Sejm of The Republic of Poland - Last Election

Last Election

e • d Summary of the 09 October 2011 Polish National Assembly election results
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
  • Registered voters: 30,762,931
  • Votes counted: 15,050,027 (48,92%)
  • Invalid votes: 680,524
  • Valid votes: 14,369,503 (95,48%)
  • p.r.%(*) = percentage of valid votes for that party, from overall registered voters list(30,762,931)

†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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