1997 Polish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 September 1997. Voter turnout was 48% for the Sejm and Senate elections.
Image: Marian Krzaklewski 2007
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Image: Waldemar Pawlak Srebrne Usta 2006 (cropped)
Image: Norbert Rasch (r.) mit Henryk Kroll (cropped) 3
The Sejm, officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
Sejm
The first Sejm in Łęczyca. Recording of laws. A.D. 1180
In 1791, the "Great Sejm" or Four-Year Sejm of 1788–1792 and Senate adopted the May 3rd Constitution at the Royal Castle in Warsaw
Tadeusz Rejtan tries to prevent the legalisation of the first partition of Poland by preventing the members of the Sejm from leaving the chamber (1773). Painting by Jan Matejko