Election sejm

Election sejm (Polish: Sejm elekcyjny; Lithuanian: Elekcinis seimas) was one of three kinds of special general sejm in pre-partition Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Upon vacancy of the throne, the election sejm, meeting at Wola outside Warsaw, elected a new king.

[1] Any hereditary nobleman could vote in the Election Parliament, if present.

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