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1938 Polish parliamentary election

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Polish legislative election, 1938 that lasted from 6 to 11 November was the last elections in the Second Polish Republic. Obóz Zjednoczenia Narodowego (Camp of National Unity) - coalition of Sanacja faction - won with 164 (or 161) seats in the 230 (or 208) Sejm (parliament) and all 64 in the Senate of Poland, thanks to the April Constitution, drafted by and favouring the Sanacja faction. The rest of the seats (47) went to non-party members, many of them from ethnic minorities (primarily Polish Jews and Ukrainians).

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