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2 unusual facts about Senate of Poland


Nicolaus von Tüngen

As part of the agreement Tüngen was allowed to remain Bishop of Warmia, after he paid homage to the king, entitling him to be one of the senators of Poland (just like Polish bishops).

Wacław Sieroszewski

Under the Second Polish Republic, Sieroszewski was a senator, and president of the Union of Polish Writers (Związek Zawodowy Literatów Polskich, 1927-30) and the Polish Academy of Literature (Polska Akademia Literatury, 1933–1939).


Centre for Public Opinion Research

CBOS's work is supervised by a board established per the 1997 law, consisting of seven academic experts appointed by the council of ministers the and representatives of the Sejm, the Senate, the prime minister, and the president.

Elections in Poland

The Senate (Senat) has 100 members elected for a four-year term via the first past-the-post system, with 100 single member constituencies.

The remaining one-third of the seats in the Sejm and all those in the Senate were freely contested; the majority of these were by candidates supported by Solidarity.

Politics of Poland

The Senate (Senat) has 100 members elected for a four-year term in 40 multi-seat constituencies under a rare plurality bloc voting method where several candidates with the highest support are elected from each electorate.


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