Editing Stanisław Wojciechowski (section)

===First election===

In the [[1922 Polish legislative election|legislative elections]], Wojciechowski served as the candidate for the [[Senate of Poland|Senate]] though he failed to win a seat. After the legislative elections, a balance appeared between the left and right forces. This situation also preponderated in the [[National Assembly (Poland)|National Assembly]], which was to select a new [[president of Poland]] and produce a new [[1922 Polish presidential elections|presidential election]]. Piłsudski did not want to put up his candidacy, and [[Wincenty Witos]] was perceived as a person communicating with the right and not paying attention to the interests of rural villages. Therefore, the [[Polish People's Party "Piast" (1913–31)|Polish People's Party "Piast"]] put forward and appointed Wojciechowski as the new candidate for the presidency not involved in current political games. He accepted this decision, but when the [[Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie"]] informed that [[Gabriel Narutowicz]] planned to withdraw from the [[1922 Polish presidential elections|presidential race]]. Witos persuaded Narutowicz not to do that.

Wojciechowski was defeated in the fourth ballot to [[Count]] [[Maurycy Zamoyski]] who received 228 votes and Wojciechowski only reached 152 votes. At the time of the elections, the main candidates were Zamoyski and Wojciechowski. Narutowicz's good result was a surprise. Once the long voting was over, Zamoyski and Narutowicz advanced to the fifth ballot. Narutowicz finally won the election with the support of "Piast" (Wojciechowski was eliminated on the fourth round). Narutowicz prevailed thanks to the votes of the left, of the representatives for national minorities vote (these representatives were determined to defeat the [[National Democracy (Poland)|National Democracy]] movement), and of the centrist Polish People's Party "Piast". This last group, initially inclined toward Zamoyski, unexpectedly switched its backing to Narutowicz instead. Eventually, Narutowicz won 289 votes, whereas Zamoyski won only 227 votes, and so Narutowicz was elected the first president of the Second Polish Republic.<ref name="auto1">{{cite book |last1=Chojnowski |first1=Andrzej |last2=Wróbel |first2=Piotr|date=1992 |title=Prezydenci i premierzy Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej|language=pl |location=Wrocław |publisher=Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite book |last1=Ajnenkiel |first1=Andrzej|date=1986 |title=Od rządów ludowych do przewrotu majowego. Zarys dziejów politycznych Polski 1918-1926|language=pl|publisher= Wiedza Powszechna|isbn=83-214-0581-9}}</ref>