1993 Polish parliamentary election
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The 1993 Polish parliamentary election was a national legislative vote in post-communist Poland that reshaped the political landscape by returning former communist and left-wing forces to power.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1993 Polish parliamentary election canonical | 1 |
| Polish parliamentary election, 1993 | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legislative election
ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Republic of Poland ⓘ |
| chronology | held two years after the first fully free parliamentary election in 1991 ⓘ |
| coalitionGovernmentFormedBy |
Democratic Left Alliance
ⓘ
Polish People's Party ⓘ
surface form:
Polish People’s Party
|
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | proportional representation ⓘ |
| electoralThresholdForCoalitions | 8% ⓘ |
| electoralThresholdForParties | 5% ⓘ |
| endDate | 1993-09-19 ⓘ |
| followingElection | 1997 Polish parliamentary election ⓘ |
| governmentFormed | SLD–PSL coalition government ⓘ |
| hasEffect | formation of a left-wing coalition government ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialMaterials | Polish ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyElected |
Sejm
ⓘ
surface form:
Sejm of the Republic of Poland
Senate of Poland ⓘ
surface form:
Senate of the Republic of Poland
|
| location | Poland ⓘ |
| mainWinningParty |
Democratic Left Alliance
ⓘ
Polish People's Party ⓘ
surface form:
Polish People’s Party
|
| majorOutcome | defeat of many post-Solidarity parties ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high fragmentation of right-wing and post-Solidarity parties
ⓘ
implementation of new electoral thresholds ⓘ |
| numberOfSeatsContestedInSejm | 460 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeatsContestedInSenate | 100 ⓘ |
| partOf |
1993 elections in Europe
ⓘ
1993 elections in Poland ⓘ elections in Poland ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1993-09-19 ⓘ |
| politicalContext | post-communist transition in Poland ⓘ |
| presidentAtTimeOfElection | Lech Wałęsa ⓘ |
| previousElection |
Polish parliamentary election of 1991
ⓘ
surface form:
1991 Polish parliamentary election
|
| primeMinisterAfterElection | Waldemar Pawlak ⓘ |
| resultedInGovernmentHeadedBy | Waldemar Pawlak ⓘ |
| scope | countrywide ⓘ |
| significance | return of post-communist left to power in Poland ⓘ |
| startDate | 1993-09-19 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Third Polish Republic ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAfter | collapse of the communist system in Poland ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | post-communist Poland ⓘ |
| typeOfElection | national ⓘ |
| voterTurnout |
52.1%
ⓘ
approximately 52% ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Polish parliamentary election, 1993