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22 Dec 2023
History / Crazy 1990s in Poland - transition from communism to capitalism - stories [111]
The elections were attended by 52 percent entitled to vote, took place on September 19, 1993 and brought unquestionable success to the groups originating from the previous system. The largest number of votes was obtained by SLD (20.4%), followed by PSL (15.4%), UD (10.6%), UP (7.3%), KPN (5.8%) , BBWR (5.4%). The remaining parties and coalitions did not manage to overcome the electoral threshold, which meant that there were no candidates in the Sejm for whom a total of over 34 percent cast their votes.
These election results were not a big surprise; the polls showed that the majority of the population (about 2/3) assessed the economic situation poorly, and more than half believed that their situation was getting worse. It is therefore not surprising that a large part of voters decided to choose a party that had not participated in power after 1989 and was considered to have a program and competent politicians; At the same time, a phenomenon known as "short memory" emerged - due to the passage of time and the negative aspects of the current situation, for which the Solidarity camp governments were blamed, the period before 1989 was relatively better and better assessed, and therefore SLD was less and less burdened by the events associated with this period. responsibility.
In 1993 repainted communists won the national a
The elections were attended by 52 percent entitled to vote, took place on September 19, 1993 and brought unquestionable success to the groups originating from the previous system. The largest number of votes was obtained by SLD (20.4%), followed by PSL (15.4%), UD (10.6%), UP (7.3%), KPN (5.8%) , BBWR (5.4%). The remaining parties and coalitions did not manage to overcome the electoral threshold, which meant that there were no candidates in the Sejm for whom a total of over 34 percent cast their votes.
These election results were not a big surprise; the polls showed that the majority of the population (about 2/3) assessed the economic situation poorly, and more than half believed that their situation was getting worse. It is therefore not surprising that a large part of voters decided to choose a party that had not participated in power after 1989 and was considered to have a program and competent politicians; At the same time, a phenomenon known as "short memory" emerged - due to the passage of time and the negative aspects of the current situation, for which the Solidarity camp governments were blamed, the period before 1989 was relatively better and better assessed, and therefore SLD was less and less burdened by the events associated with this period. responsibility.
