Constitutions, Elections and Legislatures of Poland, 1493-1993 by Jacek Jędruch (1998)
Table 18
TABLE 18 - GEOGRAPHY OF SESSIONS OF THE SEYM
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| Years |
Location |
Number of Seyms |
Political Entity |
| 1493-1793 |
Warsaw* |
148 |
Hereditary
Kingdom
and first
Republic |
|
Piotrków |
38 |
|
Cracow |
29 |
| Grodno |
11 |
| Lublin |
5 |
| Toruñ |
3 |
| Radom |
2 |
| Sandomierz |
1 |
| Bydgoszcz |
1 |
| Parczów |
1 |
| 1653 |
Brzesc Litewski |
1 |
|
| 1807-1812 |
Warsaw |
2 |
Duchy of Warsaw |
| 1815-1831 |
Warsaw* |
4 |
Kingdom of Poland |
| 1827-1845 |
Poznañ |
7 |
Grand Duchy of Poznañ |
| 1861-1918 |
Lwów |
10 |
Kingdom of Galicia and
Lodomeria |
| 1919-1939 |
Warsaw |
6 |
Second Republic |
| 1947-1988 |
Warsaw |
10 |
Polish People's Republic |
| 1989 |
Warsaw |
** |
Third Republic |
Note: In the Hereditary Kingdom the Seym could be held in any place at the discretion of the King, providing the consent of the
Senate was obtained.
*In the castle, except the Election Seyms, which were held in the open, in the suburbs of Warsaw at Wola, or at Kamion.
** Elections to the Seym held every 4 years, starting in 1989. |
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