Polish parliamentary election, 1991
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The Polish parliamentary election in 1991 to the Sejm and the Senate of Poland was held on October 27. In the Sejm elections, 27,517,280 citizens were eligible to vote, 11,887,949 (43.2%) of them cast their votes, 11,218,602 (94.4%) of those were counted as valid. In the Senate elections, 43.2% of citizens cast their votes, 96.5% were valid. It was the first entirely free election in modern Poland. No political party obtained a decisive majority and a coalition government had to be formed. 460 members of parliament (poseł) were elected; 391 from 6980 candidates from 37 regional lists of candidates and 69 from country-wide lists of candidates.
Elections were supervised by the National Electoral Commission (Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza). 37 regional (okręgowe) commissions were formed, and 22,341 district (obwodowe), staffed by 197,389 citizens.
A remarkable 111 parties competed and 29 parties (listed below) won Parliamentary seats. The success of the frivilous Polish Beer-Lovers' Party with 16 seats gained news coverage worldwide.
| Party/Coalition (C) | Votes | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| Democratic Union | 1 382 051 | 12.32 | 62 | 13.5 |
| Democratic Left Alliance | 1 344 820 | 11.99 | 60 | 13.0 |
| Catholic Election Action | 980 304 | 8.79 | 49 | 10.7 |
| Civic Centre Alliance | 977 344 | 8.71 | 44 | 9.6 |
| Polish People's Party (C) | 972 952 | 8.67 | 48 | 10.4 |
| Confederation of Independent Poland | 841 738 | 7.50 | 46 | 10.0 |
| Liberal Democratic Congress | 839 978 | 7.49 | 37 | 8.0 |
| Peasant Alliance | 613 626 | 5.47 | 28 | 6.1 |
| Solidarity | 566 553 | 5.05 | 27 | 5.9 |
| Polish Beer-Lovers' Party | 367 106 | 2.97 | 16 | 3.5 |
| Christian Democracy | 265 179 | 2.25 | 5 | 1.1 |
| Real Politics Union | 253 024 | 2.25 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Labour Solidarity | 230 975 | 2.06 | 4 | 0.9 |
| Christian Democratic Party | 125 314 | 1.12 | 4 | 0.9 |
| German Minority | 132 059 | 1.17 | 7 | 1.5 |
| Party X | 52 735 | 0.47 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Silesian Autonomy Movement(KPN) | 40 061 | 0.36 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Polish Western Union(KPN) | 26 053 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.9 |
Senate election
| Party/Grouping | Seats |
|---|---|
| Democratic Union | 21 |
| Solidarity | 11 |
| Catholic Election Action | 9 |
| Civic Centre Alliance | 9 |
| Polish People's Party | 7 |
| Liberal Democratic Congress | 6 |
| Peasant Alliance | 5 |
| Democratic Left Alliance | 4 |
| Confederation of Independent Poland | 4 |
| Others and Independents | 24 |
[edit] References
- Obwieszczenie Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej z dn. 31 X 1991 r., Monitor Polski. Nr 41, poz. 288
- Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 30 X 1991 r., M.P. Nr 41, poz. 287
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