Opinion polling for the 1997 Polish parliamentary election

Opinion polling was carried out prior to the September 1997 parliamentary elections in Poland. CBOS polling showed a lead for Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) in late 1996 and early 1997, but a lead for Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) in the months immediately before the elections. The AWS ultimately emerged as the largest party in the elections, leading by a margin of 7%.

Poll results

Graph of opinion polls conducted

1997

Dates of Polling	Polling Firm/Link	SLD	PSL	UW	UP	BBWR	AWS	ROP	KPEiR	Others/Undecided	Lead
21 September 1997	Election results	27.1	7.3	13.4	4.7	1.4	33.8	5.6	2.2	4.5	6.7
21 September 1997	Exit polls PBS/ "Rz"	26.53	7.90	13.95	4.43	0.75	34.15	5.33	2.58	4.38	7.62
6–9 September 1997	OBOP	26	9	14	5	3	22	8	5	8	4
26 August-1 September 1997	CBOS	22	8	10	5	2	21	5	5	22	1
21–25 August 1997	OBOP	26	10	11	6	2	27	7	7	4	1
24–30 July 1997	CBOS	24	9	6	4	1	23	4	5	25	1
26–29 June 1997	OBOP	23	9	13	9	2	25	9	7	3	2
21–22 June 1997	PBS/ "Rz"	28	10	11	9	-	25	6	8	6	3
13–17 June 1997	CBOS	26	8	7	8	1	21	5	7	17	5
13–15 June 1997	OBOP	20	11	11	7	3	25	7	12	4	5
7–8 June 1997	PBS/ "Rz"	25	9	12	9	-	26	8	7	4	1
15–19 May 1997	CBOS	24	10	8	8	2	22	5	7	14	2
17–18 May 1997	PBS/ "Rz"	24	9	13	10	-	25	7	6	6	1
8–11 May 1997	OBOP	24	10	9	5	2	24	12	10	4	Tie
26–27 April 1997	PBS/ "Rz"	25	9	11	10	-	27	8	7	3	2
12–19 April 1997	PBS/ "Rz"	29	9	14	7	-	27	6	7	1	2
11–15 April 1997	CBOS	23	7	8	5	1	26	5	7	16	3
5–8 April 1997	OBOP	25	10	11	4	3	23	11	8	5	2
22–29 March 1997	PBS/ "Rz"	25	12	12	10	-	29	10	-	3	4
13–18 March 1997	CBOS	23	10	8	5	1	24	6	5	18	1
8–11 March 1997	OBOP	23	12	12	5	4	20	13	6	5	3
8–9 March 1997	PBS/ "Rz"	26	12	12	9	-	29	8	-	4	3
22–23 February 1997	PBS/ "Rz"	29	10	12	11	-	26	8	-	4	3
14–17 February 1997	CBOS	22	10	8	8	1	24	6	3	18	2
8–11 February 1997	OBOP	22	12	12	6	2	29	10	4	3	7
8–9 February 1997	PBS/ "Rz"	26	15	10	9	-	26	10	-	4	Tie
17–21 January 1997	CBOS	20	10	4	5	4	25	8	6	18	5
18–19 January 1997	PBS/ "Rz"	29	10	11	8	-	29	9	-	4	Tie
9–12 January 1997	OBOP	25	12	7	6	0	29	16	-	5	4

1996

Dates of Polling	Polling Firm/Link	SLD	PSL	UW	UP	KPN	BBWR	AWS	ROP	KPEiR	Others/Undecided	Lead
12–17 December 1996	CBOS	18	12	8	8	w. AWS	2	23	8	3	16	5
14–15 December 1996	PBS/ "Rz"	28	11	13	10	w. AWS	-	26	9	-	3	2
7–10 December 1996	OBOP	16	12	10	5	w. AWS	2	19	10	-	26	3
16–19 November 1996	OBOP	20	11	10	4	w. AWS	2	19	11	-	23	1
15–19 November 1996	CBOS	22	11	7	7	w. AWS	1	26	8	5	13	4
19–22 October 1996	OBOP	19	10	8	6	w. AWS	-	21	12	-	24	2
11–15 October 1996	CBOS	23	12	7	8	w. AWS	4	20	9	-	17	3
21–24 September 1996	OBOP	19	12	9	5	w. AWS	-	23	11	-	21	4
12–17 September 1996	CBOS	22	15	8	9	w. AWS	-	21	7	-	18	1
23–27 August 1996	OBOP	21	10	6	4	w. AWS	-	21	14	-	24	Tie
22–27 August 1996	CBOS	23	14	9	6	w. AWS	-	18	12	-	16	5
12–17 July 1996	CBOS	22	14	8	5	w. AWS	-	26	13	-	12	4
12–16 July 1996	OBOP	24	10	6	4	w. AWS	1	15	13	-	27	9
21–25 June 1996	OBOP	24	9	6	4	w. AWS	1	17	13	-	26	7
14–18 June 1996	CBOS	18	14	11	4	3	2	14	16	-	18	2
8 June 1996	Creation of Solidarity Electoral Action announced
May 1996	CBOS	24	13	8	5	3	1	14	10	-	22	10
18–21 May 1996	OBOP	24	9	8	5	2	3	10	11	-	28	13
9–13 May 1996	CBOS	23	12	8	5	3	2	10	13	-	24	10
April 1996	CBOS	19	10	8	5	1	2	14	15	-	26	4
13–16 April 1996	OBOP	20	12	10	4	2	2	13	8	-	29	7
11–15 April 1996	CBOS	19	11	6	5	3	1	13	10	-	32	6
11–15 April 1996	CBOS	24	15	8	7	4	2	14	7	-	19	9
9–12 March 1996	OBOP	22	9	9	3	2	3	15	12	-	25	7
7–12 March 1996	CBOS	24	11	10	5	2	1	10	9	-	28	13
7–12 March 1996	CBOS	24	15	8	5	4	4	16	3	-	21	8
10–13 February 1996	OBOP	22	10	10	3	4	2	11	9	-	29	11
9–13 February 1996	CBOS	28	9	8	4	4	3	15	6	-	23	13
2–6 February 1996	CBOS	26	10	10	6	3	3	15	4	-	23	11
20–23 January 1996	OBOP	21	8	10	4	3	2	11	9	-	32	10
12–16 January 1996	CBOS	28	10	8	7	3	5	12	4	-	23	16

1995

Dates of Polling	Polling Firm/Link	SLD	PSL	UW	UP	KPN	BBWR	"S"	ROP	Others/Undecided	Lead
December 1995	OBOP	25	7	8	3	3	6	10	8	30	15
December 1995	CBOS	25	7	11	6	3	5	15	-	28	10
November 1995	CBOS	24	6	8	8	3	5	14	-	32	10
24–26 November 1995	OBOP	30	5	10	3	4	5	9	8	26	20
6–10 October 1995	CBOS	21	9	8	9	2	5	16	-	30	5
September 1995	CBOS	18	10	10	8	1	5	12	-	36	6
September 1995	CBOS	16	11	7	10	3	4	10	-	39	5
August 1995	CBOS	21	9	6	9	3	8	10	-	34	11
24 June-3 July 1995	OBOP	23	11	9	6	3	4	9	-	35	12
June 1995	OBOP	22	10	10	5	4	3	9	-	37	12
8–12 June 1995	CBOS	21	13	11	10	4	5	13	-	23	8
29 May 1995	CBOS	23	12	13	12	5	5	11	-	19	10
13–16 May 1995	OBOP	25	8	9	7	4	3	6	-	38	16
10 May 1995	CBOS	22	12	14	11	2	5	11	-	23	8
7–11 April 1995	CBOS	20	15	13	10	3	4	11	-	24	5
1–4 April 1995	OBOP	22	12	12	5	4	2	8	-	35	10
30 March-3 April 1995	CBOS	23	12	13	10	4	5	11	-	22	10
March 1995	CBOS	24	11	11	12	4	5	10	-	23	12
3–7 March 1995	OBOP	21	13	11	11	6	2	5	-	31	8
February 1995	CBOS	21	17	11	9	4	6	7	-	25	4
3–6 February 1995	OBOP	19	12	11	8	5	5	7	-	33	7
January 1995	CBOS	19	14	13	10	3	5	12	-	24	5

1994

Dates of Polling	Polling Firm/Link	SLD	PSL	UW	UP	KPN	BBWR	"S"	Others/Undecided	Lead
December 1994	CBOS	18	14	13	10	4	6	12	23	4
9–13 December 1994	OBOP	19	19	9	7	3	5	7	31	Tie
18–22 November 1994	OBOP	15	21	10	5	6	4	4	35	6
3–7 November 1994	CBOS	23	15	11	11	3	6	8	23	8
October 1994	CBOS	20	17	10	10	3	4	10	26	3
1–4 October 1994	OBOP	17	24	11	5	5	6	7	25	7
2–6 September 1994	OBOP	19	22	9	7	4	5	6	28	3
2–5 September 1994	CBOS	22	20	8	8	4	6	8	24	5
July 1994	CBOS	20	15	13	9	3	6	7	27	5
15–19 July 1994	OBOP	24	19	11	8	3	9	4	22	5
June 1994	CBOS	21	16	13	9	3	9	7	22	5
May 1994	CBOS	16	18	12	8	6	5	7	28	2
20–24 May 1994	OBOP	14	17	8	7	3	5	3	43	3
6–10 May 1994	OBOP	14	19	10	6	3	6	6	36	5
19 September 1993	Election results	20.4	15.4	14.6	7.3	5.8	5.4	4.9	26.2	5.0