1997 Polish Parliamentary Election

21 September 1997 · The Third Republic · 460 seats, 51 for a majority

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 September 1997. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected.

Prime Minister before

—

Prime Minister (continued)

—

Largest force

Solidarity Electoral Action

201 of 460 seats

Turnout

47.8%

The result

Sort by

Solidarity Electoral Action

Marian Krzaklewski · 33.8% of votes · +163 seats

201

seats

Democratic Left Alliance

27.1% of votes · +7 seats

164

seats

Freedom Union

13.4% of votes · +14 seats

seats

Polish People's Party

Waldemar Pawlak · 7.3% of votes · +105 seats

seats

Movement for Reconstruction of Poland

Jan Olszewski · 5.6% of votes · +6 seats

seats

German Minority Electoral Committee

Henryk Kroll · 0.4% of votes · +2 seats

seats


Solidarity Electoral Action	Marian Krzaklewski	201	+163	4 427 373	33.8%	+4.6
Democratic Left Alliance	—	164	+7	3 551 224	27.1%	—
Freedom Union	—	60	+14	1 749 518	13.4%	—
Polish People's Party	Waldemar Pawlak	27	+105	956 184	7.3%	-8.1
Movement for Reconstruction of Poland	Jan Olszewski	6	+6	727 072	5.6%	+2.9
German Minority Electoral Committee	Henryk Kroll	2	+2	51 027	0.4%	-0.3