Back Freie Wahl (Polen-Litauen) German انتخابات سلطنتی در لهستان FA Élections libres (Pologne-Lituanie) French הבחירות למלכות פולין HE Pemilihan raja Polandia ID Libere elezioni (Polonia-Lituania) Italian 国王自由選挙 Japanese 자유 선거 Korean Vrije verkiezing (Polen-Litouwen) Dutch Wolna elekcja Polish
Royal elections in Poland (Polish: wolna elekcja, lit. free election) were the elections of individual kings, rather than dynasties, to the Polish throne. Based on traditions dating to the very beginning of the Polish statehood, strengthened during the Piast and Jagiellon dynasties, they reached their final form in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth period between 1572 and 1791. The "free election" was abolished by the Constitution of 3 May 1791, which established a constitutional-parliamentary monarchy.