Polish presidential election, 1947

Polish presidential election, 1947 took place on February 5, 1947 and it was the last presidential election in Poland before 1989. The president had to be elected by the newly formed Legislative Sejm among presented candidates. Hovewer, the only standing figure was Bolesław Bierut. Opposition Polish People's Party voted against.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Supported by	For		Blank/invalid votes
Candidate	Supported by	Votes	%	Votes	%
Bolesław Bierut	Democratic Bloc, Labor Party, Polish People's Party "Nowe Wyzwolenie"	419	94,36%	25	5,64%

References

↑ With 24 blank and 1 invalid votes. Source: Kronika XX wieku, Warsaw 1991, p. 692.

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