1993 Polish parliamentary election
1993 Polish parliamentary election Turnout 52.10% ( 8.90pp )
Sejm
Majority party
Minority 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
New
24
New
Popular vote
1,005,004
795,487
746,653
Percentage
7.3%
5.8%
5.4%
Swing
New
1.7%
New
Senate
All 100 seats in the Senate 51 seats needed for a majority
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Sejm results – seats won by constituency
Senate results – seats won by constituency
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 .
Opinion polls
Results
Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by electoral district.
Sejm
Because of the introduction of electoral thresholds set at 5% for party lists and 8% for coalitions, 34% of valid votes were wasted .[ 1]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Democratic Left Alliance 2,815,169 20.41 171 +111 Polish People's Party 2,124,367 15.40 132 +84 Democratic Union 1,460,957 10.59 74 +12 Labour Union 1,005,004 7.28 41 +36 Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" 878,445 6.37 0 New Confederation of Independent Poland 795,487 5.77 22 –24 Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms 746,653 5.41 16 New Solidarity 676,334 4.90 0 –27 Centre Agreement – Polish Union 609,973 4.42 0 –44 Liberal Democratic Congress 550,578 3.99 0 –37 Real Politics Union 438,559 3.18 0 –3 Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 383,967 2.78 0 New Party X 377,480 2.74 0 –3 Coalition for the Republic 371,923 2.70 0 New Peasants' Agreement 327,085 2.37 0 –28 German Minority Electoral Committee 96,678 0.70 4 –3 Polish Beer-Lovers' Party 14,382 0.10 0 –16 Local lists and independents 123,186 0.89 0 0 Total 13,796,227 100.00 460 0 Valid votes 13,796,227 95.70 Invalid/blank votes 619,359 4.30 Total votes 14,415,586 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 27,677,302 52.08 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
By constituency
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
Voters were able to cast as many votes as there were seats available in their constituency.[ 2]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Democratic Left Alliance 4,993,061 18.31 37 +33 Polish People's Party 3,238,999 11.88 36 +29 Democratic Union 2,913,773 10.69 4 –17 Solidarity 2,683,085 9.84 9 –2 Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms 2,193,970 8.05 2 New Confederation of Independent Poland 1,646,654 6.04 0 –4 Labour Union 1,121,744 4.11 2 New Liberal Democratic Congress 1,088,769 3.99 1 –5 Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 650,727 2.39 0 New Polish Union 607,624 2.23 1 New Christian National Union 486,387 1.78 0 New Real Politics Union 434,657 1.59 0 0 Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" 323,135 1.19 0 –9 Silesian Autonomy Movement 304,877 1.12 0 New Coalition for the Republic 290,361 1.06 0 New Peasants' Agreement 285,406 1.05 1 –4 Democratic Party 218,295 0.80 0 0 Polish Convention [pl ] 156,129 0.57 0 New Association of Friends of the John Paul II Museum [pl ] 155,538 0.57 0 New Citizens' Electoral Committee 129,961 0.48 0 New German Minority Electoral Committee 124,986 0.46 1 0 KIK –SRK [pl ] [ b] 99,737 0.37 1 New Service to the Child[ c] 90,790 0.33 0 – Party of Christian Democrats 81,029 0.30 0 – Polish Beer-Lovers' Party 77,365 0.28 0 – Kashubian–Pomeranian Association 75,038 0.28 0 – Patriotic Forum of Fighting Poland[ d] 63,752 0.23 0 – Club of Catholic Intelligentsia – Lublin [pl ] [ e] 60,935 0.22 0 – Orthodox Electoral Committee 51,815 0.19 0 – Polish Federation of Engineering Associations 46,131 0.17 0 – Social Movement for the Region and Poland 37,984 0.14 0 – Polish Aid Council 37,780 0.14 0 – Fatherland – Polish List 37,055 0.14 0 – Disabled People Live Among Us 35,150 0.13 0 – Rural Solidarity [ f] 33,682 0.12 1 – Party X 33,223 0.12 0 0 PIAST [pl ] 31,187 0.11 0 – Rural Solidarity[ g] 27,362 0.10 0 – Christian-Peasant Party [ h] 27,137 0.10 0 – Polish Dignity 22,348 0.08 0 – Defense of Working People 22,137 0.08 0 – People not Parties 20,086 0.07 0 – District Council of Nurses and Midwives 19,189 0.07 0 – TEMIDA Lawyers' Association 18,079 0.07 0 – Experience-Expertise-Prudence 17,083 0.06 0 – Health–Knowledge–Success 16,835 0.06 0 – About Polish Farming 16,230 0.06 0 – For the Health of Poles 15,605 0.06 0 – TKKFKŻAK [pl ] 15,407 0.06 0 – National Committee of Voters [ i] 15,406 0.06 0 – Help for the Victims and the Needy 15,256 0.06 0 – Alliance of Christian Groups 13,350 0.05 0 – Woman Poland and Independence 12,762 0.05 0 – Polish Greens Party [pl ] 12,631 0.05 0 – Catholic Society for the Service of Children 11,880 0.04 0 – Polish Socialist Party 10,985 0.04 0 – Union of Poles in Poland 10,705 0.04 0 – National Party [ j] 10,235 0.04 0 – Conservative Party 10,231 0.04 0 – Polish Ecological Union 10,157 0.04 0 – Civic Forum 9,892 0.04 0 – White and Red 9,524 0.03 0 – For Political and Economic Order 9,063 0.03 – – Regional Electoral Initiative 8,306 0.03 0 – FAMILY 8,273 0.03 0 – Association of Sybiraks [pl ] 6,798 0.02 0 – Catholic Justice Action "Equality" 4,856 0.02 0 – Local lists 696,354 2.55 0 – Independents[ k] 1,198,999 4.40 4 – Total 27,263,952 100.00 100 0 Valid votes 13,985,535 97.07 Invalid/blank votes 422,832 2.93 Total votes 14,408,367 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 27,655,495 52.10 Source: Prawo
By voivodeship
Notes
^ Barbara Łękawa [pl ] , the only elected candidate, was seated in the Senate as part of NSZZ "Solidarność"
^ Barbara Łękawa [pl ] , the only elected candidate, was seated in the Senate as part of NSZZ "Solidarność"
^ The two candidates, Maria Hrabowska [pl ] in Gdańsk and Ryszard Pacławski in Krosno were both leaders of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association
^ Part of the Coalition for the Republic
^ Unaffiliated with the other KIK circles.
^ Independent Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Farmers "Solidarity" Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy Rolników Indywidualnych "Solidarność" (Polish )
^ "Rolnicza Solidarność" (Polish ) , unaffiliated with Independent Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Farmers "Solidarity"
^ Part of the Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland"
^ National Party : Maciej Giertych , Andrzej Fedorowicz
^ National Party : Eugeniusz Grzejdniak
^ Henryk Stokłosa [pl ] , Elżbieta Solska [pl ] , Jerzy Madej [pl ] , Aleksander Gawronik
References
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