Polish parliamentary election of 1991

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The Polish parliamentary election of 1991 was the first fully free and competitive legislative election in post-communist Poland, resulting in a highly fragmented Sejm and marking a key step in the country’s democratic transition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary election ⓘ
abolishedOrReplacedSystem remnants of the communist-era electoral framework ⓘ
characterizedBy high party fragmentation ⓘ
large number of small parties and electoral committees ⓘ
weak party institutionalization ⓘ
context post-communist political transformation in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
electoralBody Sejm ⓘ
Senate of Poland ⓘ
electoralSystemForSejm proportional representation ⓘ
electoralSystemForSenate majoritarian system ⓘ
followedBy Polish parliamentary election of 1993 ⓘ
governmentFormedBy coalition including Centre Agreement ⓘ
coalition including Christian National Union ⓘ
coalition including Party of Christian Democrats ⓘ
isFirst first fully free and competitive legislative election in post-communist Poland ⓘ
keyEventIn democratic transition of Poland ⓘ
languageOfCampaign Polish ⓘ
largestPartyInSejm Democratic Union (Poland) ⓘ
largestPartyInSejmSeatCount 62 ⓘ
ledTo formation of a coalition government ⓘ
legalBasis 1991 electoral law for the Sejm and Senate ⓘ
location territory of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
mainIssue post-communist political and economic reforms ⓘ
numberOfElectoralCommitteesWinningSejmSeats 29 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContestedInSejm 460 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContestedInSenate 100 ⓘ
otherSignificantParty Centre Agreement ⓘ
Christian National Union ⓘ
Confederation of Independent Poland ⓘ
Liberal Democratic Congress ⓘ
Solidarity trade union electoral committees ⓘ
partOf Polish Third Republic ⓘ
precededBy Polish parliamentary election of 1989 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Jan Olszewski ⓘ
resultedIn highly fragmented Sejm ⓘ
no single party winning a majority ⓘ
secondLargestPartyInSejm SLD (Democratic Left Alliance) ⓘ
secondLargestPartyInSejmSeatCount 60 ⓘ
significance consolidation of democratic institutions in Poland ⓘ
thirdLargestPartyInSejm Polish People’s Party ⓘ
thirdLargestPartyInSejmSeatCount 48 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring presidency of Lech Wałęsa ⓘ
tookPlaceOn 1991-10-27 ⓘ
usedElectoralThreshold false ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 43.2 ⓘ

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Polish legislative election of 1989 → followedBy → Polish parliamentary election of 1991 ⓘ
1993 Polish parliamentary election → previousElection → 1991 Polish parliamentary election ⓘ
linked to: Polish parliamentary election of 1991
Leszek Miller → electedIn → Polish parliamentary election, 1991 ⓘ
linked to: Polish parliamentary election of 1991