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1936 Miersan Sejm election

4 October 1936
All 247 seats to the Sejm 292 seats are needed for a majority in the Volkstag
Turnout	6,042,443 (81.48%)
First party Second party   Leader Władysław Sakowski Ignacy Pachucki Party MSMR MSC Seats won 154 44 Popular vote 3,657,952 1,056,853 Percentage 60.54% 17.49%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Ambroży Dobrzyński Piotr Kaszyński Party SdRM PONM Seats won 22 10 Popular vote 527,468 256,822 Percentage 8.73% 4.25%
Composition of the 1936 sejm
Elected President of the Presidium Władysław Sakowski MSMR

The elections for the constituent sejm were held in the Provisional Government of the Republic of Miersa (modern day East Miersa) on the 4 October 1936. Considered to be the first free elections in an independent Miersan state and held shortly after the partition of Miersa via the Godfredson Plan the election resulted in a landslide victory for the left-wing Miersan Section of the Workers' International.

Held in the aftermath of the Great War, the Miersan General Strike and the Godfredson Plan the pro-Valduvian Provisional Government formed in the predominantly former Gaullican easts was a grand coalition between the far-left MSMR and the moderate Social Democracy of the Republic of Miersa and Miersan Peasant Party. Both the SdRM and MSC backed the formation of a secular liberal democratic republic committed to land reform, socialisation of industry and secularisation whilst the more radical MSMR called for the formation of a socialist government committed to revolutionary councilism. All three parties in the provisional government backed alignment with Valduvia with only the opposition Party for the Defence of the Miersan Nation supporting rapprochement with the Soravian backed Krada government.

The contradictions within the provisional government led to the decision to hold an election for a constituent sejm. The SdMR and MSC however could not agree on a common programme whilst the MSMR enjoyed a superior organisation, prestige from their perceived role as liberators from Gaullican rule, ties to Valduvia and strong support from the armed forces.

The MSMR gained a substantial majority in the constitutional sejm with the MSC and SdRM failing to make much impact. The MSMR gained a decisive majority in urban areas and also did well amongst poor peasants. The MSC also did well among landless peasants due to their strong support for land reform whilst the SdRM performed poorly outside the middle classes. As a result of the election the 1938 constitution would be a communist document being almost entirely drafted by the MSMR. The 1938 constitution made elections non-partisan making this the first and only multi-party election in an independent East Miersa.

Historians have debated whether the 1936 election was free or fair, as many people were disenfranchised for collaboration with Gaullican and Soravian authorities and several right-wing parties banned. However the election itself was held with little intimidation and no instance of electoral fraud have been recorded.