1919 Polish parliamentary election

1919 Polish parliamentary election

26 January 1919 (1919-01-26)

All 394 seats in Legislative Sejm
198 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats
ZLN Wojciech Korfanty 28.96 140
PSL "Wyzwolenie" Błażej Stolarski 15.05 59
ŻRN Izaak Grünbaum 10.80 11
PPS Ignacy Daszyński 9.23 35
PSL "Piast" Wincenty Witos 4.17 46
PZL Józef Ostachowski 3.80 35
PSL "Lewica" Jan Stapiński 3.54 12
SKL Leon Wałęga 1.83 18
German lists 1.73 2
NZR Stanisław Nowicki 1.21 32
Independents 15.47 4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
President of Ministers before President of Ministers after
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Independent
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 26 January 1919, electing the first Sejm of the Second Polish Republic. The elections, based on universal suffrage and proportional representation, was the first free election in the country's history. It produced a parliament balanced between the right, left and centre, although the elections were boycotted by the Polish communists and the Jewish Bund. In the territories where the election took place, voter turnout was from 70% to 90%. Right-wing parties won 50% of votes, left-wing parties around 30%, and Jewish organisations more than 10%.