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Polish parliamentary election, 1991
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Polish parliamentary election in 1991 to Sejm and Senate of Poland was held on October 27. In Sejm elections, 27,517,280 citizens were eglible to vote, 11,887,949 (43,2%) of them cast their votes, 11,218,602 (94,4%) of those were counted as valid. In Senate elections, 43,2% of citizens cast their votes, 96,5% were valid. It was the first entirely free election in modern Poland. No political party obtained a decisive majority and a coalition government had to be formed. 460 members of parliament (poseł) were elected; 391 from 6980 candidates from 37 regional list of candidates and 69 from country-wide list of candidates.
Elections were supervised by National Electoral Commission (Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza). 37 regional (okręgowe) commissions were formed, and 22,341 district (obwodowe), staffed by 197,389 citizens.
| Party/Coalition (C) | Votes | Number | ||
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| Number | % | Number | % | |
| Unia Demokratyczna | 1 382 051 | 12,32 | 62 | 13,5 |
| Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej | 1 344 820 | 11,99 | 60 | 13,0 |
| Wyborcza Akcja Katolicka | 980 304 | 8,79 | 49 | 10,7 |
| Porozumienie Obywatelskie Centrum | 977 344 | 8,71 | 44 | 9,6 |
| Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (C) | 972 952 | 8,67 | 48 | 10,4 |
| Konfederacja Polski Niepodległej | 841 738 | 7,50 | 46 | 10,0 |
| Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny | 839 978 | 7,49 | 37 | 8,0 |
| Porozumienie Ludowe | 613 626 | 5,47 | 28 | 6,1 |
| NSZZ "Solidarność" | 566 553 | 5,05 | 27 | 5,9 |
| Polska Partia Przyjaciół Piwa | 367 106 | 2,97 | 16 | 3,5 |
| Chrześcijańska Demokracja | 265 179 | 2,25 | 5 | 1,1 |
| Unia Polityki Realnej | 253 024 | 2,25 | 3 | 0,7 |
| Solidarność Pracy | 230 975 | 2,06 | 4 | 0,9 |
| Partia Chrześcijańskich Demokratów | 125 314 | 1,12 | 4 | 0,9 |
| Mniejszość Niemiecka | 132 059 | 1,17 | 7 | 1,5 |
| Partia X | 52 735 | 0,47 | 3 | 0,7 |
| Ruch Autonomii Śląska (KPN) | 40 061 | 0,36 | 2 | 0,4 |
| Polski Związek Zachodni (KPN) | 26 053 | 0,20 | 4 | 0,9 |
Senat election
| Affiliation | Number |
|---|---|
| Unia Demokratyczna | 21 |
| NSZZ "Solidarność" | 11 |
| Wyborcza Akcja Katolicka | 9 |
| Porozumienie Obywatelskie Centrum | 9 |
| Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe | 7 |
| Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny | 6 |
| Porozumienie Ludowe | 5 |
| Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej | 4 |
| Konfederacja Polski Niepodległej | 4 |
| Others and Independents | 24 |
- Obwieszczenie Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej z dn. 31 X 1991 r., Monitor Polski. Nr 41, poz. 288
- Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 30 X 1991 r., M.P. Nr 41, poz. 287
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