1926 Polish presidential elections

none 1926 Polish presidential elections Poland 1919 yes May election presidential no 1922 Polish presidential elections 1922 June 1926 31 May 1926 Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg 130 120 150 5 0 Józef Piłsudski Independent politician 292 60.21% Adolf Bninski.jpg 140 120 150 0 11 Adolf Bniński National Democracy 193 39.79% Popular National Union President Stanisław Wojciechowski PSL Maciej Rataj (acting) PSL yes June election May 1926 1933 Polish presidential election 1933 1 June 1926 presidential Ignace Moscicki LCCN2014717149.jpg 150 120 150 11 17 Ignacy Mościcki Independent politician 281 58.30% Adolf Bninski.jpg 140 120 150 0 11 Adolf Bniński National Democracy 200 41.49% Popular National Union President Maciej Rataj (acting) PSL Ignacy Mościcki Independent politician thumb|150px|Professor Ignacy Mościcki was elected (and accepted) in place of Piłsudski Two presidential elections were held in Poland in 1926. They followed the May Coup, which forced President Stanisław Wojciechowski and Prime Minister Wincenty Witos to resign and gave effective power to coup leader, Marshal Józef Piłsudski. According to then Constitution President was elected by joint houses of Sejm and Senate (National Assembly). 31 May There were two candidates: Piłsudski and supported by the National Democracy, Christian Democracy and Piast Adolf Bniński, Voivode of Poznań. Several other politicians were mentioned to run, most notably ousted President Wojciechowski, Sejm Marshal and now Acting President Maciej Rataj (Polish People's Party "Piast") and Senate Marshal Wojciech Trąmpczyński (National Democracy), but they declined to run. Piłsudski was endorsed by left-wing groups and Biński was endorsed by National Democracy. Piłsudski defeated Biński in a single round: Józef Piłsudski 292 Adolf Bniński 193 However, following his election, Piłsudski refused to accept the presidency. 1 June Pro-Piłsudskiite candidate selection Pro-Piłsudskiite camp black Ignacy Mościcki Ignace Moscicki LCCN2014717149.jpg 250 140 180 18 55 center Chemist Potential candidatesIgnacy MościckiArtur ŚliwińskiZdzisław LubomirskiMarian Zdziechowski Ignace Moscicki LCCN2014717149.jpg 150 84 108 11 33 center Sliwinski.png 255 84 108 57 81 center Książę Zdzisław Lubomirski.png 185 84 108 42 52 center Marian Zdziechowski 1933.png 141 84 108 13 22 center Chemist Prime Minister of Poland(1922) Mayor of Warsaw(1916-1917) Philosopher Following Piłsudski's refusal to accept the mantle of the presidency, four candidates were considered to replace him: Artur Śliwiński, Zdzisław Lubomirski, Ignacy Mościcki and Marian Zdziechowski. Śliwiński was a former Prime Minister, who failed to form a government with confidence of the Sejm, by 1926 he had become the director of the City Theater in Warsaw. Lubomirski and Zdziechowski, the most serious rivals to Mościcki, belonged to the "old conservative" Stańczycy pl movement. Lubomirski was a former Mayor of Warsaw and leader of the Regency Council in the Regency Kingdom of Poland, while Zdziechowski was a famous professor and political thinker. The possibility of their candidacies was eclipsed by Mościcki due to the initiative of incumbent Prime Minister Kazimierz Bartel. Mościcki was rather inexperienced in politics, as he was primarily a professional chemist. His political experience was limited to being a rank and file member in the illegal Polish socialist movement during the 19th century in the Russian partition, so he was assumed to be mostly a loyalist to Piłsudski.Cat-Mackiewicz Stanisław 2012 Historia Polski od 11 listopada 1918 do 17 września 1939 Universitas 97883-242-3740-1 Election The Polish Socialist Party, who had previously supported Piłsudski, filed their candidate - Sejm Caucus Chair Zygmunt Marek, a man who had officially nominated Piłsudski a day earlier. Bniński ran again. Ignacy Mościcki 215 281 Adolf Bniński 211 200 Zygmunt Marek 56 1 Mościcki accepted his election. References Zygmunt Kaczmarek, Trzej prezydenci II Rzeczypospolitej, Instytut Wydawniczy Związków Zawodowych, Warszawa 1988 Category:Presidential elections in Poland Presidential Poland Poland Poland