1980 Polish legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 23 March 1980.[1] The results, like with the other elections in communist Poland, were controlled by the communist government. The results of the 1976 election would be duplicated, exactly, by the 1980 election, and were only marginally different from those of the preceding years. The election of 1985 once again produced only marginally different results, albeit on a significantly reduced turnout and a renamed government coalition.

1980 Polish legislative election
23 March 1980 (1980-03-23)
All 460 seats in the Sejm
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Edward Gierek Stanisław Gucwa Tadeusz Witold Młyńczak
Party PZPR ZSL SD
Leader since 20 December 1970 1971 1976
Last election 261 seats 117 seats 37 seats
Seats won 261 113 37
Seat change 0 0 0

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Front of National UnityPolish United Workers' Party24,683,05699.52610
United People's Party1130
Democratic Party370
Independents490
Blank ballots119,5560.5––
Invalid votes13,692–––
Total24,816,3041004600
Registered voters/turnout25,098,81698.9––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

As the other parties and "independents" were in fact subordinate to PZPR, its control of the Sejm was, in fact, total.[2][3]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1491 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Andrzej Paczkowski; Jane Cave (2003). The spring will be ours: Poland and the Poles from occupation to freedom. Penn State Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-271-02308-3. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  3. Norman Davies (May 2005). God's Playground: 1795 to the present. Columbia University Press. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-231-12819-3. Retrieved 3 June 2011.


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