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
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Solidarity Electoral Action
201 of 460 seats
Turnout
47.8%
The result
| Share of the Sejm | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |