Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Poland. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Poland.| Parties | Sejm | Senate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | p.r.%(*) | % | Seats | +/– | MPs %/ votes % |
Seats | +/– | ||
| Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, PO) | 5,629,773 | 18,30 | 39,18 | 207 | –2 | –2.33 | 63 | +3 | |
| Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) | 4,295,016 | 13,96 | 29.89 | 157 | –9 | –2.22 | 31 | –8 | |
| Palikot's Movement (Ruch Palikota, RP) | 1,439,490 | 4,67 | 10.02 | 40 | +40 | — | — | ||
| Polish People's Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) | 1,201,628 | 3,90 | 8.36 | 28 | –3 | –0.55 | 2 | +2 | |
| Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD) | 1,184,303 | 3,84 | 8.24 | 27 | –26 | –4.91 | — | — | |
| Poland Comes First (Polska jest Najważniejsza, PJN) | 315,393 | 1,02 | 2.19 | — | —† | — | —† | ||
| Congress of the New Right (Kongres Nowej Prawicy, KNP) | 151,837 | 0,49 | 1.06 | — | – | — | – | ||
| Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy, PPP) | 79,147 | 0,25 | 0.55 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Right of the Republic–Real Politics Union (Prawica) | 35,169 | 0,11 | 0.24 | — | — | –0.44 | — | — | |
| German Minority (Mniejszość Niemiecka, MN) | 28,014 | 0,09 | 0.20 | 1 | — | –0.03 | — | — | |
| Our Home Poland (Nasz Dom Polska) | 9,733 | 0,03 | 0.05 | — | — | –1.48 | — | — | |
| Independents (Niezależni) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 | +3 | ||
| Total | 14,369,503 | 460 | 100 | ||||||
†PjN did not exist at the previous election, but had 15 Sejm seats and 1 Senate seat when the previous Parliament was dissolved. |
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| Candidates – Parties | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Bronisław Komorowski – Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) | 6,981,319 | 41.54 | 8,933,887 | 53.01 |
| Jarosław Kaczyński – Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) | 6,128,255 | 36.46 | 7,919,134 | 46.99 |
| Grzegorz Napieralski - Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej) | 2,299,870 | 13.68 | ||
| Janusz Korwin-Mikke – Freedom and Lawfulness (Wolność i Praworządność) | 416,898 | 2.48 | ||
| Waldemar Pawlak – Polish People's Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe) | 294,273 | 1.75 | ||
| Andrzej Olechowski – independent | 242,439 | 1.44 | ||
| Andrzej Lepper – Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (Samoobrona Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) | 214,657 | 1.28 | ||
| Marek Jurek – Right of the Republic (Prawica Rzeczypospolitej) | 177,315 | 1.06 | ||
| Bogusław Ziętek – Free Trade Union "August 80" (Wolny Związek Zawodowy "Sierpień 80") | 29,548 | 0.18 | ||
| Kornel Morawiecki – on behalf of Fighting Solidarity (Solidarność Walcząca) | 21,596 | 0.13 | ||
| Total votes for candidates | 16,806,170 | 100.00 | 16,853,021 | 100.00 |
| Total valid votes | 16,806,170 | 99.30 | 16,853,021 | 98.84 |
| Total invalid votes | 117,662 | 0.70 | 197,396 | 1.16 |
| Total votes cast | 16,923,832 | 100.00 | 17,050,417 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | 54.94% | 55.31% | ||
| Source: Electoral Commission, National Electoral Commission | ||||
Some contemporary Polish politicians in alphabetical order: Leszek Balcerowicz, Marek Belka, Marek Borowski, Bogdan Borusewicz, Jerzy Buzek, Ludwik Dorn, Bronisław Geremek, Roman Giertych, Zyta Gilowska, Danuta Hübner, Marek Jurek, Jarosław Kaczyński, Lech Kaczyński, Jarosław Kalinowski, Bronisław Komorowski, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Andrzej Lepper, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Stefan Meller, Wojciech Olejniczak, Zbigniew Religa, Jan Rokita, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Donald Tusk, Zbigniew Wassermann, Zbigniew Ziobro.
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