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1997 Polish parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Poland
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1993 Polish parliamentary election
previous_year	1993
next_election	2001 Polish parliamentary election
next_year	2001
election_date	21 September 1997
opinion_polls	Opinion polling for the 1997 Polish parliamentary election
registered	28,409,054
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Sejm
type	legislative
seats_for_election	All 460 seats in the Sejm
majority_seats	231
turnout	13,616,378 (47.93%)
4.20pp
image1
leader1	Marian Krzaklewski
party1	Solidarity Electoral Action
leader_since1	8 June 1996
last_election1	29.2%, 38 seats
seats1	201
seat_change1	163
popular_vote1	4,427,373
percentage1	33.8%
swing1	4.6 pp
image2
leader2	Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
party2	Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)
leader_since2	7 February 1996
last_election2	20.4%, 171 seats
seats2	164
seat_change2	7
popular_vote2	3,551,224
percentage2	27.1%
swing2	6.7 pp
image3
leader3	Leszek Balcerowicz
party3	Freedom Union (Poland)
leader_since3	1 April 1995
last_election3	14.6%, 74 seats
seats3	60
seat_change3	14
popular_vote3	1,749,518
percentage3	13.4%
swing3	1.2 pp
image4
leader4	Waldemar Pawlak
party4	Polish People's Party
leader_since4	29 June 1991
last_election4	15.4%, 132 seats
seats4	27
seat_change4	105
popular_vote4	956,184
percentage4	7.3%
swing4	8.1 pp
image5
leader5	Jan Olszewski
party5	Movement for Reconstruction of Poland
leader_since5	18 November 1995
last_election5	2.7%, 0 seats
seats5	6
seat_change5	6
popular_vote5	727,072
percentage5	5.6%
swing5	2.9% pp
image6
leader6	Henryk Kroll
party6	German Minority
leader_since6	23 March 1991
last_election6	0.7%, 4 seats
seats6	2
seat_change6	2
popular_vote6	51,027
percentage6	0.4%
swing6	0.3 pp
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Senate
seats_for_election	All 100 seats in the Senate
majority_seats	51
turnout	13,587,101 (47.83%)
4.27pp
noleader	yes
party1	Solidarity Electoral Action	leader1 =	last_election1 = new	seats1 = 51	percentage1 = 25.25
party2	Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)	leader2 =	last_election2 = 37	seats2 = 28	percentage2 = 23.48
party3	Freedom Union (Poland)	leader3 =	last_election3 = 5	seats3 = 8	percentage3 = 11.35
party4	Movement for Reconstruction of Poland	leader4 =	last_election4 = new	seats4 = 5	percentage4 = 9.84
party5	Polish People's Party	leader5 =	last_election5 = 36	seats5 = 3	percentage5 = 7.01
party6	Independent (politician)	last_election6 = 10	seats6 = 5	percentage6 = 14.66
map	{{Switcher
title	Government
before_election
before_party	SLD (SdRP)—PSL
posttitle	Government after election
after_election	Buzek cabinet
after_party	AWS—UW

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4.27pp

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.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 1997 Polish parliamentary election

Results

Sejm

By constituency

Constituency	Turnout	AWS	SLD	UW	PSL	ROP	MN	UP	Others	Lead	Solidarity Electoral Action}};"		Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}};"		Freedom Union (Poland)}};"		Polish People's Party}};"
1 – Warsaw I	60.86	31.88	6	25.90	5	21.73	4	0.94	0	9.16	2	-	-	4.98	5.41	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	5.98
2 – Warsaw II	49.14	40.15	4	19.00	2	15.30	1	5.76	0	8.30	1	-	-	4.48	7.01	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	21.15
3 – Biała Podlaska	46.72	35.39	1	19.84	1	5.86	0	18.17	1	6.88	0	-	-	4.08	9.78	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	15.55
4 – Białystok	52.12	44.29	5	24.89	2	7.16	0	3.48	0	5.64	0	-	-	4.42	10.12	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	19.40
5 – Bielsko-Biała	56.15	43.01	5	21.06	2	15.59	2	4.83	0	4.80	0	-	-	3.82	6.89	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	21.95
6 – Bydgoszcz	48.16	27.62	4	36.99	5	11.50	1	6.42	1	4.46	0	-	-	4.36	8.65	9.37
7 – Chełm	39.26	23.89	1	28.66	2	7.91	0	12.83	0	8.96	0	-	-	4.58	13.17	4.77
8 – Ciechanów	38.40	28.73	1	29.69	2	6.86	0	14.49	1	6.55	0	-	-	5.67	8.01	0.96
9 – Częstochowa	45.01	30.60	3	31.36	4	9.84	1	6.48	0	4.82	0	-	-	5.37	11.53	0.76
10 – Elbląg	40.97	26.26	2	33.92	2	12.70	1	6.42	0	5.97	0	-	-	6.15	8.58	7.66
11 – Gdańsk	55.01	50.10	9	20.20	4	13.45	2	2.08	0	4.85	0	-	-	3.00	6.32	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	29.90
12 – Gorzów Wielkopolski	42.88	25.68	2	35.23	2	14.14	1	8.65	0	3.07	0	-	-	6.89	6.34	9.55
13 – Jelenia Góra	44.86	27.58	2	35.70	2	12.39	1	3.47	0	3.87	0	-	-	9.31	7.68	8.12
14 – Kalisz	48.76	26.12	2	32.56	3	11.62	1	12.26	1	4.48	0	-	-	6.44	6.52	6.44
15 – Sosnowiec	48.80	22.51	3	44.67	6	12.23	1	2.96	0	3.62	0	-	-	6.58	7.43	22.16
16 – Katowice	44.53	31.99	7	26.92	5	22.52	4	3.11	0	3.26	0	-	-	4.39	7.81	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	5.07
17 – Gliwice	45.63	34.77	6	23.10	4	17.30	3	2.65	0	5.04	1	-	-	4.41	11.73	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	10.67
18 – Kielce	41.79	24.61	4	31.81	5	10.41	1	14.72	2	5.31	0	-	-	5.95	7.19	7.20
19 – Konin	48.76	27.66	2	30.56	2	9.63	0	12.51	1	5.03	0	-	-	6.14	8.47	2.90
20 – Koszalin	41.70	22.22	1	36.11	3	14.22	1	4.35	0	4.33	0	-	-	4.92	13.85	13.89
21 – Kraków	53.48	40.76	7	17.64	3	20.60	3	4.23	0	4.84	0	-	-	3.13	8.80	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	20.16
22 – Krosno	52.79	47.20	4	15.58	1	7.60	0	7.03	0	10.02	0	-	-	3.69	8.88	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	31.62
23 – Legnica	44.35	32.49	2	34.88	3	10.75	0	4.80	0	3.93	0	-	-	5.47	7.68	2.39
24 – Leszno	47.98	25.77	2	33.89	2	12.67	0	11.47	0	2.84	0	-	-	5.19	8.17	8.12
25 – Lublin	47.06	35.41	4	23.19	3	9.14	1	11.64	1	8.82	1	-	-	5.31	6.49	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	12.22
26 – Łomża	46.41	47.13	3	13.96	1	5.47	0	11.43	0	11.02	0	-	-	4.26	6.73	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	33.17
27 – Łódź	50.11	28.84	4	37.07	5	14.83	2	1.80	0	6.44	0	-	-	4.28	6.74	8.23
28 – Nowy Sącz	56.57	56.03	5	10.51	1	9.91	1	7.17	0	3.48	0	-	-	2.23	10.67	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	45.52
29 – Olsztyn	42.49	25.86	3	33.40	4	15.16	1	5.68	0	5.61	0	-	-	5.74	8.55	7.54
30 – Opole	42.19	25.50	3	22.26	3	13.83	2	4.92	0	4.80	0	16.96	2	4.97	6.76	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	3.24
31 – Ostrołęka	42.23	35.45	2	18.04	1	8.23	0	15.97	1	9.23	0	-	-	4.05	9.03	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	17.41
32 – Piła	49.81	22.80	1	40.08	3	12.59	1	7.43	0	4.59	0	-	-	3.72	8.79	17.28
33 – Piotrków Trybunalski	42.59	28.99	3	26.84	2	9.21	1	14.11	1	7.73	0	-	-	4.57	8.55	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	2.15
34 – Płock	41.29	23.15	2	30.79	2	8.38	0	21.26	1	4.82	0	-	-	3.73	7.87	7.64
35 – Poznań	53.26	26.95	5	31.35	6	18.31	3	4.71	0	3.23	0	-	-	6.80	8.65	4.4
36 – Przemyśl	52.15	43.78	3	15.44	1	7.85	0	13.64	0	5.13	0	-	-	2.70	11.46	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	28.34
37 – Radom	43.56	32.50	3	22.05	2	10.09	1	14.35	1	8.41	1	-	-	4.18	8.42	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	10.45
38 – Rzeszów	59.81	57.81	6	13.58	1	6.10	0	9.14	1	5.48	0	-	-	2.56	5.33	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	44.23
39 – Siedlce	40.40	34.73	3	20.80	2	6.02	0	20.59	2	6.69	0	-	-	3.65	7.52	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	13.93
40 – Sieradz	42.35	24.96	1	29.36	2	8.81	0	16.74	1	5.79	0	-	-	6.84	7.50	4.4
41 – Skierniewice	41.78	25.49	2	24.51	1	9.65	0	19.58	1	6.60	0	-	-	3.80	10.37	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	0.98
42 – Słupsk	42.46	25.97	2	35.05	2	12.83	0	7.22	0	3.94	0	-	-	5.69	9.30	9.08
43 – Suwałki	40.80	33.34	3	27.04	2	10.57	0	8.99	0	5.38	0	-	-	6.05	8.63	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	6.30
44 – Szczecin	45.16	28.24	4	34.87	4	17.28	2	3.09	0	3.55	0	-	-	5.07	7.90	6.63
45 – Tarnobrzeg	46.44	39.29	3	23.73	2	7.11	0	11.60	1	8.00	0	-	-	2.80	7.47	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	15.56
46 – Tarnów	53.68	51.48	5	12.20	1	9.19	0	11.91	1	4.88	0	-	-	3.47	6.87	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	39.28
47 – Toruń	43.91	28.41	3	32.71	3	14.09	1	7.16	0	4.49	0	-	-	5.28	7.86	4.3
48 – Wałbrzych	45.31	27.69	3	38.36	4	11.65	1	3.86	0	3.98	0	-	-	6.68	7.78	10.67
49 – Włocławek	40.41	25.16	1	38.35	3	7.42	0	10.83	0	5.87	0	-	-	6.19	6.18	13.19
50 – Wrocław	60.86	33.02	5	25.96	4	20.65	3	4.04	0	5.08	0	-	-	4.57	6.68	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	7.06
51 – Zamość	46.05	33.43	2	18.95	1	5.26	0	24.58	2	8.45	0	-	-	3.35	5.98	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	8.85
52 – Zielona Góra	44.90	28.59	3	37.37	3	11.70	1	6.87	0	3.20	0	-	-	5.73	6.54	8.78
National list	-	-	29	-	23	-	11	-	6	-		-	-	-	-	-
47.93	33.83	201	27.13	164	13.37	60	7.31	27	5.56	6	0.39	2	4.74	7.67	6.70

File:1997 Polish parliamentary election - Vote Strength.svg|Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by electoral district. File:Wybory parlamentarne w Polsce w 1997 w powiatach.png|Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by powiats (in 1999 borders).

Senate

By voivodeship

Voivodeship	Total seats	Seats won	AWS	SLD	UW	ROP
Biała Podlaska	2
Białystok	2
Bielsko	1		1
Bydgoszcz	1	1
Chełm	1				1
Ciechanów	1	1
Częstochowa	1	1
Elbląg	1	1
Gdańsk	1		1
Gorzów	1	1
Jelenia Góra	1	1
Kalisz	1	1
Katowice	1	1	1
Kielce	1	1
Konin	1	1
Koszalin	1	1
Kraków	1		1
Krosno	2
Legnica	1	1
Leszno	1	1
Lublin	1			1
Łomża	2
Łódź	1	1
Nowy Sącz	2
Olsztyn	1	1
Opole	1		1
Ostrołęka	1					1
Piła		1				1
Piotrków	1	1
Płock		1			1
Poznań			1		1
Przemyśl	2
Radom	1	1
Rzeszów	2
Siedlce	1			1
Sieradz	1	1
Skierniewice	2
Słupsk	1		1
Suwałki	1	1
Szczecin	1					1
Tarnobrzeg	2
Tarnów	1			1
Toruń	1	1
Wałbrzych		2
Warsaw	1		1	1
Włocławek		2
Wrocław						2
Zamość	1			1
Zielona Góra		2
51	28	8	5	3	5
Source: [National Electoral Commission](https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP19970640621)

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

Notes

References

Dudek, Antoni. "Rola ludzi "Solidarności" w procesie tworzenia systemu partyjnego III Rzeczypospolitej (1989–2001)". [[Instytut Pamięci Narodowej]].
Olech, Jakub. (2011). "Polskie partie narodowo-katolickie w latach 1989-2007 jako specyficzna odmiana skrajnej prawicy".
Wojnicki, Jacek. (2010). "Pozycja Prezesa Rady Ministrów (w świetle Konstytucji z 1997 r. oraz praktyki konstytucyjnej)". Studia Politologiczne.

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