Legislative Sejm (Second Polish Republic)

The Polish National Constituent Assembly (Polish Sejm Ustawodawczy ) was a single-chamber parliament, which was the purpose of a constitution in the Polish state again arisen partly selected democratically on 26 January 1919.

The elections of 296 deputies were held in the former Russian territories, while former Galicia, Teschen country and Posen lands 28 and 6 former member of the Austria -Hungarian Empire Council and 7 of the German Reichstag were taken. On May 2, 1920 by-elections took place in Pomerania. Entitled to vote were men and women over the age of 21.

Parliament began in mid-February his work. As a first provisional constitution ( " Mała Konstytucja " ) was adopted on 20 February 1919 had confirmed, inter alia, the claim to power of Józef Piłsudski as head of state ( " Naczelnik Państwa ").

The final constitution was adopted on 17 March 1921 before it had been decided other important laws such as the above-mentioned Provisional Constitution or the statute establishing the Silesian Voivodeship.

The Constituent National Assembly worked until November 28, 1922 that is, until the procedure proposed by the March Constitution bicameral parliament has started its work ( with the Sejm and Senate).

Representatives of German minority

In the Constituent National Assembly, representatives of the German minority in Poland were represented.