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1997 Polish parliamentary election|
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Turnout | 47.9% |
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|
First party
|
Second party
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Third party
|
|
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|
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Leader
|
Marian Krzaklewski
|
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
|
Leszek Balcerowicz
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Party
|
AWS
|
SLD
|
UW
|
Leader since
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8 June 1996
|
Candidate for PM
|
April 1995
|
Leader's seat
|
Gliwice
|
Białystok
|
Katowice
|
Last election
|
Did not exist
|
171 seats, 20.4%
|
74 seats, 14.6%*
|
Seats won
|
201
|
164
|
60
|
Seat change
|
New
|
7
|
14
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Popular vote
|
4,427,373
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3,551,224
|
1,749,518
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Percentage
|
33.8%
|
27.1%
|
13.4%
|
Swing
|
New
|
6.7%
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1.2%*
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|
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
|
|
|
|
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Leader
|
Waldemar Pawlak
|
Jan Olszewski
|
Henryk Kroll
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Party
|
PSL
|
ROP
|
KWMN
|
Leader since
|
29 June 1991
|
18 November 1995
|
1991
|
Leader's seat
|
Płock
|
Warsaw
|
Opole
|
Last election
|
132 seats, 15.4%
|
Did not exist
|
4 seats, 0.7%
|
Seats won
|
27
|
6
|
2
|
Seat change
|
105
|
New
|
2
|
Popular vote
|
956,184
|
727,072
|
51,027
|
Percentage
|
7.3%
|
5.6%
|
0.4%
|
Swing
|
8.1%
|
New
|
0.3%
|
|
Seats won by Sejm District |
|
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 September 1997.[1] Voter turnout was 48% for the Sejm and Senate elections.
The liberal conservative party Solidarity Electoral Action won the most seats in both chambers of parliament and formed a coalition government with the Freedom Union, another liberal party. The elections were a major setback for the Democratic Left Alliance and the Polish People's Party, which were forced out of government.
Opinion polls[edit]
Results[edit]
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Solidarity Electoral Action | 4,427,373 | 33.83 | 201 | New |
| Democratic Left Alliance | 3,551,224 | 27.13 | 164 | –7 |
| Freedom Union | 1,749,518 | 13.37 | 60 | –14 |
| Polish People's Party | 956,184 | 7.31 | 27 | –105 |
| Movement for Reconstruction of Poland | 727,072 | 5.56 | 6 | New |
| Labour Union | 620,611 | 4.74 | 0 | –41 |
| National Party of Retirees and Pensioners | 284,826 | 2.18 | 0 | New |
| Real Politics Union | 266,317 | 2.03 | 0 | 0 |
| National Alliance of Retirees and Pensioners [pl] | 212,826 | 1.63 | 0 | New |
| National Christian Bloc for Poland [pl] | 178,395 | 1.36 | 0 | New |
| German Minority Electoral Committee | 51,027 | 0.39 | 2 | –2 |
| Germans of Katowice Province | 16,724 | 0.13 | 0 | – |
| Słowiańska MN RP-Prawosławni | 13,632 | 0.10 | 0 | – |
| Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland | 10,073 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Polska Wspólnota Narodowa [pl] | 8,590 | 0.07 | 0 | – |
| Germans of the Częstochowa Province | 6,206 | 0.05 | 0 | – |
| MN "Pojednanie i Przyszlość" | 3,663 | 0.03 | 0 | – |
| MN Województwa Olsztyńskiego | 1,729 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| Niezależna i bezpartyjna | 924 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| Sojusz Ludzi "Polska Praca Sprawiedliwość" | 703 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| Stow. MN Województwa Elbląskiego | 614 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
Total | 13,088,231 | 100.00 | 460 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 13,088,231 | 96.12 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 528,147 | 3.88 | |
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Total votes | 13,616,378 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 28,409,054 | 47.93 | |
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Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
By constituency[edit]
Constituency
|
Turnout
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AWS
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SLD
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UW
|
PSL
|
ROP
|
MN
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UP
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Others
|
Lead
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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%
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Seats
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%
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Seats
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%
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Seats
|
%
|
Seats
|
%
|
Seats
|
%
|
Seats
|
%
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1 – Warsaw I
|
60.86
|
31.88
|
6
|
25.90
|
5
|
21.73
|
4
|
0.94
|
0
|
9.16
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
4.98
|
5.41
|
5.98
|
2 – Warsaw II
|
49.14
|
40.15
|
4
|
19.00
|
2
|
15.30
|
1
|
5.76
|
0
|
8.30
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
4.48
|
7.01
|
21.15
|
3 – Biała Podlaska
|
46.72
|
35.39
|
1
|
19.84
|
1
|
5.86
|
0
|
18.17
|
1
|
6.88
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.08
|
9.78
|
15.55
|
4 – Białystok
|
52.12
|
44.29
|
5
|
24.89
|
2
|
7.16
|
0
|
3.48
|
0
|
5.64
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.42
|
10.12
|
19.40
|
5 – Bielsko-Biała
|
56.15
|
43.01
|
5
|
21.06
|
2
|
15.59
|
2
|
4.83
|
0
|
4.80
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
3.82
|
6.89
|
21.95
|
6 – Bydgoszcz
|
48.16
|
27.62
|
4
|
36.99
|
5
|
11.50
|
1
|
6.42
|
1
|
4.46
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.36
|
8.65
|
9.37
|
7 – Chełm
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39.26
|
23.89
|
1
|
28.66
|
2
|
7.91
|
0
|
12.83
|
0
|
8.96
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.58
|
13.17
|
4.77
|
8 – Ciechanów
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38.40
|
28.73
|
1
|
29.69
|
2
|
6.86
|
0
|
14.49
|
1
|
6.55
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
5.67
|
8.01
|
0.96
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9 – Częstochowa
|
45.01
|
30.60
|
3
|
31.36
|
4
|
9.84
|
1
|
6.48
|
0
|
4.82
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
5.37
|
11.53
|
0.76
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10 – Elbląg
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40.97
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26.26
|
2
|
33.92
|
2
|
12.70
|
1
|
6.42
|
0
|
5.97
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6.15
|
8.58
|
7.66
|
11 – Gdańsk
|
55.01
|
50.10
|
9
|
20.20
|
4
|
13.45
|
2
|
2.08
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0
|
4.85
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
3.00
|
6.32
|
29.90
|
12 – Gorzów Wielkopolski
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42.88
|
25.68
|
2
|
35.23
|
2
|
14.14
|
1
|
8.65
|
0
|
3.07
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6.89
|
6.34
|
9.55
|
13 – Jelenia Góra
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44.86
|
27.58
|
2
|
35.70
|
2
|
12.39
|
1
|
3.47
|
0
|
3.87
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
9.31
|
7.68
|
8.12
|
14 – Kalisz
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48.76
|
26.12
|
2
|
32.56
|
3
|
11.62
|
1
|
12.26
|
1
|
4.48
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6.44
|
6.52
|
6.44
|
15 – Sosnowiec
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48.80
|
22.51
|
3
|
44.67
|
6
|
12.23
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1
|
2.96
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0
|
3.62
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6.58
|
7.43
|
22.16
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16 – Katowice
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44.53
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31.99
|
7
|
26.92
|
5
|
22.52
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4
|
3.11
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0
|
3.26
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.39
|
7.81
|
5.07
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17 – Gliwice
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45.63
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34.77
|
6
|
23.10
|
4
|
17.30
|
3
|
2.65
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0
|
5.04
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
4.41
|
11.73
|
10.67
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18 – Kielce
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41.79
|
24.61
|
4
|
31.81
|
5
|
10.41
|
1
|
14.72
|
2
|
5.31
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
5.95
|
7.19
|
7.20
|
19 – Konin
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48.76
|
27.66
|
2
|
30.56
|
2
|
9.63
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0
|
12.51
|
1
|
5.03
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6.14
|
8.47
|
2.90
|
20 – Koszalin
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41.70
|
22.22
|
1
|
36.11
|
3
|
14.22
|
1
|
4.35
|
0
|
4.33
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.92
|
13.85
|
13.89
|
21 – Kraków
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53.48
|
40.76
|
7
|
17.64
|
3
|
20.60
|
3
|
4.23
|
0
|
4.84
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
3.13
|
8.80
|
20.16
|
22 – Krosno
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52.79
|
47.20
|
4
|
15.58
|
1
|
7.60
|
0
|
7.03
|
0
|
10.02
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
3.69
|
8.88
|
31.62
|
23 – Legnica
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44.35
|
32.49
|
2
|
34.88
|
3
|
10.75
|
0
|
4.80
|
0
|
3.93
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
5.47
|
7.68
|
2.39
|
24 – Leszno
|
47.98
|
25.77
|
2
|
33.89
|
2
|
12.67
|
0
|
11.47
|
0
|
2.84
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
5.19
|
8.17
|
8.12
|
25 – Lublin
|
47.06
|
35.41
|
4
|
23.19
|
3
|
9.14
|
1
|
11.64
|
1
|
8.82
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
5.31
|
6.49
|
12.22
|
26 – Łomża
|
46.41
|
47.13
|
3
|
13.96
|
1
|
5.47
|
0
|
11.43
|
0
|
11.02
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.26
|
6.73
|
33.17
|
27 – Łódź
|
50.11
|
28.84
|
4
|
37.07
|
5
|
14.83
|
2
|
1.80
|
0
|
6.44
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.28
|
6.74
|
8.23
|
28 – Nowy Sącz
|
56.57
|
56.03
|
5
|
10.51
|
1
|
9.91
|
1
|
7.17
|
0
|
3.48
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
2.23
|
10.67
|
45.52
|
29 – Olsztyn
|
42.49
|
25.86
|
3
|
33.40
|
4
|
15.16
|
1
|
5.68
|
0
|
5.61
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
5.74
|
8.55
|
7.54
|
30 – Opole
|
42.19
|
25.50
|
3
|
22.26
|
3
|
13.83
|
2
|
4.92
|
0
|
4.80
|
0
|
16.96
|
2
|
4.97
|
6.76
|
3.24
|
31 – Ostrołęka
|
42.23
|
35.45
|
2
|
18.04
|
1
|
8.23
|
0
|
15.97
|
1
|
9.23
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.05
|
9.03
|
17.41
|
32 – Piła
|
49.81
|
22.80
|
1
|
40.08
|
3
|
12.59
|
1
|
7.43
|
0
|
4.59
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
3.72
|
8.79
|
17.28
|
33 – Piotrków Trybunalski
|
42.59
|
28.99
|
3
|
26.84
|
2
|
9.21
|
1
|
14.11
|
1
|
7.73
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.57
|
8.55
|
2.15
|
34 – Płock
|
41.29
|
23.15
|
2
|
30.79
|
2
|
8.38
|
0
|
21.26
|
1
|
4.82
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
3.73
|
7.87
|
7.64
|
35 – Poznań
|
53.26
|
26.95
|
5
|
31.35
|
6
|
18.31
|
3
|
4.71
|
0
|
3.23
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6.80
|
8.65
|
4.4
|
36 – Przemyśl
|
52.15
|
43.78
|
3
|
15.44
|
1
|
7.85
|
0
|
13.64
|
0
|
5.13
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
2.70
|
11.46
|
28.34
|
37 – Radom
|
43.56
|
32.50
|
3
|
22.05
|
2
|
10.09
|
1
|
14.35
|
1
|
8.41
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
4.18
|
8.42
|
10.45
|
38 – Rzeszów
|
59.81
|
57.81
|
6
|
13.58
|
1
|
6.10
|
0
|
9.14
|
1
|
5.48
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
2.56
|
5.33
|
44.23
|
39 – Siedlce
|
40.40
|
34.73
|
3
|
20.80
|
2
|
6.02
|
0
|
20.59
|
2
|
6.69
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
3.65
|
7.52
|
13.93
|
40 – Sieradz
|
42.35
|
24.96
|
1
|
29.36
|
2
|
8.81
|
0
|
16.74
|
1
|
5.79
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6.84
|
7.50
|
4.4
|
41 – Skierniewice
|
41.78
|
25.49
|
2
|
24.51
|
1
|
9.65
|
0
|
19.58
|
1
|
6.60
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
3.80
|
10.37
|
0.98
|
42 – Słupsk
|
42.46
|
25.97
|
2
|
35.05
|
2
|
12.83
|
0
|
7.22
|
0
|
3.94
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
5.69
|
9.30
|
9.08
|
43 – Suwałki
|
40.80
|
33.34
|
3
|
27.04
|
2
|
10.57
|
0
|
8.99
|
0
|
5.38
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6.05
|
8.63
|
6.30
|
44 – Szczecin
|
45.16
|
28.24
|
4
|
34.87
|
4
|
17.28
|
2
|
3.09
|
0
|
3.55
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
5.07
|
7.90
|
6.63
|
45 – Tarnobrzeg
|
46.44
|
39.29
|
3
|
23.73
|
2
|
7.11
|
0
|
11.60
|
1
|
8.00
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
2.80
|
7.47
|
15.56
|
46 – Tarnów
|
53.68
|
51.48
|
5
|
12.20
|
1
|
9.19
|
0
|
11.91
|
1
|
4.88
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
3.47
|
6.87
|
39.28
|
47 – Toruń
|
43.91
|
28.41
|
3
|
32.71
|
3
|
14.09
|
1
|
7.16
|
0
|
4.49
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
5.28
|
7.86
|
4.3
|
48 – Wałbrzych
|
45.31
|
27.69
|
3
|
38.36
|
4
|
11.65
|
1
|
3.86
|
0
|
3.98
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6.68
|
7.78
|
10.67
|
49 – Włocławek
|
40.41
|
25.16
|
1
|
38.35
|
3
|
7.42
|
0
|
10.83
|
0
|
5.87
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6.19
|
6.18
|
13.19
|
50 – Wrocław
|
60.86
|
33.02
|
5
|
25.96
|
4
|
20.65
|
3
|
4.04
|
0
|
5.08
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
4.57
|
6.68
|
7.06
|
51 – Zamość
|
46.05
|
33.43
|
2
|
18.95
|
1
|
5.26
|
0
|
24.58
|
2
|
8.45
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
3.35
|
5.98
|
8.85
|
52 – Zielona Góra
|
44.90
|
28.59
|
3
|
37.37
|
3
|
11.70
|
1
|
6.87
|
0
|
3.20
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
5.73
|
6.54
|
8.78
|
National list
|
-
|
-
|
29
|
-
|
23
|
-
|
11
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Poland
|
47.93
|
33.83
|
201
|
27.13
|
164
|
13.37
|
60
|
7.31
|
27
|
5.56
|
6
|
0.39
|
2
|
4.74
|
7.67
|
6.70
|
-
Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by electoral district.
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Results of the Sejm election, showing vote strength by powiats (in 1999 borders).
|
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Solidarity Electoral Action | 6,550,176 | 25.25 | 51 | New |
| Democratic Left Alliance | 6,091,721 | 23.48 | 28 | –9 |
| Freedom Union | 2,943,527 | 11.35 | 8 | +4 |
| Movement for Reconstruction of Poland | 2,553,252 | 9.84 | 5 | New |
| Polish People's Party | 1,819,176 | 7.01 | 3 | –33 |
| National Party of Retirees and Pensioners | 1,112,129 | 4.29 | 0 | New |
| Real Politics Union | 550,254 | 2.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Union | 520,130 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Local lists and independents | 3,804,084 | 14.66 | 5 | –5 |
Total | 25,944,449 | 100.00 | 100 | 0 |
|
Valid votes | 13,317,952 | 98.02 | |
---|
Invalid/blank votes | 269,149 | 1.98 | |
---|
Total votes | 13,587,101 | 100.00 | |
---|
Registered voters/turnout | 28,409,054 | 47.83 | |
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Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
By voivodeship[edit]
References[edit]
- Obwieszczenie Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej z dn. 25 IX 1997 r., Monitor Polski. Nr 64, poz. 620
- Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 25 IX 1997 r., M.P. Nr 64, poz. 621