1933 Polish presidential election

1933 Polish presidential election

8 May 1933

Nominee Ignacy Mościcki Party Independent Electoral vote 332 Percentage 100% Nominators BBWR

President before election Ignacy Mościcki Independent Elected President Ignacy Mościcki Independent

Presidential elections were held in Poland on May 8, 1933. Professor Ignacy Mościcki was re-elected for a second seven-year term, having previously been elected to the position in 1926. He was elected by 332 votes, with 11 votes appearing to be void. The result was greeted with loud cheers.

He was elected by the Polish Sejm (Diet) and Senate sitting together as the National Assembly. The National Assembly had 555 members but only 343 were present, mainly members of BBWR, the government party of Marshal Józef Piłsudski. The main opposition party, SN, stayed away, but representatives of German minority and Jewish parties plus three smaller parties (including the Communists who tried to nominate their own candidate but did not have the necessary 50 votes to nominate) were present.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ignacy Mościcki	BBWR	332	100.00
Total			332	100.00
Valid votes			332	96.79
Invalid/blank votes			11	3.21
Total votes			343	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			555	61.80

References

• Keesings Contemporary Archives (London) 1933 p787C
• The Times (London) 9 May 1933 p13