1997 Polish parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 September 1997. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The liberal conservative party Solidarity Electoral Action won the most seats in both chambers of parliament and formed a coalition government with the Freedom Union, another liberal party. The elections were a major setback for the Democratic Left Alliance and the Polish People's Party, which were forced out of government.

Registered28,409,054
Turnout13,616,378 (47.93%)
Decrease 4.20pp
Turnout13,587,101 (47.83%)
Decrease 4.27pp
Quick facts Registered, All 460 seats in the Sejm 231 seats needed for a majority ...
1997 Polish parliamentary election
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Opinion polls
Registered28,409,054
Sejm
All 460 seats in the Sejm
231 seats needed for a majority
Turnout13,616,378 (47.93%)
Decrease 4.20pp
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Marian Krzaklewski Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Leszek Balcerowicz
Party AWS SLD UW
Leader since 8 June 1996[a] 7 February 1996[b] 1 April 1995
Last election 29.2%, 38 seats[c] 20.4%, 171 seats 14.6%, 74 seats[d]
Seats won 201 164 60
Seat change Increase 163 Decrease 7 Decrease 14
Popular vote 4,427,373 3,551,224 1,749,518
Percentage 33.8% 27.1% 13.4%
Swing Increase 4.6 pp Increase 6.7 pp Decrease 1.2 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Waldemar Pawlak Jan Olszewski Henryk Kroll
Party PSL ROP KWMN
Leader since 29 June 1991 18 November 1995 23 March 1991
Last election 15.4%, 132 seats 2.7%, 0 seats[e] 0.7%, 4 seats
Seats won 27 6 2
Seat change Decrease 105 Increase 6 Decrease 2
Popular vote 956,184 727,072 51,027
Percentage 7.3% 5.6% 0.4%
Swing Decrease 8.1 pp Increase 2.9% pp Decrease 0.3 pp
Senate
All 100 seats in the Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout13,587,101 (47.83%)
Decrease 4.27pp
Party Vote % Seats +/–
AWS 25.25 51 New
SLD 23.48 28 −9
UW 11.35 8 +3
ROP 9.84 5 New
PSL 7.01 3 −33
Independent 14.66 5 −5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Government before Government after election
Cimoszewicz cabinet [pl]
SLD (SdRP)—PSL		 Buzek cabinet
AWS—UW
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Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 1997 Polish parliamentary election
Graphical summary of opinion polls:
  Solidarity Electoral Action
  Democratic Left Alliance
  Freedom Union
  Polish People's Party
  Movement for Reconstruction of Poland
  Labour Union
  National Party of Retirees and Pensioners
  Bloc for Poland
  Confederation of Independent Poland[f]
  Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms[g]
  Solidarity[f]

Results

Sejm

More information Party, Votes ...
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Solidarity Electoral Action4,427,37333.83201New
Democratic Left Alliance3,551,22427.13164–7
Freedom Union1,749,51813.3760–14
Polish People's Party956,1847.3127–105
Movement for Reconstruction of Poland727,0725.566New
Labour Union620,6114.740–41
National Party of Retirees and Pensioners284,8262.180New
Real Politics Union266,3172.0300
National Alliance of Retirees and Pensioners [pl]212,8261.630New
National Christian Bloc for Poland [pl]178,3951.360New
German Minority Electoral Committee51,0270.392–2
Germans of Katowice Province16,7240.130–
Słowiańska MN RP-Prawosławni13,6320.100–
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland10,0730.0800
Polska Wspólnota Narodowa [pl]8,5900.070–
Germans of the Częstochowa Province6,2060.050–
MN "Pojednanie i Przyszlość"3,6630.030–
MN Województwa Olsztyńskiego1,7290.010–
Niezależna i bezpartyjna9240.010–
Sojusz Ludzi "Polska Praca Sprawiedliwość"7030.010–
Stow. MN Województwa Elbląskiego6140.000–
Total13,088,231100.004600
Valid votes13,088,23196.12
Invalid/blank votes528,1473.88
Total votes13,616,378100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,409,05447.93
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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By constituency

More information Constituency, Turnout ...
Constituency Turnout AWS SLD UW PSL ROP MN UP Others Lead
% Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats %
1 – Warsaw I 60.86 31.88 6 25.90 5 21.73 4 0.94 0 9.16 2 - - 4.98 5.41 5.98
2 – Warsaw II 49.14 40.15 4 19.00 2 15.30 1 5.76 0 8.30 1 - - 4.48 7.01 21.15
3 – Biała Podlaska 46.72 35.39 1 19.84 1 5.86 0 18.17 1 6.88 0 - - 4.08 9.78 15.55
4 – Białystok 52.12 44.29 5 24.89 2 7.16 0 3.48 0 5.64 0 - - 4.42 10.12 19.40
5 – Bielsko-Biała 56.15 43.01 5 21.06 2 15.59 2 4.83 0 4.80 0 - - 3.82 6.89 21.95
6 – Bydgoszcz 48.16 27.62 4 36.99 5 11.50 1 6.42 1 4.46 0 - - 4.36 8.65 9.37
7 – Chełm 39.26 23.89 1 28.66 2 7.91 0 12.83 0 8.96 0 - - 4.58 13.17 4.77
8 – Ciechanów 38.40 28.73 1 29.69 2 6.86 0 14.49 1 6.55 0 - - 5.67 8.01 0.96
9 – Częstochowa 45.01 30.60 3 31.36 4 9.84 1 6.48 0 4.82 0 - - 5.37 11.53 0.76
10 – Elbląg 40.97 26.26 2 33.92 2 12.70 1 6.42 0 5.97 0 - - 6.15 8.58 7.66
11 – Gdańsk 55.01 50.10 9 20.20 4 13.45 2 2.08 0 4.85 0 - - 3.00 6.32 29.90
12 – Gorzów Wielkopolski 42.88 25.68 2 35.23 2 14.14 1 8.65 0 3.07 0 - - 6.89 6.34 9.55
13 – Jelenia Góra 44.86 27.58 2 35.70 2 12.39 1 3.47 0 3.87 0 - - 9.31 7.68 8.12
14 – Kalisz 48.76 26.12 2 32.56 3 11.62 1 12.26 1 4.48 0 - - 6.44 6.52 6.44
15 – Sosnowiec 48.80 22.51 3 44.67 6 12.23 1 2.96 0 3.62 0 - - 6.58 7.43 22.16
16 – Katowice 44.53 31.99 7 26.92 5 22.52 4 3.11 0 3.26 0 - - 4.39 7.81 5.07
17 – Gliwice 45.63 34.77 6 23.10 4 17.30 3 2.65 0 5.04 1 - - 4.41 11.73 10.67
18 – Kielce 41.79 24.61 4 31.81 5 10.41 1 14.72 2 5.31 0 - - 5.95 7.19 7.20
19 – Konin 48.76 27.66 2 30.56 2 9.63 0 12.51 1 5.03 0 - - 6.14 8.47 2.90
20 – Koszalin 41.70 22.22 1 36.11 3 14.22 1 4.35 0 4.33 0 - - 4.92 13.85 13.89
21 – Kraków 53.48 40.76 7 17.64 3 20.60 3 4.23 0 4.84 0 - - 3.13 8.80 20.16
22 – Krosno 52.79 47.20 4 15.58 1 7.60 0 7.03 0 10.02 0 - - 3.69 8.88 31.62
23 – Legnica 44.35 32.49 2 34.88 3 10.75 0 4.80 0 3.93 0 - - 5.47 7.68 2.39
24 – Leszno 47.98 25.77 2 33.89 2 12.67 0 11.47 0 2.84 0 - - 5.19 8.17 8.12
25 – Lublin 47.06 35.41 4 23.19 3 9.14 1 11.64 1 8.82 1 - - 5.31 6.49 12.22
26 – Łomża 46.41 47.13 3 13.96 1 5.47 0 11.43 0 11.02 0 - - 4.26 6.73 33.17
27 – Łódź 50.11 28.84 4 37.07 5 14.83 2 1.80 0 6.44 0 - - 4.28 6.74 8.23
28 – Nowy Sącz 56.57 56.03 5 10.51 1 9.91 1 7.17 0 3.48 0 - - 2.23 10.67 45.52
29 – Olsztyn 42.49 25.86 3 33.40 4 15.16 1 5.68 0 5.61 0 - - 5.74 8.55 7.54
30 – Opole 42.19 25.50 3 22.26 3 13.83 2 4.92 0 4.80 0 16.96 2 4.97 6.76 3.24
31 – Ostrołęka 42.23 35.45 2 18.04 1 8.23 0 15.97 1 9.23 0 - - 4.05 9.03 17.41
32 – Piła 49.81 22.80 1 40.08 3 12.59 1 7.43 0 4.59 0 - - 3.72 8.79 17.28
33 – Piotrków Trybunalski 42.59 28.99 3 26.84 2 9.21 1 14.11 1 7.73 0 - - 4.57 8.55 2.15
34 – Płock 41.29 23.15 2 30.79 2 8.38 0 21.26 1 4.82 0 - - 3.73 7.87 7.64
35 – Poznań 53.26 26.95 5 31.35 6 18.31 3 4.71 0 3.23 0 - - 6.80 8.65 4.4
36 – Przemyśl 52.15 43.78 3 15.44 1 7.85 0 13.64 0 5.13 0 - - 2.70 11.46 28.34
37 – Radom 43.56 32.50 3 22.05 2 10.09 1 14.35 1 8.41 1 - - 4.18 8.42 10.45
38 – Rzeszów 59.81 57.81 6 13.58 1 6.10 0 9.14 1 5.48 0 - - 2.56 5.33 44.23
39 – Siedlce 40.40 34.73 3 20.80 2 6.02 0 20.59 2 6.69 0 - - 3.65 7.52 13.93
40 – Sieradz 42.35 24.96 1 29.36 2 8.81 0 16.74 1 5.79 0 - - 6.84 7.50 4.4
41 – Skierniewice 41.78 25.49 2 24.51 1 9.65 0 19.58 1 6.60 0 - - 3.80 10.37 0.98
42 – Słupsk 42.46 25.97 2 35.05 2 12.83 0 7.22 0 3.94 0 - - 5.69 9.30 9.08
43 – Suwałki 40.80 33.34 3 27.04 2 10.57 0 8.99 0 5.38 0 - - 6.05 8.63 6.30
44 – Szczecin 45.16 28.24 4 34.87 4 17.28 2 3.09 0 3.55 0 - - 5.07 7.90 6.63
45 – Tarnobrzeg 46.44 39.29 3 23.73 2 7.11 0 11.60 1 8.00 0 - - 2.80 7.47 15.56
46 – Tarnów 53.68 51.48 5 12.20 1 9.19 0 11.91 1 4.88 0 - - 3.47 6.87 39.28
47 – Toruń 43.91 28.41 3 32.71 3 14.09 1 7.16 0 4.49 0 - - 5.28 7.86 4.3
48 – Wałbrzych 45.31 27.69 3 38.36 4 11.65 1 3.86 0 3.98 0 - - 6.68 7.78 10.67
49 – Włocławek 40.41 25.16 1 38.35 3 7.42 0 10.83 0 5.87 0 - - 6.19 6.18 13.19
50 – Wrocław 60.86 33.02 5 25.96 4 20.65 3 4.04 0 5.08 0 - - 4.57 6.68 7.06
51 – Zamość 46.05 33.43 2 18.95 1 5.26 0 24.58 2 8.45 0 - - 3.35 5.98 8.85
52 – Zielona Góra 44.90 28.59 3 37.37 3 11.70 1 6.87 0 3.20 0 - - 5.73 6.54 8.78
National list - - 29 - 23 - 11 - 6 - - - - - -
Poland 47.93 33.83 201 27.13 164 13.37 60 7.31 27 5.56 6 0.39 2 4.74 7.67 6.70
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  • Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by electoral district.
    Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by electoral district.
  • Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by powiats (in 1999 borders).
    Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by powiats (in 1999 borders).

Senate

More information Party, Votes ...
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Solidarity Electoral Action6,550,17625.2551New
Democratic Left Alliance6,091,72123.4828–9
Freedom Union2,943,52711.358+4
Movement for Reconstruction of Poland2,553,2529.845New
Polish People's Party1,819,1767.013–33
National Party of Retirees and Pensioners1,112,1294.290New
Real Politics Union550,2542.1200
Labour Union520,1302.0000
Local lists and independents3,804,08414.665–5
Total25,944,449100.001000
Valid votes13,317,95298.02
Invalid/blank votes269,1491.98
Total votes13,587,101100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,409,05447.83
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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By voivodeship

More information Voivodeship, Total seats ...
Voivodeship Total seats Seats won
AWS SLD UW ROP PSL Others
Biała Podlaska 2 2
Białystok 2 2
Bielsko 2 1 1
Bydgoszcz 2 1 1
Chełm 2 1 1
Ciechanów 2 1 1
Częstochowa 2 1 1
Elbląg 2 1 1
Gdańsk 2 1 1
Gorzów 2 1 1
Jelenia Góra 2 1 1
Kalisz 2 1 1
Katowice 3 1 1 1
Kielce 2 1 1
Konin 2 1 1
Koszalin 2 1 1
Kraków 2 1 1
Krosno 2 2
Legnica 2 1 1
Leszno 2 1 1
Lublin 2 1 1
Łomża 2 2
Łódź 2 1 1
Nowy Sącz 2 2
Olsztyn 2 1 1
Opole 2 1 1
Ostrołęka 2 1 1
Piła 2 1 1
Piotrków 2 1 1
Płock 2 1 1
Poznań 2 1 1
Przemyśl 2 2
Radom 2 1 1
Rzeszów 2 2
Siedlce 2 1 1
Sieradz 2 1 1
Skierniewice 2 2
Słupsk 2 1 1
Suwałki 2 1 1
Szczecin 2 1 1
Tarnobrzeg 2 2
Tarnów 2 1 1
Toruń 2 1 1
Wałbrzych 2 2
Warsaw 3 1 1 1
Włocławek 2 2
Wrocław 2 2
Zamość 2 1 1
Zielona Góra 2 2
Total 100 51 28 8 5 3 5
Source: National Electoral Commission
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