Ukrainians lose in Polish elections (12/08/91)

Ukrainians lose in Polish elections

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - According to the November 10 issue of the Ukrainian weekly newspaper Nashe Slovo, which comes out in Warsaw, none of the Ukrainian candidates running in the October 27 parliamentary elections were able to obtain a seat in the Polish Sejm.

The majority of Ukrainian candidates ran on the minorities' electoral bloc which was on the ballot in 15 electoral regions and received a total of 29,428 votes.

There were two Ukrainians on the orthodox electoral bloc. Volodymyr Mokry, who had been the only Ukrainian member of Parliament, and was a candidate on the Solidarity committee ticket in the Hozhiv district of Cracow, lost the election to S. Sobanski by 3,172 to 5,133 votes.