Polish parliamentary election, 1997

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The Polish parliamentary election of 1997 was a national legislative vote that reshaped Poland’s post-communist political landscape, bringing a center-right coalition to power and influencing the country’s direction toward European integration and economic reform.

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instanceOf parliamentary election
afterGoverningParty Solidarity Electoral Action–Freedom Union coalition NERFINISHED
beforeGoverningParty Democratic Left Alliance–Polish People’s Party coalition NERFINISHED
chamberDissolvedBeforeElection 2nd term Sejm of the Third Republic of Poland NERFINISHED
chamberElected 3rd term Sejm of the Third Republic of Poland NERFINISHED
country Poland
date 1997-09-21
electoralThresholdCoalitions 8%
electoralThresholdParties 5%
electoralType legislative
forBody Sejm NERFINISHED
Senate of Poland NERFINISHED
historicalContext post-communist Poland
languageOfOfficialMaterials Polish
ledToGovernment Solidarity Electoral Action–Freedom Union coalition NERFINISHED
location territory of Poland
mainOppositionAfterElection Democratic Left Alliance NERFINISHED
mainWinningAlliance Solidarity Electoral Action NERFINISHED
mainWinningAllianceAbbreviation AWS NERFINISHED
majorOutcome Defeat of Democratic Left Alliance
Victory of Solidarity Electoral Action NERFINISHED
nextElection Polish parliamentary election, 2001 NERFINISHED
organizedBy National Electoral Commission of Poland NERFINISHED
otherParliamentaryParty Freedom Union NERFINISHED
Movement for Reconstruction of Poland NERFINISHED
Polish People’s Party NERFINISHED
otherParliamentaryPartyAbbreviation PSL NERFINISHED
ROP NERFINISHED
UW NERFINISHED
policyImpact acceleration of economic reforms
strengthening of European integration policy
politicalOrientationOfNewGovernment center-right
previousElection Polish parliamentary election, 1993 NERFINISHED
primeMinisterAfterElection Jerzy Buzek NERFINISHED
primeMinisterBeforeElection Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz NERFINISHED
relatedToProcess Poland’s accession to the European Union
resultedIn formation of Jerzy Buzek cabinet
secondLargestParty Democratic Left Alliance NERFINISHED
secondLargestPartyAbbreviation SLD NERFINISHED
senateTermElected 4th term Senate of the Third Republic of Poland NERFINISHED
timePeriod Third Polish Republic NERFINISHED
totalSejmSeats 460
totalSenateSeats 100
turnoutApproximate 47.9%
votingSystemSejm proportional representation
votingSystemSenate first-past-the-post

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Leszek Miller electedIn Polish parliamentary election, 1997