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.

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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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Democratic Left Alliance wonElection 1993 Polish parliamentary election
Leszek Miller electedIn 1993 Polish parliamentary election
this entity surface form: Polish parliamentary election, 1993