Prawo wyborcze do Sejmu Ustawodawczego
Electoral law to the Legislative Sejm

Summary/Abstract: The legislative works conducted by Jędrzej Moraczewski’s government were a key element of the process begun in the fall of 1918, aimed at establishing a democratic electoral law to the constituent assembly, including both women and men. Between 18 and 27 November 1918 its members prepared two drafts regulating the matter in detail. Both decrees were signed by Chief of State Józef Piłsudski on 28 November 1918. The elections effected on the basis of provisions contained therein were held on 26 January 1919. As a result, political representation of Poland reborn after decades of partitions was established. However, opening of the debates of the Legislative Sejm did not terminate activities related to electing Deputies, as the legal status of the lands, which were to be a part of the re-established state according to J. Piłsudski and subsequent cabinets, had still not been determined. Actions in this sphere were continued by Polish authorities on the basis of various normative solutions until March 1922. Indubitably, those efforts — taking into consideration both their systemic and social significance — had gone down in history of the Second Republic of Poland.

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