There have been several referendums in the history of Poland.
Second Polish Republic (1918-1939)
There were no country-wide referendums, as this was neither mentioned in the March Constitution nor as a procedure. But there were two local referendums on border issues between Poland and Weimar Republic:
- 11 July 1920 – Referendum on Warmia, Mazury and Powiśle
- 20 March 1921 – Referendum on Upper Silesia
- 30 June 1946 – People's referendum (also known as the 3xTAK, 3 times YES referendum)
- 18 February 1996:
- Referendum on enfranchisement of citizens
- Referendum with four questions on privatised assets
- 25 May 1997 – Constitutional referendum Four questions have been announced by members of the government from 11–14 August. Voters were asked whether they approve of privatisation of state-owned enterprises, increase in the retirement age, admission of immigrants under the EU relocation mechanism and removal of the barrier on Poland’s border with Belarus. The referendum was answered by around 40% of eligible Polish voters, making it not binding.
A referendum on the proposed EU Constitution was planned in 2005, but was abandoned after the rejection of the Constitution by French voters.
Turnout
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Referendum
!Voter turnout
!Result
|-
|1946
|People's referendum
| style="text-align:right;"| 90.10%
|
|-
|1987
|Political and economic reforms
| style="text-align:right;"|67.32%
|
|-
|1996
|Enfranchisement of citizens
| style="text-align:right;"|32.44%
|
|-
|1996
|Privatised assets
| style="text-align:right;"|32.44%
|
|-
|1997
|Constitutional
| style="text-align:right;"|42.86%
|
|-
|2003
|European Union membership
| style="text-align:right;"|58.85%
|
|-
|2015
|Sejm representation
| style="text-align:right;"|7.80%
|
|-
|2023
|Privatization, retirement age, barrier, migration
| style="text-align:right;"|40.91%
|
|}