Polish presidential election, 1922

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The Polish presidential election of 1922 was the first presidential vote in the Second Polish Republic, held by the National Assembly and resulting in the short-lived presidency of Gabriel Narutowicz, who was assassinated just days after taking office.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political event
presidential election
aim to choose the first president under the March Constitution of 1921
associatedWith National Democracy movement in Poland
Polish People's Party "Piast"
surface form: Polish People's Party

Polish Socialist Party
ethnic minority parties in Poland
constitutionalBasis March Constitution of 1921
surface form: March Constitution of Poland (1921)
context early years of the Second Polish Republic
post-World War I political instability in Poland
country Second Polish Republic
electoralCollege National Assembly of Poland
electorate members of the Sejm and Senate of Poland
followedBy Polish presidential election, 1926
follows establishment of the office of President of Poland
hasCandidate Gabriel Narutowicz
Ignacy Daszyński
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay
Maurycy Zamoyski
Stanisław Wojciechowski
hasConsequence increased political polarization in Poland
public debate over the role of parliament in electing the president
hasPart first round of voting
subsequent rounds of voting
impact shaping perceptions of democracy in early independent Poland
languageOfRecord Polish
location Poland
notableFor being the first presidential election of the Second Polish Republic
leading to the short-lived presidency of Gabriel Narutowicz
political tensions between right-wing and left-wing parties
officeContested President of Poland
officeHolderElected Gabriel Narutowicz
organizedBy National Assembly of Poland
partOf history of the Second Polish Republic
political history of Poland
politicalSystemContext parliamentary republic
precededBy no previous presidential election in the Second Polish Republic
recordedIn parliamentary proceedings of the National Assembly of Poland
relatedEvent assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz in Warsaw
Polish presidential election, 1922 self-linksurface differs
surface form: inauguration of Gabriel Narutowicz as President of Poland
relatedTo Polish presidential election, 1922 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Polish political crisis of 1922

assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz
resultedIn election of Gabriel Narutowicz as President of Poland
temporalContext interwar period in Europe
votingSystem indirect election by parliament
winner Gabriel Narutowicz

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Gabriel Narutowicz electedIn Polish presidential election, 1922
Polish presidential election, 1922 relatedEvent Polish presidential election, 1922 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: inauguration of Gabriel Narutowicz as President of Poland
Polish presidential election, 1922 relatedTo Polish presidential election, 1922 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Polish political crisis of 1922