the fourth election
to the Sejm
, the parliament
of the People's Republic of Poland
, and fifth in Communist Poland. They took place on 30 May. The lists admitted were controlled by the Front of National Unity
(FJN), in turn controlled by the Polish United Workers' Party
(PZPR).
The distribution of seats was decided before the elections by the FJN, and electors had no possibility to change it.
The results of the 1965 election would be duplicated, exactly, by the 1969 and 1972 elections.
As the other parties and "independents" were in fact subordinate to PZPR, its control of the Sejm was, in fact, total.
The turnout of the election was 96.6%.
External links List of members of Polish Sejm from 1965 to 1969 on Polish Wikipedia
Election
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to the Sejm
Sejm
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, the parliament
Parliament
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of the People's Republic of Poland
People's Republic of Poland
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, and fifth in Communist Poland. They took place on 30 May. The lists admitted were controlled by the Front of National Unity
Front of National Unity
Front of National Unity or National Unity Front was a Polish communist political organization supervising elections in People's Republic of Poland and also acting as a coalition for the dominant communist Polish United Workers' Party and its allies. It was founded in 1952 as National Front and...
(FJN), in turn controlled by the Polish United Workers' Party
Polish United Workers' Party
The Polish United Workers' Party was the Communist party which governed the People's Republic of Poland from 1948 to 1989. Ideologically it was based on the theories of Marxism-Leninism.- The Party's Program and Goals :...
(PZPR).
The distribution of seats was decided before the elections by the FJN, and electors had no possibility to change it.
The results of the 1965 election would be duplicated, exactly, by the 1969 and 1972 elections.
Results
The results were as follows:As the other parties and "independents" were in fact subordinate to PZPR, its control of the Sejm was, in fact, total.
The turnout of the election was 96.6%.
Further reading
- Jerzy Drygalski, Jacek Kwasniewski, No-Choice Elections, Soviet Studies, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Apr., 1990), pp. 295-315, JSTOR
- George Sakwa, Martin Crouch, Sejm Elections in Communist Poland: An Overview and a Reappraisal, British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct., 1978), pp. 403-424, JSTOR
- Informacja o dziatalnoici Sejmu PRL. (IV kadencja 1965-1969) (Warsaw: Sejm Chancellory Publications, 1969),
External links List of members of Polish Sejm from 1965 to 1969 on Polish Wikipedia