1976 Polish parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 March 1976.[1]
Results
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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| Front of National Unity | Polish United Workers' Party | 23,502,983 | 99.43 | 261 | +6 | ||
| United People's Party | 113 | –4 | |||||
| Democratic Party | 37 | –2 | |||||
| Independents | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Blank ballots | 134,350 | 0.57 | – | – | |||
| Total | 23,637,333 | 100.00 | 460 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 23,637,333 | 99.94 | |||||
| Invalid votes | 14,923 | 0.06 | |||||
| Total votes | 23,652,256 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 24,069,579 | 98.27 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||
As the other parties and "independents" were subordinate to PZPR, its control of the Sejm was total.[2][3]
References
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1491 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.