1993 Polish parliamentary election

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Sejm
All 460 seats in the Sejm 231 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	52.08% ( 8.88pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– SLD Aleksander Kwaśniewski 20.41 171 +111 PSL Waldemar Pawlak 15.40 132 +84 UD Tadeusz Mazowiecki 10.59 74 +12 UP Ryszard Bugaj 7.28 41 +36 KPN Leszek Moczulski 5.77 22 −24 BBWR Andrzej Gąsienica-Makowski 5.41 16 New KWMN Henryk Kroll 0.70 4 −3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
All 100 seats in the Senate 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	52.10% ( 8.90pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– SLD Aleksander Kwaśniewski 18.31 37 +33 PSL Waldemar Pawlak 11.88 36 +29 UD Tadeusz Mazowiecki 10.69 4 −17 KO "S" Marian Krzaklewski 9.84 9 −2 BBWR Andrzej Gąsienica-Makowski 8.05 2 New UP Ryszard Bugaj 4.11 2 New KLD Donald Tusk 3.99 1 −5 ZP Kazimierz Barczyk [pl] 2.23 1 New PSL-PL Gabriel Janowski 1.05 1 −4 KWMN Henryk Kroll 0.46 1 0 KIK – SRK [pl][a] Barbara Łękawa [pl] 0.37 1 New NSZZ RI "S" Roman Wierzbicki [pl] 0.12 1 Independents – 4.01 4 +4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Sejm results – seats won by constituency Senate results – seats won by constituency Government before Government after Suchocka cabinet UD—ZChN—KLD—PSL-PL—SLCh—PChD—PPG Pawlak cabinet [pl] SLD (SdRP)—PSL

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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.

Opinion polls

Results

Sejm

Because 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	+/–
	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

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