List of Elections
In the period of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 10 elections (composed of the convocation, election and coronation sejms) were held in Poland, resulting in the elevation of 11 kings.
| Convocation Sejm | Election Sejm | Coronation Sejm | King elected (nationality, reign) |
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| January 1573 | April 1573 | February 1574 | Henryk Walezy (French, 1573–1574) |
First king of the Commonwealth. Abdicated to assume the throne of France |
| August 1574 | November 1575 | March 1576 | Stefan Batory (Hungarian, 1576–1586) |
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| February 1587 | June 1587 | December 1588 | Sigismund III Vasa (Swedish, 1587–1632) |
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| June 1632 | September 1632 | February 1633 | Władysław IV Vasa (1632–1648) |
Son of Sigismund III. |
| July 1648 | October 1648 | January 1649 | Jan II Kazimierz Vasa (1648–1668) |
Son of Sigismund III and brother of Władysław IV. Abdicated. |
| November 1668 | May 1669 | October 1669 | Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (Polish, 1669–1673) |
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| January 1674 | April 1674 | February 1676 | Jan III Sobieski (Polish,1674–1696) |
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| August 1696 | May 1697 | November 1697 | August II the Strong (Saxon, 1697–1706; 1709–1733) |
Temporarily replaced by Stanisław Leszczyński (Polish, 1704–1709) |
| April 1733 | August 1733 | January 1734 | Stanisław Leszczyński (Polish, 1733–1736) |
Election disputed, led to a civil war, won by August III the Saxon (Wettin: Saxon, 1733–1763), son of August II. |
| May 1764 | August 1764 | December 1764 | Stanisław August Poniatowski (Polish, 1764–1795) |
Last king of the Commonwealth. Abdicated. |
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