NATIONALIST POPULISM AND POST-COMMUNISM

Figure 1 – Election Results (1991) Parliamentary Chamber: Sejm Distribution of votes Political Group

%

Democratic Union (UD)

12.31 11.98

Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)

Catholic Electoral Action (WAK)

8.73

Polish Peasant Party “Programme Alliance” (PSL)

8.67

Centre Citizens’ Alliance (POC)

8.71

Confederation for an Independent Poland (KPN)

7.50

Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)

7.48

People’s Alliance (PL)

5.46 5.05 3.27 2.36 1.17 1.11 2.05 0.23 2.25

Solidarity Trade Union

Polish Party of Beer Friends (PPPP)

Christian Democracy

German Minority

Christian Democrats Party

Labour Solidarity

Polish Western Union Real Politics Union

Other parties n.a. Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union, www.ipu.org.

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