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.
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Opinion polls
editResults
editSejm
editBecause 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 | +/– | |
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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
editNo. | Constituency | Total seats |
Seats won | ||||||
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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
editVoters were able to cast as many votes as there were seats available in their constituency.[2]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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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 | 156,129 | 0.57 | 0 | New | |
Association of Friends of the John Paul II Museum | 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[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[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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
editVoivodeship | Total seats | Seats won | ||||||
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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
edit- ^ Barbara Łękawa , the only elected candidate, was seated in the Senate as part of NSZZ "Solidarność"
- ^ Barbara Łękawa , the only elected candidate, was seated in the Senate as part of NSZZ "Solidarność"
- ^ The two candidates, Maria Hrabowska 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 , Elżbieta Solska , Jerzy Madej , Aleksander Gawronik
References
edit- 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