1993 Polish parliamentary election

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.

1993 Polish parliamentary election

19 September 1993 (1993-09-19)

All 460 seats in the Sejm
231 seats were needed for a majority in the Sejm
All 100 seats in the Senate
Turnout52.1%
  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

Opinion polls

Results

Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by electoral district.
Party Sejm Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Left Alliance2,815,16920.4171+1114,993,06135.737+33
Polish People's Party2,124,36715.4132+843,238,99923.236+29
Democratic Union1,460,95710.674+122,913,77320.84–17
Labour Union1,005,0047.341+371,121,7448.00
Catholic Electoral Committee "Homeland"878,4456.40New
Confederation of Independent Poland795,4875.822–241,646,65411.80–4
Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms746,6535.416New2,193,97015.72New
Solidarity676,3344.90–272,683,08519.210–1
Centre Agreement609,9734.40–44
Liberal Democratic Congress550,5784.00–371,088,7697.81–5
Real Politics Union438,5593.20–3434,6573.100
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland383,9672.80New650,7274.70New
Party X377,4802.70–3
Coalition for the Republic371,9232.70New
Peasants' Agreement327,0852.40–2846,4920.30–5
German Minority96,6780.74–3
Polish Beer-Lovers' Party14,3820.10–16
Zjednoczenie Polskie607,6244.30New
Christian National Union486,3873.50New
Local lists and independents123,1860.9005,158,01036.910–11
Invalid/blank votes619,359422,832
Total14,415,586100460014,408,3671001000
Registered voters/turnout27,677,30252.127,655,49552.1
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (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
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