1576 Polish–Lithuanian Royal Election

November 8, 1575 – February 1, 1576 · The Commonwealth's royal elections

The free election of 1576 was the second royal election to be held in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which took place in 1575/1576. In the night of June 28–29, 1574, King Henry III of France secretly left Poland to claim the French throne.

Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Livonian War (1558–1583). Conflicts →

A royal free election of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth: the assembled nobility chose the king. Vast for its era, the franchise was still nobility-only — and later elections were swayed openly by foreign money and armies.

President before

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Elected President

Anna Jagiellon

Stephen Báthory

Winning share

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Turnout

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The surviving record for this contest does not include a candidate-by-candidate table; the story above is what the sources support.