Polish parliamentary election, 2001

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The Polish parliamentary election of 2001 was a national vote that reshaped Poland’s political landscape by bringing the Democratic Left Alliance, led by Leszek Miller, to power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary election ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of Poland ⓘ
coalitionPartnerOfWinner Labour Union ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
date 2001-09-23 ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
electoralThreshold 5% for parties ⓘ
8% for coalitions ⓘ
forOffice Sejm ⓘ
Senate of Poland ⓘ
governmentAfterElection Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union government ⓘ
governmentBeforeElection Solidarity Electoral Action government ⓘ
leadingCoalition Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union ⓘ
leadingParty Democratic Left Alliance ⓘ
legislatureTerm Sejm of the 4th term ⓘ
location Poland ⓘ
mainLeftBloc Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union ⓘ
mainRightParties Civic Platform ⓘ
Law and Justice ⓘ
mainWinner Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union ⓘ
majorDefeatedParty Solidarity Electoral Action ⓘ
majorNewPartyInSejm Civic Platform ⓘ
Law and Justice ⓘ
League of Polish Families ⓘ
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
nextElection Polish parliamentary election, 2005 ⓘ
officeContested 100 seats in the Senate of Poland ⓘ
460 seats in the Sejm ⓘ
partyEnteredParliament Civic Platform ⓘ
Law and Justice ⓘ
League of Polish Families ⓘ
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
politicalContext post-communist left vs post-Solidarity right realignment ⓘ
previousElection Polish parliamentary election, 1997 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Leszek Miller ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Jerzy Buzek ⓘ
radicalOrPopulistParties League of Polish Families ⓘ
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
resultedIn change of government ⓘ
formation of a left-wing government ⓘ
significance brought Democratic Left Alliance to power under Leszek Miller ⓘ
marked decline of post-Solidarity camp ⓘ
reshaped Poland’s party system ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter Poland’s accession negotiations with the European Union were underway ⓘ
turnout approximately 46% ⓘ
year 2001 ⓘ

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Leszek Miller → electedIn → Polish parliamentary election, 2001 ⓘ
2005 Polish parliamentary election → precededBy → 2001 Polish parliamentary election ⓘ
linked to: Polish parliamentary election, 2001
Polish parliamentary election, 1997 → nextElection → Polish parliamentary election, 2001 ⓘ