Government1 (Poland)
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     Elections:
       President:
         first round held 25 November 1990, second round held 9 December 1990 (next
         to be held NA November 1995); results - second round Lech WALESA 74.7%,
         Stanislaw TYMINSKI 25.3%
       Senate:
         last held 27 October 1991 (next to be held no later than NA October 1995);
         results -
       Solidarity Bloc:
         UD 21%, NSZZ 11%, ZCHN 9%, PC 9%, Liberal-Democratic Congress 6%, PL 7%,
         PCHD 3%, other local candidates 11%
       Non-Communist, Non-Solidarity:
         KPN 4%, CHD 1%, MN 1%, local candidates 5%
       Communist origin or linked:
         PSL 8%, SLD 4%; seats - (100 total)
       Solidarity Bloc:
         UD 21, NSZZ 11, ZCHN 9, Liberal-Democratic Congress 6, PL 7, PCHD 3, other
         local candidates 11;
       Non-Communist, Non-Solidarity:
         KPN 4, CHD 1, MN 1 local candidates 5
       Communist origin or linked:
         PSL 8, SLD 4
       Sejm:
         last held 27 October 1991 (next to be held no later than NA October 1995);
         results -
       Solidarity Bloc:
         UD 12.31%, ZCHN 8.73%, PL 8.71%, Liberal-Democratic Congress 7.48%, PL
         5.46%, NSZZ 5.05%, SP 2.05%, PCHD 1.11%
       Non-Communist, Non-Solidarity:
         KPN 7.50%, PPPP 3.27%, CHD 2.36%, UPR 2.25%, MN 1.70%
       Communist origin or linked:
         SLD 11.98%, PSL 8.67%; seats - (460 total)
       Solidarity Bloc:
         UD 62, ZCHN 9, PC 44, Liberal-Democratic Congress 37, PL 28, NSZZ 27, SP 4,
         PCHD 4, RDS 1, Krackow Coalition in Solidarity with the President 1, Piast
         Agreement 1, Bydgoszcz Peasant List 1, Solidarity 80 1
       Non-Communist, Non-Solidarity:
         KPN 46, PPPP 16, MN 7, CHD 5, Western Union 4, UPR 3, Autonomous Silesia 2,
         SD 1, Orthodox Election Committee 1, Committee of Women Against Hardships 1,
         Podhale Union 1, Wielkopolska Group 1, Wielkopolska and Lubuski Inhabitants
         1
       Communist origin or linked:
         SLD 60, PSL 48, Party X 3
     Communists:
         70,000 members in the Communist successor parties (1990)
     Other political or pressure groups:
         powerful Roman Catholic Church; Confederation for an Independent Poland
         (KPN), a nationalist group; Solidarity (trade union); All Poland Trade Union
         Alliance (OPZZ), populist program; Clubs of Catholic Intellectuals (KIKs)
     Member of:
         BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, CSCE, ECE, FAO, GATT, Hexagonale, IAEA, IBEC, IBRD,
         ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IIB, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, PCA,
         UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNDOF, UNIDO, UNIIMOG, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Kazimierz DZIEWANOWSKI; Chancery at 2640 16th Street NW,
         Washington, DC 20009; telephone (202) 234-3800 through 3802; there are
         Polish Consulates General in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York