Election sejm (Polish: sejm elekcyjny) was one of three kinds of special sejm in pre-partition Poland. Upon vacancy of the throne, the election sejm, meeting at Wola outside Warsaw, elected a new king. Sowiński defending Wola during the November Uprising German forces during their failed assault on Wola, suburb of Warsaw, on September 9, 1939 Wola is a district of western Warsaw, Poland, formerly the village of Wielka Wola, that was incorporated into Warsaw in 1916. ... Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ...
The other two kinds of special sejm--likewise concerned with the filling of the throne--were the "convocation sejm" and the "coronation sejm." Convocation sejm (Polish: sejm konwokacyjny) was a special sejm in pre-partition Poland that, upon vacancy of the throne, was summoned to Warsaw by the primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland, acting as interrex. ...
Extraordinary sejms could be called in times of national emergency and last shorter, for example, a sejm deciding whether to call pospolite ruszenie should not last longer than two weeks.
The Marshal (or Speaker) of the Sejm concluded the debates, but he was required to ask the members whether his understanding of the chamber's views was correct and unanimously accepted.
The Sejm would vote on the budget as well as on the periodic "national plans" that were a fixture of communist economies.
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