. ▁ ▁Only ▁the ▁candidates ▁of ▁the ▁pro - g overn ment ▁" D em ocr atic ▁B loc " ▁( the ▁P PR , ▁Cy rank iew icz ' ▁fa ction ▁of ▁the ▁P PS , ▁and ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ) ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁campaign ▁completely ▁un m ol ested . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁several ▁opposition ▁candidates ▁were ▁prevent ed ▁from ▁campaign ing ▁at ▁all . ▁M iko ł aj czy k ' s ▁Polish ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁( PS L ) ▁in ▁particular ▁suffered ▁per sec ution ; ▁it ▁had ▁opposed ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁the ▁Senate ▁as ▁a ▁test ▁of ▁strength ▁against ▁the ▁government . ▁ ▁Although ▁it ▁supported ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁questions , ▁the ▁Commun ist - domin ated ▁government ▁brand ed ▁the ▁PS L ▁" tra itors ". ▁ ▁This ▁massive ▁opp ression ▁was ▁over seen ▁by ▁G om u ł ka ▁and ▁the ▁prov is ional ▁president , ▁B oles ław ▁B ier ut . ▁ ▁The ▁official ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁election ▁showed ▁the ▁Democratic ▁B loc ▁with ▁ 8 0 . 1 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁vote . ▁ ▁The ▁Democratic ▁B loc ▁was ▁awarded ▁ 3 9 4 ▁seats ▁to ▁only ▁ 2 8 ▁for ▁the ▁PS L . ▁M iko ł aj czy k ▁immediately ▁res igned ▁to ▁protest ▁this ▁so - called ▁' imp laus ible ▁result ', ▁and ▁fled ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁in ▁April ▁rather ▁than ▁face ▁arrest . ▁ ▁Later , ▁some ▁histor ians ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁official ▁results ▁were