Polish presidential election, 1926

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The Polish presidential election of 1926 was an indirect parliamentary vote held in the turbulent aftermath of Józef Piłsudski’s May Coup, resulting in the election of Ignacy Mościcki as president of the Second Polish Republic.

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instanceOf indirect election
presidential election
candidate Adolf Bniński
Ignacy Mościcki
Józef Piłsudski
Kazimierz Morawski
category 1926 elections in Europe
History of Poland (1918–1939)
Presidential elections in Poland
constitutionalBasis Polish constitution of 1935
surface form: March Constitution of Poland
context aftermath of the May Coup
country Second Polish Republic
electedPerson Ignacy Mościcki
electoralCollege National Assembly of Poland
electoralSystem election by joint session of Sejm and Senate
era Second Polish Republic
followedBy Polish presidential election, 1933
governmentForm parliamentary republic
hasCause May Coup of 1926
surface form: May Coup
language Polish
legislativeBodyInvolved Sejm of the Second Polish Republic
Senate of Poland
surface form: Senate of the Second Polish Republic
location Poland
officeContested President of Poland
President of Poland
surface form: President of the Second Polish Republic
opposedBy National Democracy
right-wing opposition in Poland
partOf political history of the Second Polish Republic
precededBy Polish presidential election, 1922
relatedEvent May Coup of 1926
surface form: May Coup
relatedPerson Ignacy Mościcki
Józef Piłsudski
Stanisław Wojciechowski
Wojciech Trąmpczyński
relatedTo resignation of President Stanisław Wojciechowski
replaced Wojciech Trąmpczyński as acting head of state
result Ignacy Mościcki elected president
significance beginning of Ignacy Mościcki’s presidency
consolidation of Sanation power
supportedBy Józef Piłsudski
Sanation movement
timePeriod interwar period
votingMethod indirect parliamentary vote
winner Ignacy Mościcki

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Polish presidential election, 1922 followedBy Polish presidential election, 1926