2015 Polish parliamentary election

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2015 Polish parliamentary election
← 2011 25 October 2015 2019 →
All 460 seats to the Sejm of Poland
231 seats are needed for a majority in the Sejm
All 100 seats to the Senate of Poland
Turnout50.92%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Premier RP Beata Szydło w Parlamencie UE.jpg
Ewa Kopacz - Konwencja PO (cropped).jpg
Paweł Kukiz Sejm 2016 01.JPG
Leader Beata Szydło Ewa Kopacz Paweł Kukiz
Party PiS PO Kukiz'15
Leader since Candidate for PM 8 November 2014 28 July 2015
Leader's seat
12 – Chrzanów
19 – Warsaw I
19 – Warsaw I
Last election 157 seats, 29.89% 207 seats, 39.18% New party
Seats before 134 197 Did not exist
Seats won 235 138 42
Seat change Increase 101 Decrease 59 New
Popular vote 5,711,687 3,661,474 1,339,094
Percentage 37.58% 24.09% 8.81%
Swing Increase 7.69% Decrease 15.09% New party
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Ryszard Petru Sejm 02 2016.JPG
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Leader Ryszard Petru Janusz Piechociński Ryszard Galla
Party .N PSL MN
Leader since 31 May 2015 17 November 2012 25 September 2005
Leader's seat
19 – Warsaw I
20 – Warsaw II
(lost re-election)
21 - Opole
Last election New party 28 seats, 8.36% 1 seat, 0.19%
Seats before Did not exist 38 1
Seats won 28 16 1
Seat change New Decrease 22 Steady
Popular vote 1,155,370 779,875 27,530
Percentage 7.60% 5.13% 0.18%
Swing New party Decrease 3.23% Decrease 0.01%
Seats won by Sejm District
Government
before election

Kopacz cabinet

PO—PSL

 Elected
Government

Szydło cabinet
PiS (ZP)

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 25 October 2015 for the eighth term of the Sejm and Senate, which ran from 12 November 2015 until 2019.[1]

The election was won by the largest opposition party, the right-wing

Law and Justice (PiS), with 38% of the vote against the governing Civic Platform (PO), which achieved 24%. Official results, announced on 27 October, gave Law and Justice 235 of the 460 seats, a majority of four.[2] PiS vice chairwoman Beata Szydło succeeded PO leader Ewa Kopacz as Prime Minister of Poland, heading a one-party cabinet
.

It was the first election for a national parliament in Europe since the 1993 Norwegian elections in which the two largest parties were led by a female candidate, and the second election in history (also since the 1993 Norwegian election) where more than three parties fielded female leadership candidates. It was also the first election in Poland since the restoration of full democracy that a party won an absolute majority in the Sejm.

Following PiS's victory in the May 2015 presidential elections, PiS would have control over both the presidency and parliament for the next eight years.

Electoral system

The process of election for the Sejm is through

constituencies, with a 5% national threshold for single parties and 8% threshold for coalitions (requirements waived for ethnic minorities). The senate is elected using first-past-the-post voting in single-member districts.[3] To be included on a ballot, a senate candidate must present 2,000 signatures of support from their constituents.[4] For Sejm elections, the threshold is 5,000 signatures per constituency, though that requirement is waived for parties that have already registered lists in at least half of all constituencies (21 out of 41 as of this election).[5]

Overall, the Sejm includes 460 MPs. Should a party have 231 or more deputies in Parliament, it has an

absolute majority and can thus govern autonomously, without the need for support from other parties. The constitution can be amended with a supermajority
of two-thirds, or 307 deputies.

Election date

The date of the election, 25 October, was set by the previous President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski.[6] The latest possible date for the election to be held was in November 2015, four years after the previous election. Prior to the announcement of the election date, the most likely dates were thought to be in October or November.

In the previous parliamentary elections in 2011 the Civic Platform–Polish People's Party coalition government, in power since 2007, won a second term. All 460 seats in the Sejm and 100 seats in the Senate were up for election.

Parties standing in the election

Nationwide committees

Party Leader Ideologies Political spectrum Political groups of the European Parliament
Civic Platform (PO) Ewa Kopacz Christian democracy, Liberal conservatism, Pro-Europeanism[7][8][9]
Centre[10][11][12] to Centre-right
 European People's Party Group (EPP)
Solidary Poland (SP)
• Poland Together – United Right (PRZP)
• Right Wing of the Republic
(PRz) 		Jarosław Kaczyński
Beata Szydło (PM candidate) 		National conservatism, Social conservatism, Euroscepticism Right-wing[13][14][15] to far-right[16] European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)
Polish Labour Party[21]
(PPP) 		Barbara Nowacka
Social progressivism, Green politics, Democratic socialism (minority), Feminism[18][21][22][23]
Left-wing
 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)
Polish People's Party (PSL) Janusz Piechociński Christian democracy, strongly based around Agrarianism, Conservatism Centre-right European People's Party Group (EPP)
Parties not in the Sejm before the election are below
Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic - Liberty and Hope
(KORWiN) 		Janusz Korwin-Mikke
Anti-immigration, Hard-Euroscepticism, Paleolibertarianism[24]
Right-wing[25]
 Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD)
Kukiz'15 (K'15) Paweł Kukiz Populism, Anti-establishment, Anti-particracy[26]
Right-wing[28]
.Modern (.N) Ryszard Petru Social liberalism, Economic liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
Centre-left
Together (Razem) collective leadership Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Progressivism
Left-wing

Regional committees

Party Leader Ideology Political spectrum Political groups of the European Parliament
German Minority Electoral Committee (MN) Ryszard Galla Regionalism, German minority interests Centre
Parties not in the Sejm before the election are below
Congress of the New Right (KNP) Michał Marusik
Right libertarianism, New Right, Euroscepticism
Right-wing
 Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF)
Single-member district – Nonpartisan (JOW Bezpartyjni) Robert Raczyński Pro
single-member constituency
 Big tent
Committee of Zbigniew Stonoga (KWW ZS) Zbigniew Stonoga Anti-communism, Civil libertarianism, Populism Big tent
Social Movement of the Republic of Poland (RS RP) Sławomir Izdebski Agrarian socialism, Left-wing populism
Left-wing
United for Silesia (ZdŚ) Dietmar Brehmer Silesian regionalism, Fiscal federalism Centre
Self-Defence (Samoobrona) Lech Kuropatwiński Agrarianism, Left-wing nationalism
Left-wing
God Bless! (SzB!) Grzegorz Braun
Traditionalism, Ordoliberalism
Right-wing
Citizens to Parliament (OdP) Jan Zbigniew Potocki Liberal democracy Big tent

Opinion polls

Main article:
Opinion polling for the Polish parliamentary election, 2015
Election polls

Results

The opposition party,

Kukiz's Movement (third place) and Ryszard Petru's Modern
party (4th place).

Two of the biggest losers were Civic Platform and the Polish People's Party. PO suffered its worst result in a parliamentary election in ten years, ending eight years of political dominance. The PSL, the junior partner in the outgoing government, had its worst result in 25 years (5.13%), just crossing the 5% threshold by a few thousand votes. Another perceived loser was the Democratic Left Alliance, Poland's largest left-wing party, which failed to win a seat for the first time since the change of system. The SLD ran as the largest partner of the United Left, which was 0.5% short of the 8% threshold for electoral alliances to win seats.

Sejm

Results of the Sejm election by electoral district. Blue represents Law and Justice, and orange Civic Platform.
KORWiN
722,9994.760New
Together550,3493.620New
Committee of Zbigniew Stonoga42,7310.280New
German Minority Electoral Committee27,5300.1810
United for Silesia18,6680.120New
JOW Bezpartyjni15,6560.100New
Committee of Grzegorz Braun "God Bless You!"13,1130.090New
Congress of the New Right4,8520.0300
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland4,2660.0300
Social Movement of the Republic of Poland3,9410.030New
Citizens to Parliament1,9640.010New
Total15,200,671100.004600
Valid votes15,200,67197.47
Invalid/blank votes394,6642.53
Total votes15,595,335100.00
Registered voters/turnout30,629,15050.92
Source: PKW

Party breakdown

Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Law and Justice
 4,487,339 29.52 193
Independents 746,474 4.91 26
Solidary Poland
 277,622 1.83 9
Poland Together 145,358 0.96 6
Right Wing of the Republic 48,442 0.32 1
Piast Faction 6,452 0.04 0
United Right 5,711,687 37.58 235
Civic Platform 3,142,767 20.68 126
Independents 516,457 3.40 12
Polish People's Party* 2,250 0.01 0
Civic Platform 3,661,474 24.09 138
Independents 1,207,419 7.94 37
National Movement 73,641 0.48 3
Congress of the New Right* 25,831 0.17 1
Real Politics Union 12,080 0.08 1
Direct Democracy 7,611 0.05 0
Right Wing of the Republic 4,409 0.03 0
Self-Defence* 2,138 0.01 0
Libertarian Party 1,664 0.01 0
Poland Together 1,306 0.01 0
Labour Faction 1,061 0.01 0
Solidary Poland
 1,012 0.01 0
Community 922 0.01 0
Kukiz'15 1,339,094 8.81 42
Independents 965,130 6.40 23
.Modern 185,188 1.22 5
Women's Party 3,707 0.02 0
Polish People's Party* 875 0.01 0
Civic Platform* 470 0.00 0
.Modern 1,155,370 7.60 28
Democratic Left Alliance 694,150 4.57 0
Your Movement 220,326 1.45 0
Independents 164,345 1.08 0
The Greens 35,292 0.23 0
Labour Union 18,181 0.12 0
Alliance of Democrats 3,796 0.02 0
Polish Socialist Party 3,621 0.02 0
Polish Labour Party - August 80 3,586 0.02 0
Social Democracy of Poland 1,600 0.01 0
National Party of Retirees and Pensioners 1,098 0.01 0
Democratic Party – demokraci.pl 850 0.00 0
United Left 1,147,102 7.55 0
Polish People's Party 673,483 4.43 16
Independents 106,392 0.70 0
Polish People's Party 779,875 5.13 16
KORWiN
 480,029 3.16 0
Independents 231,810 1.52 0
Congress of the New Right* 8,085 0.05 0
National Movement 2,919 0.02 0
Libertarian Party 88 0.00 0
KORWiN
 		722,999 4.76 0
Together 501,195 3.30 0
Independents 49,154 0.32 0
Together 550,349 3.62 0
Independents 42,731 0.28 0
Committee of Zbigniew Stonoga 42,731 0.28 0
Independents 27,530 0.18 1
German Minority 27,530 0.18 1
Independents 18,668 0.12 0
United for Silesia 18,668 0.12 0
Independents 15,234 0.10 0
National Party of Retirees and Pensioners 422 0.00 0
JOW Bezpartyjni 15,656 0.10 0
Independents 11,228 0.07 0
Unity of the Nation 520 0.00 0
Real Politics Union 477 0.00 0
Congress of the New Right* 356 0.00 0
Popular National Alliance 115 0.00 0
National Movement 139 0.00 0
Solidary Poland
 77 0.00 0
League of Polish Families 55 0.00 0
Community 50 0.00 0
Law and Justice
* 		43 0.00 0
National Alliance of the Name of Dmowski Roman 27 0.00 0
Brave Dad 14 0.00 0
Right Wing of the Republic 12 0.00 0
Committee of Grzegorz Braun "God Bless You!" 13,113 0.09 0
Congress of the New Right 2,850 0.02 0
Independents 2,002 0.01 0
Congress of the New Right 4,852 0.03 0
Self-Defence 2,660 0.02 0
Independents 1,606 0.01 0
Self-Defence 4,266 0.03 0
Social Justice Movement 2,753 0.02 0
Independents 986 0.00 0
White-Red 192 0.00 0
Freedom and Equality 10 0.00 0
Social Movement of the Republic of Poland 3,941 0.03 0
Independents 1,790 0.01 0
Alliance of Democrats 155 0.00 0
Civic Platform* 19 0.00 0
Citizens to Parliament 1,964 0.01 0
Source: National Electoral Commission[a]

* – individual members running on lists different from their own parties

By constituency

Constituency Turnout
PiS
 PO Kukiz'15 Modern ZL PSL
KORWiN
 Razem MN Others Lead
1 – Legnica
 46.71 35.70 25.24 9.59 7.15 10.45 3.89 4.32 3.64 - 0.00 10.46
2 – Wałbrzych
 44.83 31.15 32.65 8.81 6.64 8.76 3.18 4.30 3.41 - 1.09 1.50
3 – Wrocław
 54.08 31.21 30.49 8.74 10.65 6.10 2.60 5.22 4.21 - 0.77 0.72
4 – Bydgoszcz
 47.87 30.20 29.64 7.77 7.30 10.04 6.07 4.54 3.76 - 0.68 0.56
5 – Toruń
 44.90 33.57 25.77 8.32 6.50 10.76 6.75 3.90 3.65 - 0.78 7.80
6 – Lublin
 52.01 47.57 16.59 9.32 4.54 5.98 7.74 5.00 2.75 - 0.52 30.98
7 – Chełm
 45.30 48.02 12.31 10.47 3.75 7.11 11.39 4.37 2.39 - 0.18 35.71
8 – Zielona Góra
 44.63 28.27 28.21 8.75 9.99 10.02 5.12 4.99 3.99 - 0.65 0.06
9 – Łódź
 56.74 29.90 31.28 7.24 8.99 10.48 2.70 4.78 4.63 - 0.00 1.38
10 – Piotrków Trybunalski
 50.26 46.95 15.46 10.08 5.59 7.47 7.48 3.91 3.06 - 0.00 31.49
11 – Sieradz
 48.47 39.93 21.18 8.92 5.32 8.18 7.86 4.10 3.54 - 0.98 18.75
12 – Chrzanów
 54.46 49.05 20.42 8.67 5.79 5.33 3.03 4.45 3.26 - 0.00 28.63
13 – Kraków
 58.81 38.62 24.61 7.26 9.73 6.38 2.70 6.35 3.88 - 0.48 14.01
14 – Nowy Sącz
 52.18 60.56 13.95 7.83 3.69 2.55 4.16 4.31 2.13 - 0.80 46.61
15 – Tarnów
 51.85 51.99 14.71 9.60 4.54 3.41 8.08 4.72 2.43 - 0.53 37.28
16 – Płock
 46.22 43.78 16.44 8.41 5.15 8.14 10.66 4.07 3.35 - 0.00 27.34
17 – Radom
 49.38 47.49 17.55 8.41 4.81 4.82 9.42 3.91 2.62 - 0.98 29.94
18 – Siedlce
 50.56 51.10 13.55 8.36 4.63 4.35 10.23 4.35 2.66 - 0.76 37.55
19 – Warsaw I
 70.80 29.89 27.54 7.76 13.39 8.55 0.72 6.18 5.54 - 0.43 2.35
20 – Warsaw II
 60.00 38.80 25.12 7.22 10.01 5.66 3.80 4.81 3.85 - 0.73 13.68
21 – Opole
 43.12 27.77 26.23 12.57 7.14 6.75 3.68 3.95 3.02 8.14 0.75 1.54
22 – Krosno
 47.47 53.51 13.76 9.15 3.97 4.56 7.28 4.28 2.32 - 1.17 39.75
23 – Rzeszów
 52.56 56.11 13.11 9.28 4.16 4.42 4.67 4.96 2.29 - 1.00 43.00
24 – Białystok
 47.10 45.38 16.74 9.07 5.37 7.35 8.07 4.66 2.59 - 0.77 28.64
25 – Gdańsk
 52.55 29.61 34.72 7.15 9.17 6.59 3.02 5.00 3.98 - 0.75 5.11
26 – Gdynia
 51.28 31.22 33.46 8.02 8.22 6.64 3.23 4.43 4.05 - 0.75 2.24
27 – Bielsko-Biała
 56.35 40.42 23.57 9.36 8.27 6.56 3.42 4.68 3.72 - 0.00 16.82
28 – Częstochowa
 49.83 35.82 20.95 11.63 6.74 11.12 4.99 4.27 3.64 - 0.84 14.87
29 – Gliwice
 49.12 30.51 28.99 12.19 8.90 7.21 2.50 5.09 4.15 - 0.48 1.52
30 – Rybnik
 51.82 39.59 24.21 11.31 6.33 5.93 1.79 4.53 3.33 - 2.98 15.38
31 – Katowice
 53.92 32.92 28.37 10.05 8.66 6.77 0.99 5.55 4.08 - 2.61 4.55
32 – Sosnowiec
 51.41 29.65 25.56 10.24 8.97 13.97 2.35 4.81 4.44 - 0.00 4.09
33 – Kielce
 46.82 42.81 17.25 9.41 4.98 7.87 9.51 4.14 2.80 - 1.23 25.56
34 – Elbląg
 41.30 31.56 30.12 8.24 5.82 7.69 6.69 4.73 3.80 - 1.34 1.44
35 – Olsztyn
 43.13 30.42 27.07 8.97 6.82 8.76 8.44 5.10 3.74 - 0.68 3.35
36 – Kalisz
 47.27 31.85 24.69 7.98 7.04 8.82 10.98 4.25 3.17 - 1.23 7.16
37 – Konin
 46.64 37.41 20.23 8.83 6.94 11.77 6.86 3.99 3.98 - 0.00 17.18
38 – Piła
 46.07 27.26 31.02 9.01 6.98 9.15 7.66 4.07 3.92 - 0.93 3.76
39 – Poznań
 60.23 23.90 35.65 6.06 14.49 8.07 1.91 4.77 4.60 - 0.55 11.75
40 – Koszalin
 43.63 28.58 30.07 9.41 8.06 11.38 4.13 4.46 3.90 - 0.00 1.49
41 – Szczecin
 47.27 29.09 31.93 8.42 8.66 8.56 3.88 5.33 4.12 - 0.00 2.84
Poland 50.92 37.58 24.09 8.81 7.60 7.55 5.13 4.76 3.62 0.18 0.69 13.49

Senate

Results of the Senate election by single-mandate districts.Blue represents Law and Justice, orange - Civic Platform, green - Polish People Party, grey - independents.
Results of elections 1991–2015
KORWiN
186,5101.240New
JOW Bezpartyjni113,6690.760New
Citizens to Parliament84,2460.560New
Congress of the New Right79,9460.5300
Democratic Party64,8290.4300
National Revival of Poland57,0120.3800
German Minority Electoral Committee40,4720.2700
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland20,9130.1400
Social Movement of the Republic of Poland14,3160.100New
Whites–Reds10,9730.070New
Committee of Zbigniew Stonoga10,1670.070New
Slavic Union9,5620.060New
Committee of Grzegorz Braun "God Bless You!"7,9160.050New
Real Politics Union6,1900.0400
Patriotic Poland6,0900.0400
National Movement5,4620.040New
Labour Party3,3800.0200
Piast – Unity of the Thoughts of European Nations1,7860.010New
Independents1,640,57110.9540
Total14,988,086100.001000
Valid votes14,988,08696.12
Invalid/blank votes604,9473.88
Total votes15,593,033100.00
Registered voters/turnout30,629,15050.91
Source: PKW, PKW

By constituency

# Voivodeship Commission # Result Elected member
1 Lower Silesian Legnica I
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Rafał Ślusarz
2 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Krzysztof Mróz
3 III
Law and Justice
hold		 Dorota Czudowska
4 Wałbrzych I Civic Coalition hold Wiesław Kilian
5 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Aleksander Szwed
6 Wrocław I Civic Coalition hold Jarosław Duda
7 II Civic Coalition hold Barbara Zdrojewska
8 III Independent hold Jarosław Obremski
9
Kuyavian-Pomeranian
 Bydgoszcz I Civic Coalition hold Andrzej Kobiak
10 II Civic Coalition hold Jan Rulewski
11 Toruń I Civic Coalition hold Przemysław Termiński
12 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Andrzej Mioduszewski
13 III
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Józef Łyczak
14 Lublin Lublin I
Law and Justice
hold		 Stanisław Gogacz
15 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Grzegorz Czelej
16 III
Law and Justice
hold		 Andrzej Stanisławek
17 Chełm I Independent hold Grzegorz Bierecki
18 II Polish People's Party hold Józef Zając
19 III
Law and Justice
hold		 Jerzy Chróścikowski
20 Lubusz Zielona Góra I Civic Coalition hold Waldemar Sługocki
21 II Civic Coalition hold Władysław Komarnicki
22 III Civic Coalition hold Robert Dowhan
23 Łódź Łódź I Civic Coalition hold Maciej Grubski
24 II Civic Coalition hold Ryszard Bonisławski
25 Sieradz I
Law and Justice
hold		 Przemysław Błaszczyk
26 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Maciej Łuczak
27 III
Law and Justice
hold		 Michał Seweryński
28 Piotrków Trybunalski I
Law and Justice
hold		 Wiesław Dobkowski
29 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Rafał Ambrozik
30 Lesser Poland Kraków I
Law and Justice
hold		 Andrzej Pająk
31 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Marek Pęk
32 III Civic Coalition hold Jerzy Fedorowicz
33 IV Civic Coalition hold Bogdan Klich
34 Tarnów I
Law and Justice
hold		 Zbigniew Cichoń
35 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Kazimierz Wiatr
36 Nowy Sącz I
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Jan Hamerski
37 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Stanisław Kogut
38 Masovian Płock I
Law and Justice
hold		 Marek Martynowski
39 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Jan Jackowski
40 Warszawa I
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Jan Żaryn
41 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Konstanty Radziwiłł
42 III Independent hold Marek Borowski
43 IV Civic Coalition hold Marek Rocki
44 V Civic Coalition hold Barbara Borys-Damięcka
45 VI Civic Coalition hold Aleksander Pociej
46 Siedlce I
Law and Justice
hold		 Robert Mamątow
47 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Maria Koc
48 III
Law and Justice
hold		 Waldemar Kraska
49 Radom I
Law and Justice
hold		 Stanisław Karczewski
50 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Adam Bielan
51 Opole Opole I
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Jerzy Czerwiński
52 II Civic Coalition hold Piotr Wach
53 III
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Grzegorz Peczkis
54 Subcarpathian Rzeszów I
Law and Justice
hold		 Janina Sagatowska
55 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Zdzisław Pupa
56 III
Law and Justice
hold		 Aleksander Bobko
57 Krosno I
Law and Justice
hold		 Alicja Zając
58 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Mieczysław Golba
59 Podlaskie Białystok I
Law and Justice
hold		 Bohdan Paszkowski
60 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Jan Dobrzyński
61 III
Law and Justice gain from Independent
 Tadeusz Romańczuk
62 Pomeranian Słupsk I Civic Coalition hold Kazimierz Kleina
63 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Waldemar Bonkowski
64 III Civic Coalition hold Sławomir Rybicki
65 Gdańsk I Civic Coalition hold Bogdan Borusewicz
66 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Antoni Szymański
67 III Civic Coalition hold Leszek Czarnobaj
68 Silesian Częstochowa I
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Ryszard Majer
69 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Artur Warzocha
70 Katowice I
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Krystian Probierz
71 II Civic Coalition hold Maria Pańczyk-Pozdziej
72 Bielsko-Biała I
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Adam Gawęda
73 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Wojciech Piecha
74 Katowice III Civic Coalition hold Leszek Piechota
75 IV
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Czesław Ryszka
76 V
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Arkadiusz Grabowski
77 VI
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Michał Potoczny
78 Bielsko-Biała III
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Andrzej Kamiński
79 IV
Law and Justice
hold		 Tadeusz Kopeć
80 Katowice VII Civic Coalition gain from Independent Andrzej Misiołek
81 Świętokrzyskie Kielce I
Law and Justice
hold		 Jacek Włosowicz
82 II
Law and Justice
hold		 Jarosław Rusiecki
83 III
Law and Justice
hold		 Krzysztof Słoń
84
Warmian-Masurian
 Elbląg I Civic Coalition hold Jerzy Wcisła
85 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Bogusława Orzechowska
86 Olsztyn I Independent gain from Civic Coalition Lidia Staroń
87 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Małgorzata Kopiczko
88 Greater Poland Piła I Civic Coalition hold Mieczysław Augustyn
89 II Civic Coalition hold Jan Libicki
90 Poznań I Civic Coalition hold Piotr Florek
91 II Civic Coalition hold Jadwiga Rotnicka
92 Konin I
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Robert Gaweł
93 II
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Margareta Budner
94 Kalisz I Civic Coalition hold Marian Poślednik
95 II
Law and Justice gain from Polish People's Party
 Łukasz Mikołajczyk
96 III
Law and Justice gain from Civic Coalition
 Andrzej Wojtyła
97 West Pomeranian Szczecin I Civic Coalition hold Tomasz Grodzki
98 II Civic Coalition hold Grzegorz Napieralski
99 Koszalin I Civic Coalition hold Grażyna Sztark
100 II Civic Coalition hold Piotr Zientarski

Reactions

Political analysts noted that the election marked the first time in the post-communist era that a political party received enough votes to form a majority government.[32][33] BBC News suggested that Law and Justice's strategy of putting forward Szydło as its candidate for prime minister was a "winning formula" in the election. Szydło was widely perceived as being more moderate than PiS' outspoken leader, Jarosław Kaczyński. However, it also noted that Kaczyński could step into the role of prime minister after the election.[33]

According to the Associated Press, the new Sejm was the most right-wing parliament in Europe due to the absence of centre-left MPs in the chamber. All five parties in the Sejm tilted rightward on social issues. Between them, left-leaning alliances only gained 11 percent of the vote.[34]

Kopacz swiftly conceded defeat after exit polls from

2010 plane crash.[31]

See also

Notes

  1. KORWiN
    (by 68). In the table, figures provided for each party are taken from the candidate breakdown while coalition sums are taken from the final result.

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