1993 Polish parliamentary election

1993 Polish parliamentary election

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All 460 seats in the Sejm 231 seats were needed for a majority in the Sejm All 100 seats in the Senate
Turnout	52.1%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Aleksander Kwaśniewski Waldemar Pawlak Tadeusz Mazowiecki Party SLD PSL UD Leader since 30 January 1990 29 June 1991 May 1991 Leader's seat Warsaw Płock Poznań Last election 60 seats, 12% 48 seats, 8.7% 62 seats, 12.3% Seats won 171 132 74 Seat change 111 84 12 Popular vote 2,815,169 2,124,367 1,460,957 Percentage 20.4% 15.4% 10.6% Swing 8.4% 6.7% 1.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ryszard Bugaj Leszek Moczulski Andrzej Gąsienica-Makowski Party UP KPN BBWR Leader since 1992 1 September 1979 1993 Leader's seat Warsaw Kraków Nowy Sącz Last election Did not exist 46 seats, 7.5% Did not exist Seats won 41 22 16 Seat change 41 24 16 Popular vote 1,005,004 795,487 746,653 Percentage 7.3% 5.8% 5.4% Swing 7.3% 1.7% 5.4%
Seats won by Sejm District
Prime Minister before election Hanna Suchocka UD New Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak PSL

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 19 September 1993.^[1] In the Sejm elections, 52.13% of citizens cast their votes, and 95.7% of them were counted as valid. In the Senate elections, 52.1% of citizens cast their votes, and 97.07% were valid. The elections were won by the left-wing parties of the Democratic Left Alliance and the Polish People's Party, who formed a coalition government. The coalition was just 4 seats short of a supermajority.

Opinion polls[]

Results[]

Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by electoral district.

Sejm[]

Because of the introduction of electoral thresholds set at 5% for party lists and 8% for coalitions, 34% of valid votes were wasted.^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Left Alliance	2,815,169	20.41	171	+111
	Polish People's Party	2,124,367	15.40	132	+84
	Democratic Union	1,460,957	10.59	74	+12
	Labour Union (Poland)	1,005,004	7.28	41	+37
	Catholic Electoral Committee "Homeland"	878,445	6.37	0	New
	Confederation of Independent Poland	795,487	5.77	22	–24
	Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms	746,653	5.41	16	New
	Solidarity	676,334	4.90	0	–27
	Centre Agreement	609,973	4.42	0	–44
	Liberal Democratic Congress	550,578	3.99	0	–37
	Real Politics Union	438,559	3.18	0	–3
	Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	383,967	2.78	0	New
	Party X	377,480	2.74	0	–3
	Coalition for the Republic	371,923	2.70	0	New
	Peasants' Agreement	327,085	2.37	0	–28
	German Minority Electoral Committee	96,678	0.70	4	–3
	Polish Beer-Lovers' Party	14,382	0.10	0	–16
	Local lists and independents	123,186	0.89	0	0
Total		13,796,227	100.00	460	0
Valid votes		13,796,227	95.70
Invalid/blank votes		619,359	4.30
Total votes		14,415,586	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,677,302	52.08
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Left Alliance	4,993,061	18.31	37	+33
	Polish People's Party	3,238,999	11.88	36	+29
	Democratic Union	2,913,773	10.69	4	–17
	Solidarity	2,683,085	9.84	10	–1
	Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms	2,193,970	8.05	2	New
	Confederation of Independent Poland	1,646,654	6.04	0	–4
	Labour Union	1,121,744	4.11	0	–
	Liberal Democratic Congress	1,088,769	3.99	1	–5
	Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	650,727	2.39	0	New
	Zjednoczenie Polskie	607,624	2.23	0	New
	Christian National Union	486,387	1.78	0	New
	Real Politics Union	434,657	1.59	0	0
	Peasants' Agreement	46,492	0.17	0	–5
	Local lists and independents	5,158,010	18.92	10	–11
Total		27,263,952	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		13,985,535	97.07
Invalid/blank votes		422,832	2.93
Total votes		14,408,367	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,655,495	52.10
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes[]

References[]

• Obwieszczenie Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej z dn. 23 IX 1993 r., Monitor Polski. Nr 50, poz. 470, sprostowanie – M.P. z 1994 r., Nr 2, poz. 8
• Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 23 IX 1993 r., M.P. Nr 50, poz. 471; sprostowanie – M.P. z 1994 r., Nr 2, poz. 8