1993 Polish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 19 September 1993. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The elections were won by the left-wing parties of the Democratic Left Alliance and the Polish People's Party, who formed a coalition government. The coalition was just four seats short of a supermajority.

1993 Polish parliamentary election

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Turnout52.10% (Increase 8.90pp)
Sejm

All 460 seats in the Sejm
231 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
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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 Increase 111 Increase 84 Increase 12
Popular vote 2,815,169 2,124,367 1,460,957
Percentage 20.4% 15.4% 10.6%
Swing Increase 8.4% Increase 6.7% Decrease 1.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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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 New Decrease 24 New
Popular vote 1,005,004 795,487 746,653
Percentage 7.3% 5.8% 5.4%
Swing New Decrease 1.7% New
Senate

All 100 seats in the Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
SLD Aleksander Kwaśniewski 18.31 37 +33
PSL Waldemar Pawlak 11.88 36 +29
UD Tadeusz Mazowiecki 10.69 4 −17
KO "S" Marian Krzaklewski 9.84 9 −2
BBWR Andrzej Gąsienica-Makowski 8.05 2 New
UP Ryszard Bugaj 4.11 2 New
KLD Donald Tusk 3.99 1 −5
ZP Kazimierz Barczyk [pl] 2.23 1 New
PSL-PL Gabriel Janowski 1.05 1 −4
KWMN Henryk Kroll 0.46 1 0
KIKSRK [pl][a] Barbara Łękawa [pl] 0.37 1 New
NSZZ RI "S" Roman Wierzbicki [pl] 0.12 1
Independents 4.01 4 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Government before Government after
Suchocka cabinet
UDZChNKLDPSL-PLSLChPChDPPG
Second Pawlak Cabinet
SLD (SdRP)—PSL

Opinion polls

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Results

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Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by electoral district.

Sejm

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Because of the introduction of electoral thresholds set at 5% for party lists and 8% for coalitions, 34% of valid votes were wasted.[1]

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Left Alliance2,815,16920.41171+111
Polish People's Party2,124,36715.40132+84
Democratic Union1,460,95710.5974+12
Labour Union1,005,0047.2841+36
Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland"878,4456.370New
Confederation of Independent Poland795,4875.7722–24
Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms746,6535.4116New
Solidarity676,3344.900–27
Centre Agreement – Polish Union609,9734.420–44
Liberal Democratic Congress550,5783.990–37
Real Politics Union438,5593.180–3
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland383,9672.780New
Party X377,4802.740–3
Coalition for the Republic371,9232.700New
Peasants' Agreement327,0852.370–28
German Minority Electoral Committee96,6780.704–3
Polish Beer-Lovers' Party14,3820.100–16
Local lists and independents123,1860.8900
Total13,796,227100.004600
Valid votes13,796,22795.70
Invalid/blank votes619,3594.30
Total votes14,415,586100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,677,30252.08
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

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No. Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
SLD PSL UD UP KPN BBWR KWMN
1 Warsaw I 17 7 5 3 1 1
2 Warsaw II 8 2 2 2 1 1
3 Biała Podlaska 3 1 2
4 Białystok 7 4 1 1 1
5 Bielsko-Biała 9 3 1 2 1 1 1
6 Bydgoszcz 11 6 2 2 1
7 Chełm 3 1 2
8 Ciechanów 4 2 2
9 Częstochowa 8 3 2 1 1 1
10 Elbląg 5 3 1 1
11 Gdańsk 15 5 2 3 2 1 2
12 Gorzów Wielkopolski 5 2 2 1
13 Jelenia Góra 5 2 1 1 1
14 Kalisz 7 3 3 1
15 Sosnowiec 10 6 1 1 1 1
16 Katowice 17 6 1 4 2 2 2
17 Gliwice 14 4 1 3 1 2 2 1
18 Kielce 11 4 4 1 1 1
19 Konin 5 2 3
20 Koszalin 5 3 1 1
21 Kraków 13 3 2 4 1 2 1
22 Krosno 5 1 2 1 1
23 Legnica 5 3 1 1
24 Leszno 4 2 2
25 Lublin 10 4 4 1 1
26 Łomża 4 1 3
27 Łódź 12 5 1 2 2 1 1
28 Nowy Sącz 7 1 2 1 1 2
29 Olsztyn 8 4 2 1 1
30 Opole 10 3 2 1 1 3
31 Ostrołęka 4 1 3
32 Piła 5 3 1 1
33 Piotrków Trybunalski 7 2 3 1 1
34 Płock 5 1 4
35 Poznań 14 4 2 5 3
36 Przemyśl 4 1 3
37 Radom 8 2 4 1 1
38 Rzeszów 7 2 3 1 1
39 Siedlce 7 2 5
40 Sieradz 4 1 3
41 Skierniewice 4 1 3
42 Słupsk 4 2 1 1
43 Suwałki 5 2 2 1
44 Szczecin 10 4 1 2 1 1 1
45 Tarnobrzeg 6 2 3 1
46 Tarnów 7 1 4 1 1
47 Toruń 7 3 2 1 1
48 Wałbrzych 8 4 1 2 1
49 Włocławek 4 3 1
50 Wrocław 12 4 2 3 1 1 1
51 Zamość 5 1 4
52 Zielona Góra 7 3 2 1 1
National list 69 26 20 14 9
Total 460 171 132 74 41 22 16 4
Source: National Electoral Commission

Senate

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Voters were able to cast as many votes as there were seats available in their constituency.[2]

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Left Alliance4,993,06118.3137+33
Polish People's Party3,238,99911.8836+29
Democratic Union2,913,77310.694–17
Solidarity2,683,0859.849–2
Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms2,193,9708.052New
Confederation of Independent Poland1,646,6546.040–4
Labour Union1,121,7444.112New
Liberal Democratic Congress1,088,7693.991–5
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland650,7272.390New
Polish Union607,6242.231New
Christian National Union486,3871.780New
Real Politics Union434,6571.5900
Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland"323,1351.190–9
Silesian Autonomy Movement304,8771.120New
Coalition for the Republic290,3611.060New
Peasants' Agreement285,4061.051–4
Democratic Party218,2950.8000
Polish Convention [pl]156,1290.570New
Association of Friends of the John Paul II Museum [pl]155,5380.570New
Citizens' Electoral Committee129,9610.480New
German Minority Electoral Committee124,9860.4610
KIKSRK [pl][b]99,7370.371New
Service to the Child[c]90,7900.330
Party of Christian Democrats81,0290.300
Polish Beer-Lovers' Party77,3650.280
Kashubian–Pomeranian Association75,0380.280
Patriotic Forum of Fighting Poland[d]63,7520.230
Club of Catholic Intelligentsia – Lublin [pl][e]60,9350.220
Orthodox Electoral Committee51,8150.190
Polish Federation of Engineering Associations46,1310.170
Social Movement for the Region and Poland37,9840.140
Polish Aid Council37,7800.140
Fatherland – Polish List37,0550.140
Disabled People Live Among Us35,1500.130
Rural Solidarity[f]33,6820.121
Party X33,2230.1200
PIAST [pl]31,1870.110
Rural Solidarity[g]27,3620.100
Christian-Peasant Party[h]27,1370.100
Polish Dignity22,3480.080
Defense of Working People22,1370.080
People not Parties20,0860.070
District Council of Nurses and Midwives19,1890.070
TEMIDA Lawyers' Association18,0790.070
Experience-Expertise-Prudence17,0830.060
Health–Knowledge–Success16,8350.060
About Polish Farming16,2300.060
For the Health of Poles15,6050.060
TKKFKŻAK [pl]15,4070.060
National Committee of Voters[i]15,4060.060
Help for the Victims and the Needy15,2560.060
Alliance of Christian Groups13,3500.050
Woman Poland and Independence12,7620.050
Polish Greens Party [pl]12,6310.050
Catholic Society for the Service of Children11,8800.040
Polish Socialist Party10,9850.040
Union of Poles in Poland10,7050.040
National Party[j]10,2350.040
Conservative Party10,2310.040
Polish Ecological Union10,1570.040
Civic Forum9,8920.040
White and Red9,5240.030
For Political and Economic Order9,0630.03
Regional Electoral Initiative8,3060.030
FAMILY8,2730.030
Association of Sybiraks [pl]6,7980.020
Catholic Justice Action "Equality"4,8560.020
Local lists696,3542.550
Independents[k]1,198,9994.404
Total27,263,952100.001000
Valid votes13,985,53597.07
Invalid/blank votes422,8322.93
Total votes14,408,367100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,655,49552.10
Source: Prawo

By voivodeship

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Voivodeship Total seats Seats won
SLD PSL KO "S" UD BBWR KLD Others
Biała Podlaska 2 2
Białystok 2 1 1
Bielsko 2 1 1
Bydgoszcz 2 2
Chełm 2 1 1
Ciechanów 2 1 1
Częstochowa 2 1 1
Elbląg 2 1 1
Gdańsk 2 1 1
Gorzów 2 1 1
Jelenia Góra 2 2
Kalisz 2 2
Katowice 3 1 1 1
Kielce 2 1 1
Konin 2 2
Koszalin 2 1 1
Kraków 2 1 1
Krosno 2 1 1
Legnica 2 1 1
Leszno 2 2
Lublin 2 1 1
Łomża 2 1 1
Łódź 2 1 1
Nowy Sącz 2 1 1
Olsztyn 2 1 1
Opole 2 1 1
Ostrołęka 2 1 1
Piła 2 1 1
Piotrków 2 1 1
Płock 2 2
Poznań 2 1 1
Przemyśl 2 1 1
Radom 2 1 1
Rzeszów 2 1 1
Siedlce 2 2
Sieradz 2 2
Skierniewice 2 2
Słupsk 2 1 1
Suwałki 2 1 1
Szczecin 2 2
Tarnobrzeg 2 2
Tarnów 2 1 1
Toruń 2 1 1
Wałbrzych 2 2
Warsaw 3 1 1 1
Włocławek 2 2
Wrocław 2 2
Zamość 2 2
Zielona Góra 2 1 1
Total 100 37 36 10 4 2 1 10
Source: National Electoral Commission

Notes

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  1. ^ Barbara Łękawa [pl], the only elected candidate, was seated in the Senate as part of NSZZ "Solidarność"
  2. ^ Barbara Łękawa [pl], the only elected candidate, was seated in the Senate as part of NSZZ "Solidarność"
  3. ^ The two candidates, Maria Hrabowska [pl] in Gdańsk and Ryszard Pacławski in Krosno were both leaders of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association
  4. ^ Part of the Coalition for the Republic
  5. ^ Unaffiliated with the other KIK circles.
  6. ^ Independent Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Farmers "Solidarity" Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy Rolników Indywidualnych "Solidarność" (Polish)
  7. ^ "Rolnicza Solidarność" (Polish), unaffiliated with Independent Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Farmers "Solidarity"
  8. ^ Part of the Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland"
  9. ^ National Party: Maciej Giertych, Andrzej Fedorowicz
  10. ^ National Party: Eugeniusz Grzejdniak
  11. ^ Henryk Stokłosa [pl], Elżbieta Solska [pl], Jerzy Madej [pl], Aleksander Gawronik

References

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  1. ^ "Electoral Systems -- The Systems and Their Consequences. Proportional representation related issues : The Threshold". ACE Electoral Knowledge Network.
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1487
  • 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