21 September 1997 2001 → Candidate for PM Candidate for PM Did not exist 171 seats, 20.4% Start date September 21, 1997 | Turnout 47.9% Candidate for PM April 2005 171 seats, 20.4% 74 seats, 14.6%* | |
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Winner Jerzy Buzek | ||
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 September 1997. In the Sejm elections, 47.93% of citizens cast their votes, 96.12% of which were counted as valid. In the Senate elections, 46.92% of citizens cast their votes, 97.82% of which were valid.
The election was won by the liberal conservative party Solidarity Electoral Action. It formed a coalition with the Freedom Union, a liberal party. The election was a major setback for the Democratic Left Alliance and the Polish People's Party who were forced out of government.
Results
a Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Niemców Województwa Katowickiego
b Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Niemców Województwa Częstochowskiego
References
Polish parliamentary election, 1997 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA