Elections in Poland gives information on election and election results in Poland. Poland has a multi-party political system. Poland elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. There are also various local elections, referendums and elections to the European Parliament.
Poland has a long history of elections dating several centuries, including the elections to Sejm from 1182 and the elective monarchy from 1569 to 1795. There were also elections in the Second Polish Republic (1918–1939), and the People's Republic of Poland, although most of the latter are considered to have been rigged.
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