1922 Polish presidential elections

none April 2020 1922 Polish presidential elections Poland 1919 1764 Polish–Lithuanian royal election 1764(Royal election) 1922 yes 9 December election presidential 9 December 1922 Narutowicz.png 120 120 150 0 0 Gabriel Narutowicz Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" 289 56.01% Maurycy Zamoyski 1.jpg 205 120 150 10 49 Maurycy Zamoyski Popular National Union 227 43.99% Chief of State Elected President Józef Piłsudski Independent politician Gabriel Narutowicz Independent politician yes 22 December election presidential S Wojciechowski.png 375 120 150 38 127 1922 1926 Polish presidential elections 1926 22 December 1922 Stanisław Wojciechowski Polish People's Party "Piast" (1913–1931) 298 57.42% Kazimierz Morawski (1852-1925).jpg 120 120 150 3 0 Kazimierz Morawski Popular National Union 221 42.58% President Maciej Rataj (acting) Polish People's Party Stanisław Wojciechowski Polish People's Party Two indirect presidential elections were held in Poland in December 1922. In the first election on 9 December Gabriel Narutowicz was elected president, but he was assassinated five days later. A second election on 22 December was won by Stanisław Wojciechowski. First election thumb|left|200px|Piłsudski with president Narutowicz. After the independence of Poland, the head of state was Naczelnik Państwa Józef Piłsudski. In a new constitution adopted by the Polish Sejm, the new head of state was to be the President of Republic of Poland - to be choose by the National Assembly (combined Sejm and Senate). After the parliamentary election, planning began for the first Polish presidential election in history. The main probable candidate Józef Piłsudski, despite calls for him to contend, did not run for election. He proposed a former Prime Minister, Wincenty Witos, for presidency. Witos also refused. Finally Piłsudski supported the candidature of Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabriel Narutowicz. At the time of the election the main candidates were count Maurycy Zamoyski, the candidate of National Democracy and Stanisław Wojciechowski, candidate of Polish People's Party "Piast". Narutowicz's good result was a surprise. Once the long voting was over, Zamoyski and Narutowicz advanced to the fifth ballot. Narutowicz finally won the election with the support of "Piast" (Wojciechowski was eliminated on the fourth round). Narutowicz was sworn in as president on 11 December 1922, but was assassinated five days later.http://www.president.pl/en/president/polish-presidents/gabriel-narutowicz/ President of the Republic of Poland / President / Polish Presidents / Gabriel Narutowicz 17 September 2014 26 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190326120115/https://www.president.pl/en/president/polish-presidents/gabriel-narutowicz/ dead Candidates Results First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Maurycy Klemens Zamoyski Popular National Union 222 228 228 224 227 Stanisław Wojciechowski Polish People's Party "Piast" 105 153 150 145 Jan Baudouin de Courtenay National minorities 103 10 5 Independent Gabriel Narutowicz Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" 62 151 158 171 289 Ignacy Daszyński Polish Socialist Party 49 1 UrbankowskiUrbankowski Bohdan Józef Piłsudski Zysk i Spółka 2014 978-83-7785-480-8 Warsaw 410 Second election The first election, when President of the Republic of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz was elected after several rounds by joint chambers of Sejm and Senate (at time of Second Polish Republic joint parliament elected president. The first direct vote took place in 1990). Narutowicz, however, was assassinated just five days since taking office. According to the Constitution the Sejm Marshal Maciej Rataj became Acting President of the Republic of Poland and organised new elections, which took place on 20 December. Stanislaw Wojciechowski won the second election, and took office on 22 December.http://historia-polski.com/XX/1922/rok_1922.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080723011831/http://historia-polski.com/XX/1922/rok_1922.htm usurped 23 July 2008 Wydarzenia 1922 roku historia-polski.com 2018-11-19 Candidates Kazimierz Morawski (put on ballot by National Democracy; supporter by allied right-wing parties), philologist and academician from Jagiellonian University Stanisław Wojciechowski (put on ballot by Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie"; supported also by Polish Socialist Party, agrarians and minorities), former Minister of Interior and one of the leading candidates in previous election Results Stanisław Wojciechowski Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" 298 Kazimierz Morawski Popular National Union 221 519 555 See also List of Polish presidents Józef Piłsudski Gabriel Narutowicz Andrzej Duda References Bibliography Sławomir Koper, Józef Piłsudski. Człowiek i polityk, Warsaw 2011 Dodatek nadzwyczajny, "Kurjer Poznański", 9 December 1922, Poznań. President Category:Presidential elections in Poland Poland