1922 Polish Presidential Election

Narutowicz, elected and assassinated

9 December 1922 · The Second Republic and after · two-round vote

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.

An indirect vote of the National Assembly, not a popular election.

President before

Maciej Rataj (acting)

PSL

Elected President

Gabriel Narutowicz

Independent

Winning share

42.0%

second round

Turnout

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The result

Maurycy Klemens Zamoyski
Popular National Union · 222 votes
41.99%
second round
Stanisław Wojciechowski
Polish People's Party "Piast" · 105 votes
28.18%
second round
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay
National minorities · 103 votes
1.84%
second round
Gabriel Narutowicz
Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" · 62 votes
27.81%
second round
Ignacy Daszyński
Polish Socialist Party · 49 votes
0.18%
second round