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| Polish parliamentary election, 1997 |
All 460 seats in the Sejm
and all 100 seats in the Senate |
| 21 September 1997 (1997-09-21) |
| First party | Second party | Third party |
|  |  |  |
| Leader | Marian Krzaklewski | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz | Leszek Balcerowicz |
| Party | Solidarity Electoral Action | Democratic Left Alliance | Freedom Union |
| Leader since | 8 June 1996 | 7 February 1996 | April 2005 |
| Leader's seat | Katowice | Bialystok | Katowice |
| Last election | N/A | 171 seats, 37.2% | 74 seats, 16.1% |
| 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 | +28.9% | +6.7% | +2.8% |
| | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party |
|  |  |  |
| Leader | Waldemar Pawlak | Jan Olszewski | Henryk Kroll |
| Party | Polish People's Party | Movement for Reconstruction of Poland | German Minority |
| Leader since | 29 June 1991 | 18 November 1995 | 1991 |
| Leader's seat | Plock | Warsaw | Opole |
| Last election | 132 seats, 28.7% | N/A | 4 seats, 0.9% |
| Seats won | 27 | 6 | 2 |
| Seat change | -105 | +6 | -2 |
| Popular vote | 956,184 | 727,072 | 51,039 |
| Percentage | 7.3% | 5.6% | 0.4% |
| Swing | -8.1% | +5.6% | -0.5% |
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The Polish parliamentary election in 1997 to the Sejm and Senate of Poland was held on the 21 September. 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.
e • d Summary of the September 21, 1997 Parliament of Poland election results | Party | Ideology | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change |
| | Solidarity Electoral Action | Liberal conservatism | 4,427,373 | 33.83% | | 201 | |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | Social democracy | 3,551,224 | 27.13% | | 164 | |
| | Freedom Union | Classical liberalism | 1,749,518 | 13.37% | | 60 | |
| | Polish People's Party | Agrarianism | 956,184 | 7.31% | | 27 | |
| | Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland | Euroscepticism | 727,072 | 5.56% | | 6 | |
| | Labour Union | Social democracy | 620,611 | 4.74% | | — | — |
| | Krajowa Partia Emerytów i Rencistów | | 284,826 | 2.18% | | — | — |
| | Unia Prawicy Rzeczypospolitej | | 266,317 | 2.03% | | — | — |
| | KPERR | | 212 826 | 1.63% | | — | — |
| | Blok dla Polski | | 178,395 | 1.36% | | — | — |
| Total (Turnout: 47.93%) | 12,974,346 | 100.0% | — | 458 | — |
[edit] Results
Distribution of seat in the
Sejm 
Distribution of seat in the Senate
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 was forced out of government.
[edit] 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
