1997 Polish parliamentary election

1997 Polish parliamentary election
21 September 1997
Opinion polls
Registered28,409,054
Sejm
All 460 seats in the Sejm
231 seats needed for a majority
Turnout13,616,378 (47.93%)
4.20pp
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Marian Krzaklewski Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Leszek Balcerowicz
Party AWS SLD UW
Leader since 8 June 1996 7 February 1996 1 April 1995
Last election 29.2%, 38 seats 20.4%, 171 seats 14.6%, 74 seats
Seats won 201 164 60
Seat change 163 7 14
Popular vote 4,427,373 3,551,224 1,749,518
Percentage 33.8% 27.1% 13.4%
Swing 4.6 pp 6.7 pp 1.2 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Waldemar Pawlak Jan Olszewski Henryk Kroll
Party PSL ROP KWMN
Leader since 29 June 1991 18 November 1995 23 March 1991
Last election 15.4%, 132 seats 2.7%, 0 seats 0.7%, 4 seats
Seats won 27 6 2
Seat change 105 6 2
Popular vote 956,184 727,072 51,027
Percentage 7.3% 5.6% 0.4%
Swing 8.1 pp 2.9% pp 0.3 pp
Senate
All 100 seats in the Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout13,587,101 (47.83%)
4.27pp
Party Vote % Seats +/–
AWS 25.25 51 New
SLD 23.48 28 −9
UW 11.35 8 +3
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
SLD (SdRP)—PSL		 Buzek cabinet
AWS—UW

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.

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