DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Today's "CNN 20" segment takes us back to 1989 and a victory for Solidarity.</s>ANNOUNCER: Bringing you the world for 20 years, this is CNN.</s>BRAD WHITE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The smiles that precede the posting of solidarity's votes tell as much as the figures. The Communist Party is pulling in extremely low numbers. To say many Poles are pleased is an understatement.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's wonderful this poll in Poland.</s>WHITE: People swamped Solidarity's campaign office to watch the union's unofficial returns. About 62 percent of the Polish electorate voted, which is a lower figure than Solidarity had hoped for. (on camera): Solidarity says one reason voter turnout was so low was because the government didn't publicize the location of polling places as it's done in previous elections. (voice-over): And some Poles boycotted the ballot box in protest of the compromise stemming from the April roundtable talks between Solidarity and the government. The talk led to this election and guaranteed the Communist Party control of Poland's lower house of parliament. The Communist Party's campaign headquarters is all but abandoned. Solidarity now has a firm foothold in the Polish Parliament. Solidarity's victory at the ballot box means the union has now inherited the problems it used to complain about. Solidarity leaders say the union has no interest in entering into a coalition government the Communist Party. But a party spokesman warned, if there is no coalition, the resulting government could be unworkable.
CNN 20: Solidarity's Victory, June 5, 1989