1969 Polish parliamentary election

{{Infobox election

| country = Polish People's Republic

| type = legislative

| previous_election = 1965 Polish parliamentary election

| previous_year = 1965

| next_election = 1972 Polish parliamentary election

| next_year = 1972

| seats_for_election = All 460 seats in the Sejm

| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|06|01}}

| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Wladyslaw Gomulka.jpg

| leader1 = Władysław Gomułka

| party1 = Polish United Workers' Party

| last_election1 = 255 seats

| seats1 = 255

| seat_change1 = {{steady}}

| image2 = Czesław Wycech.jpg

| leader2 = Czesław Wycech

| party2 = United People's Party (Poland)

| last_election2 = 117 seats

| seats2 = 117

| seat_change2 = {{steady}}

| image3 = Kulczynski Stanislaw-tablica (cropped).jpg

| leader3 = Stanisław Kulczyński

| party3 = Democratic Party (Poland)

| last_election3 = 39

| seats3 = 39

| seat_change3 = {{steady}}

}}{{Politics of Poland}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 1 June 1969.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1491 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The results, like with the other elections in communist Poland, were controlled by the communist government. The results of the 1969 election were identical to the 1965 elections and were repeated in 1972.

Results

{{Election results

|image=File:Poland Sejm 1969.svg

|party2=United People's Party|votes2=|seats2=117|sc2=0

|party3=Democratic Party|votes3=|seats3=39|sc3=0

|party4=Independents|votes4=|seats4=49|sc4=0

|row5=Blank ballots|votes5=161569

|invalidonly=y

|invalid=7766

|total_sc=0

|electorate=21148879

|source=Nohlen & Stöver

}}

As the other parties and "independents" were subordinate to PZPR, its control of the Sejm was total.{{cite book|author1=Andrzej Paczkowski|author2=Jane Cave|title=The spring will be ours: Poland and the Poles from occupation to freedom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoKQWem2yl4C&pg=PA229|accessdate=3 June 2011|year=2003|publisher=Penn State Press|isbn=978-0-271-02308-3|page=229}}{{cite book|author=Norman Davies|title=God's Playground: 1795 to the present|url=https://archive.org/details/godsplaygroundhi00norm_0|url-access=registration|accessdate=3 June 2011|date=May 2005|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12819-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/godsplaygroundhi00norm_0/page/459 459]}}

References

Category:Parliamentary elections in Poland

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