Polish parliamentary election, 1993

Polish parliamentary election, 1993

19 September 1993

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%

Voivodeships with winning majority ■ – Democratic Union ■ – Democratic Left Alliance ■ – Polish People's Party ■ – German Minority

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 Sejm elections, 52.13% of citizens cast their votes, and 95.7% of those were counted as valid. In 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 together.

Results

Party	Sejm				Senate
	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Left Alliance	2,815,169	20.4	171	+111	4,993,061	35.7	37	+33
Polish People's Party	2,124,367	15.4	132	+84	3,238,999	23.2	36	+29
Democratic Union	1,460,957	10.6	74	+12	2,913,773	20.8	4	–17
Labour Union	1,005,004	7.3	41	+37	1,121,744	8.0	0	–
Catholic Electoral Committee "Homeland"	878,445	6.4	0	New	–	–	–	–
Confederation of Independent Poland	795,487	5.8	22	–24	1,646,654	11.8	0	–4
Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms	746,653	5.4	16	New	2,193,970	15.7	2	New
Solidarity	676,334	4.9	0	–27	2,683,085	19.2	10	–1
Centre Agreement	609,973	4.4	0	–44	–	–	–	–
Liberal Democratic Congress	550,578	4.0	0	–37	1,088,769	7.8	1	–5
Real Politics Union	438,559	3.2	0	–3	434,657	3.1	0	0
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	383,967	2.8	0	New	650,727	4.7	0	New
Party X	377,480	2.7	0	–3	–	–	–	–
Coalition for the Republic	371,923	2.7	0	New	–	–	–	–
Peasants' Agreement	327,085	2.4	0	–28	46,492	0.3	0	–5
German Minority	96,678	0.7	4	–3	–	–	–	–
Polish Beer-Lovers' Party	14,382	0.1	0	–16	–	–	–	–
Zjednoczenie Polskie	–	–	–	–	607,624	4.3	0	New
Christian National Union	–	–	–	–	486,387	3.5	0	New
Local lists and independents	123,186	0.9	0	0	5,158,010	36.9	10	–11
Invalid/blank votes	619,359	–	–	–	422,832	–	–	–
Total	14,415,586	100	460	0	14,408,367	100	100	0
Registered voters/turnout	27,677,302	52.1	–	–	27,655,495	52.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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  Seat distribution in the Sejm

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  Seat distribution in the Senate

Popular vote
SLD			20.41%
PSL			15.40%
UD			10.59%
UP			7.28%
KPN			5.77%
BBWR			5.41%
Others			35.14%

Parliament seats
SLD			37.17%
PSL			28.70%
UD			16.09%
UP			8.91%
KPN			4.78%
BBWR			3.48%
MN			0.87%

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1491 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

• 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