Polish parliamentary election, 1997

Polish parliamentary election, 1997

21 September 1997

All 460 seats in the Sejm 231 seats were needed for a majority in the Sejm All 100 seats in the Senate Turnout 47.9%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jerzy Buzek Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Leszek Balcerowicz Party AWS SLD UW Leader since Candidate for PM Candidate for PM April 2005 Leader's seat Gliwice Białystok Katowice Last election Did not exist 171 seats, 20.4% 74 seats, 14.6%* Seats won 201 164 60 Seat change 201 7 14 Popular vote 4,427,373 3,551,224 1,749,518 Percentage 33.8% 27.1% 13.4% Swing 33.8% 6.7% 1.2%*   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Waldemar Pawlak Jan Olszewski Ryszard Bugaj Party PSL ROP UP Leader since 29 June 1991 18 November 1995 1992 Leader's seat Płock Warsaw Warsaw Last election 132 seats, 15.4% Did not exist 41 seats, 7.3% Seats won 27 6 0 Seat change 105 6 41 Popular vote 956,184 727,072 620,611 Percentage 7.3% 5.6% 4.7% Swing 8.1% 5.6% 2.6%   Seventh party   Leader Henryk Kroll Party MN Leader since 1991 Leader's seat Opole Last election 4 seats, 0.7% Seats won 2 Seat change 2 Popular vote 51,027 Percentage 0.4% Swing 0.3%

Voivodeships with winning majority ■ – Solidarity Electoral Action ■ – Democratic Left Alliance *As the sum of the UW's constituent parties, the Democratic Union and the Liberal Democratic Congress.

Prime Minister before election Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz SLD New Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek AWS

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 September 1997.^[1] In the Sejm elections, 47.93% of citizens cast their votes, 96.12% of which were counted as valid. In the Senate elections, 46.92% of citizens cast their votes, 97.82% of which were valid.

The election was won by the liberal conservative party Solidarity Electoral Action. It formed a coalition with the Freedom Union, a liberal party. The election was a major setback for the Democratic Left Alliance and the Polish People's Party who were forced out of government.

Results

^a Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Niemców Województwa Katowickiego

^b Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Niemców Województwa Częstochowskiego

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  Distribution of seat in the Sejm
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  Distribution of seat in the Senate

References

• Obwieszczenie Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej z dn. 25 IX 1997 r., Monitor Polski. Nr 64, poz. 620
• Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 25 IX 1997 r., M.P. Nr 64, poz. 621

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