1997 Polish parliamentary election

1997 Polish parliamentary election

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Sejm
All 460 seats in the Sejm 231 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47.93% ( 4.15pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Marian Krzaklewski Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Leszek Balcerowicz Party AWS SLD UW Last election Did not exist 20.4%, 171 seats 14.6%, 74 seats* Seats won 201 164 60 Seat change New 7 14 Popular vote 4,427,373 3,551,224 1,749,518 Percentage 33.8% 27.1% 13.4% Swing New 6.7pp 1.2pp*   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Waldemar Pawlak Jan Olszewski Henryk Kroll Party PSL ROP KWMN Last election 1,5.4% 132 seats Did not exist 0.7%, 4 seats Seats won 27 6 2 Seat change 105 New 2 Popular vote 956,184 727,072 51,027 Percentage 7.3% 5.6% 0.4% Swing 8.1pp New 0.3pp
Seats won by Sejm District
Senate
All 100 seats in the Senate 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47.83% ( 4.27pp)
Party Vote % Seats +/– AWS 25.25 51 New SLD 23.48 28 −9 UW 11.35 8 +4 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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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.