Anatomy of an Electoral Farce (with some faults). Notes on the Margin of the Book by Andrzej Zaćmiński, Election Campaign and Elections to the Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic of the First Term of 1952. A Study of Totalitarian Parliamentary Elect Cover Image

Anatomia wyborczej farsy (z pewnymi uchybieniami). Uwagi na marginesie książki Andrzeja Zaćmińskiego, „Kampania wyborcza i wybory do Sejmu PRL I kadencji z 1952 r. Studium totalitarnej elekcji parlamentarnej”
Anatomy of an Electoral Farce (with some faults). Notes on the Margin of the Book by Andrzej Zaćmiński, Election Campaign and Elections to the Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic of the First Term of 1952. A Study of Totalitarian Parliamentary Elect

Author(s): Michał Siedziako
Subject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Book-Review
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: People’s Poland Sejm; elections, electoral fraud; electoral propaganda

Summary/Abstract: The text reviews Andrzej Zaćmiński’s latest book devoted to the elections to the Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic of the first term held on 26 October 1952 and the election campaign that preceded them. The review’s author generally has a high opinion of the monograph. However, he puts forward some polemical remarks concerning assessing the credibility of the official voting results, the description of the role played by the communist-controlled National Front and the assessment of the involvement of various persons and entities in the election campaign.

  • Issue Year: 54/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 263-280
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish