2023 Polish parliamentary election

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2023 Polish parliamentary election

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All 460 seats to the Sejm
231 seats are needed for a majority in the Sejm
All 100 seats to the Senate of Poland
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Leader Jarosław Kaczyński Donald Tusk Włodzimierz Czarzasty
Robert Biedroń
Party PiS PO NL
Alliance United Right Civic Coalition The Left
Leader since 18 January 2003 3 July 2021 9 October 2021
Last election 235 seats, 43.6% 134 seats, 27.4% 49 seats, 12.6%
Current seats 228 126 44
Seats needed Increase3 Increase105 Increase187

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Leader Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Janusz Korwin-Mikke
Grzegorz Braun
Robert Winnicki
Michał Kobosko
Party PSL Confederation Poland 2050
Alliance Polish Coalition
Leader since 7 November 2015 27 February 2019 29 September 2020
Last election 30 seats, 8.6% 11 seats, 6.8% new
Current seats 24 11 8[a]
Seats needed Increase207 Increase220 Increase223

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Leader Jarosław Gowin Paweł Kukiz Wojciech Konieczny
Party Agreement Kukiz'15 PPS
Leader since 2017 27 July 2015 16 March 2019
Last election 18 seats, 43.6% (Part of United Right) 6 seats, 8.6% (as Polish Coalition) 0 seat, 12.6% (as The Left)
Current seats 5 4 3
Seats needed Increase226 Increase227 Increase228

Incumbent Prime Minister

Mateusz Morawiecki
PiS



Parliamentary elections will be held in Poland in autumn 2023 to elect members of the Sejm and Senate, although they can be held sooner if a snap election is called, which last occurred in 2007. The most recent election, in 2019, resulted in the re-election of a majority Law and Justice government, albeit without a majority in the Senate.

Electoral system[]

The process of election for the Sejm is through party-list proportional representation via the D'hondt method in multi-seat constituencies,[1] with a 5% threshold for single parties and 8% threshold for coalitions (with the requirements waived for national minorities).

The date of the election will be set by the President of Poland (consistent with constitutional requirements, whereby the election may be held 30 days before the fourth anniversary of the beginning the current convocation of Parliament, on a non-working day, including public holidays).

Should the opposition parties win government, they would require a three-fifths majority of MPs, to overturn a presidential veto.[2]

Political parties[]

The table below lists party groups currently represented in the Sejm.

Name Ideology European Union position Political Position Leader(s) Parliamentary
leader(s)
2019 result Current number of seats in
Votes (%) Seats Sejm (list) Senate (list)
ZP United Right
Zjednoczona Prawica
National conservatism
Social conservatism
Right-wing populism
Soft skeptic Right-wing Jarosław Kaczyński Ryszard Terlecki 43.6%
235 / 460
228 / 460
47 / 100
P Agreement[b]
Porozumienie
Christian democracy
Economic liberalism
Pro Centre-right Jarosław Gowin Michał Wypij
5 / 460
1 / 100
KO Civic Coalition
Koalicja Obywatelska
Social liberalism
Liberal democracy
Pro Centre Donald Tusk Borys Budka 27.4%
134 / 460
126 / 460
41 / 100
L The Left
Lewica
Social democracy
Progressivism
Pro Centre-left[4] to left-wing[5] Włodzimierz Czarzasty

Robert Biedroń

Krzysztof Gawkowski 12.6%
49 / 460
44 / 460
0 / 100
PPS Polish Socialist Party
Polska Partia Socjalistyczna
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Pro Left-wing Wojciech Konieczny Wojciech Konieczny
3 / 460
2 / 100
KP Polish Coalition
Koalicja Polska
Centrism
Christian democracy
Pro Centre to centre-right Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz 8.6%
30 / 460
24 / 460
4 / 100
K'15 Kukiz'15
Kukiz'15
Right-wing populism Soft skeptic Centre-right to right-wing Paweł Kukiz Paweł Kukiz
4 / 460
0 / 100
KON Confederation Liberty and Independence
Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość
Right-wing populism
Economic liberalism
Hard skeptic Right-wing to far-right Janusz Korwin-Mikke
Robert Winnicki
Grzegorz Braun
Jakub Kulesza 6.8%
11 / 460
11 / 460
0 / 100
PL2050 Poland 2050
Polska 2050
Centrism
Environmentalism
Pro Big tent Szymon Hołownia
Michał Kobosko
Hanna Gill-Piątek N/A
0 / 460
8 / 460
1 / 100
MN German Minority Electoral Committee
Mniejszość Niemiecka
Minority interests Pro Centre to centre-right Ryszard Galla N/A 0.2%
1 / 460
1 / 460
0 / 100

Other parties seeking to take part:

Name Ideology Leader(s)
AU AGROunia[6] Agrarianism

Opinion polls[]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Polish Sejm, Part I". electionresources.org. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  2. ^ "Konwencja PO. Budka proponuje Koalicję 276. "Tyle głosów potrzebnych do przejęcia władzy"". gazetapl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  3. ^ "Jarosław Gowin's leaves the United Right". fakty.tvn24.pl (in Polish). 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Polish voters give their verdict on four years of right-wing populists". Independent.co.uk. 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Poland election: Ruling Law and Justice party win poll". BBC News. 14 October 2019.
  6. ^ Ryszard Łuczyn (4 December 2021). "PSL i AgroUnia. Kto może wygrać z PiS na wsi?". Polityka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 February 2022.

Notes[]

  1. ^ 1 MP elected on The Left list, former member of the Spring party and 3 MPs from KO.
  2. ^ Agreement used to be a part of the United Right with PiS until 11th of August 2021.[3]
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