Polish parliamentary election, 1991
Polish parliamentary election, 1991
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1989 ←
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27 October 1991 (1991-10-27)
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→ 1993
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All 460 seats in the Sejm
231 seats were needed for a majority in the Sejm
All 100 seats in the Senate |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Tadeusz Mazowiecki |
Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
Wiesław Chrzanowski |
| Party |
Democratic Union |
Democratic Left Alliance |
Catholic Election Action |
| Leader since |
May 1991 |
30 January 1990 |
1989 |
| Leader's seat |
Poznań |
Warsaw |
Lublin |
| Last election |
N/A |
173 seats, 37.6% |
N/A |
| Seats won |
62 seats |
60 |
49 |
| Seat change |
+62 |
-113 |
+49 |
| Popular vote |
1,382,051 |
1,344,820 |
980,304 |
| Percentage |
12.3% |
12% |
8.7% |
| Swing |
+12.3% |
+8.7% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Jarosław Kaczyński |
Waldemar Pawlak |
Leszek Moczulski |
| Party |
Centre Alliance |
Polish People's Party |
Confederation for an Independent Poland |
| Leader since |
12 May 1990 |
29 June 1991 |
1 September 1979 |
| Leader's seat |
Warsaw |
Płock |
Kraków |
| Last election |
N/A |
76 seats, 16.5% |
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| Seats won |
44 |
48 |
46 |
| Seat change |
+44 |
-28 |
+46 |
| Popular vote |
977,344 |
972,952 |
841,738 |
| Percentage |
8.7% |
8.7% |
7.5% |
| Swing |
+8.7% |
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+7.5% |
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The Polish parliamentary election in 1991 to the Sejm and the Senate of Poland was held on October 27. In the Sejm elections, 27,517,280 citizens were eligible to vote, 11,887,949 (43.2%) of them cast their votes, 11,218,602 (94.4%) of those were counted as valid. In the Senate elections, 43.2% of citizens cast their votes, 96.5% were valid. It was the first entirely free election held in Poland since 1922, and only the third free election in the country's history. No political party obtained a decisive majority and a coalition government had to be formed. 460 members of parliament (poseł) were elected; 391 from 6980 candidates from 37 regional lists of candidates and 69 from country-wide lists of candidates.
Elections were supervised by the National Electoral Commission (Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza). 37 regional (okręgowe) commissions were formed, and 22,341 district (obwodowe), staffed by 197,389 citizens.
A remarkable 111 parties competed and 29 parties (listed below) won Parliamentary seats. The success of the frivilous Polish Beer-Lovers' Party with 16 seats gained news coverage worldwide.
Senate election
References
- Obwieszczenie Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej z dn. 31 X 1991 r., Monitor Polski. Nr 41, poz. 288
- Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 30 X 1991 r., M.P. Nr 41, poz. 287