1930 Polish Parliamentary Election

The Brest election

23 November 1930 (Senate) · The Second Republic · 444 seats, 56 for a majority

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 16 November 1930, with Senate elections held a week later on 23 November. In what became known as the Brest elections (Polish: Wybory brzeskie), the pro-Sanation Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government took 47% of the vote and 249 of the 444 seats in Sejm and 77 of the 111 seats in the Senate.

Held with opposition leaders imprisoned in the Brest fortress and the state apparatus mobilised for the government list.

Prime Minister before

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Prime Minister (continued)

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Largest force

BBWR

249 of 444 seats

Turnout

63.4%

The result

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BBWR

Walery Sławek · 46.7% of votes · +124 seats

249

seats

Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government

54.7% of votes · +29 seats

seats

UBBW

Dmytro Levytsky · 6.4% of votes

seats

PBK

Antoni Ponikowski · 3.8% of votes

seats

Centrolew

13.0% of votes

seats

National List

13.0% of votes · +3 seats

seats

NBW

Eugen Naumann · 2.7% of votes

seats

Ukrainian and Belarusian Electoral Bloc

6.4% of votes · +2 seats

seats

German Electoral Bloc

3.5% of votes · +18 seats

seats

People's Catholic Bloc

2.4% of votes · +4 seats

seats


BBWR	Walery Sławek	249	+124	5 292 725	46.7%	+25.7
Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	—	77	+29	3 715 273	54.7%	—
UBBW	Dmytro Levytsky	21	—	725 984	6.4%	—
PBK	Antoni Ponikowski	14	—	430 074	3.8%	—
Centrolew	—	13	—	882 636	13.0%	—
National List	—	12	+3	882 215	13.0%	—
NBW	Eugen Naumann	5	—	309 713	2.7%	—
Ukrainian and Belarusian Electoral Bloc	—	4	+2	434 042	6.4%	—
German Electoral Bloc	—	3	+18	236 471	3.5%	—
People's Catholic Bloc	—	2	+4	160 444	2.4%	—

44 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.