For Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski, 62, the real issue in Poland's first national elections since 1980 was not who would win but how many people would vote. The Communist regime wanted a heavy turnout in order to demonstrate that nearly four years after the imposition of martial law Poland had overcome its divisions and was looking toward the future. Yet when the votes were counted last week, the extent of participation--and the significance of the entire exercise--remained very much in dispute.
The outcome, however, was never in doubt. Though for most of the 460 seats at stake in the Sejm, or...
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