2015 Polish parliamentary election

none October 2023 Poland parliamentary 2011 Polish parliamentary election 2011 List_of_Sejm_members_(2011–2015) 2019 Polish parliamentary election 2019 List_of_Sejm_members_(2015-2019) 25 October 2015 Opinion polling for the 2015 Polish parliamentary election 30,629,150 yes Sejm legislative All 460 seats in the Sejm 231 15,595,335 (50.92%) 2.0 pp Premier RP Beata Szydło w Parlamencie UE.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Beata SzydłoJarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the Law and Justice party, named Beata Szydło as the prime ministerial candidate Law and Justice 22 June 2015 29.89%, 157 seats 235 78 5,711,687 37.58% 7.69 pp Ewa Kopacz - Konwencja PO (cropped).jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Ewa Kopacz Civic Platform 8 November 2014 39.18%, 207 seats 138 69 3,661,474 24.09% 15.09 pp Paweł Kukiz Sejm 2016 01.JPG 120 120 150 0 0 Paweł Kukiz Kukiz'15 27 July 2015 000000 Did not exist 42 New 1,339,094 8.81% New party Ryszard Petru Sejm 02 2016.JPG 150 120 150 7 12 Ryszard Petru Modern (political party) 31 May 2015 Did not exist 28 New 1,155,370 7.60% New party Barbara Nowacka Sejm 2015 09.JPG 120 120 150 5 0 Barbara Nowacka ZL 21 July 2015 18.81%, 67 seatsAggregate results for the Democratic Left Alliance (8.24%, 27 seats), Your Movement (10.02%, 40 seats) and Polish Labour Party (0.55%, 0 seats), which became a part of ZL.https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,19093526,wybory-2015-horror-na-lewicy-zjednoczona-lewica-poza-sejmem.html Wybory 2015. Horror na lewicy: Zjednoczona Lewica poza Sejmem pl Gazeta Wyborcza 27 October 2015 Sebastian Klauziński "Dwie partie wchodzące w skład Zjednoczonej Lewicy - SLD i Twój Ruch - cztery lata temu miały łącznie ponad 18 proc. poparcia i 67 mandatów w Sejmie." 0 67 1,147,102 7.55% 10.71 pp J.Piechociński.JPG 120 120 150 0 0 Janusz Piechociński Polish People's Party 17 November 2012 8.36%, 28 seats 16 12 779,875 5.13% 3.23 pp yes Senate All 100 seats in the Senate 51 50.92% 2.0pp yes Law and Justice 31 61 39.99 Civic Platform 63 34 28.85 Independent (politician) 3 4 10.95 400px Sejm – results by constituency 400px Sejm – results by gmina Government Kopacz cabinet PO—PSL Szydło cabinet PiS (ZP) Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 25 October 2015. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. 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.Goettig Marcin Barteczko Agnieszka Poland's Eurosceptics win outright majority in parliament Reuters 27 October 2015 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-election-idUSKCN0SL1XH20151027 27 October 2015 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 open party-list proportional representation via the D'hondt method in multi-seat 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.Álvarez-Rivera Manuel http://electionresources.org/pl/ Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Polish Sejm, Part I electionresources.org 17 October 2015 25 October 2015 To be included on a ballot, a senate candidate must present 2,000 signatures of support from their constituents.Notes on the Senate http://www.senat.gov.pl/gfx/senat/userfiles/_public/k8eng/noty/howare.pdf Senate of Poland 25 October 2015 15 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191015152750/https://www.senat.gov.pl/gfx/senat/userfiles/_public/k8eng/noty/howare.pdf dead 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).http://www.sejm.gov.pl/english/sejm/pos.htm Sejm of the Republic of Poland Sejm 25 October 2015 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.Rylukowski Wojciech Komorowski announces elections date http://wbj.pl/komorowski-announces-elections-date/ 25 October 2015 Warsaw Business Journal 17 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151021182904/http://wbj.pl/komorowski-announces-elections-date/ 21 October 2015 dead 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. Contesting parties Nationwide committees PartyLeaderIdeologiesPolitical spectrumPolitical groups of the European Parliament Civic Platform (PO) Ewa Kopacz Christian democracy, Liberal conservatism, Pro-Europeanismhttps://www.ft.com/content/0a448cc4-367b-11e4-95d3-00144feabdc0 Polish premier's departure leaves party facing test Financial Timeshttps://books.google.com/books?id=K79sdX-amEgC&pg=PA30 Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties google.de 9780754678403 Hloušek Vít Kopeček Lubomír 2010 Ashgate Publishing https://books.google.com/books?id=I5MjBT9lQLwC&pg=PA143 Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe google.de 9780415688987 Guardiancich Igor 2013 Routledge CentreNathaniel Copsey Poland:An Awkward Partner Redeemed The Member States of the European Union Second Oxford University Press 2013 191Aleks Szczerbiak Poland Within the European Union: New awkward partner or new heart of Europe? Routledge 2012 2Jean-Michel De Waele Anna Pacześniak The Europeanisation of Poland's political parties and party system Europeanisation and Party Politics ECPR Press 2012 125 to Centre-right European People's Party Group (EPP) Law and Justice (PiS)• 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-wingMichael Minkenberg Between Tradition and Transition: the Central European Radical Right and the New European Order Christina Schori Liang Europe for the Europeans: The Foreign and Security Policy of the Populist Radical Right https://books.google.com/books?id=7I_pDb1O2EQC&pg=PA261 2013 Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. 978-1-4094-9825-4 261Lenka Bustikova The Radical Right in Eastern Europe Jens Rydgren The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right https://books.google.com/books?id=XD9FDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA574 2018 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-027455-9 574Aleks Szczerbiak Poland Within the European Union: New Awkward Partner Or New Heart of Europe? https://books.google.com/books?id=FW5RbXxRMj4C&pg=PA1 2012 Routledge 978-0-415-38073-7 1 to far-righthttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/world/europe/immigration-poland-ukraine-christian.html Poland Bashes Immigrants, but Quietly Takes Christian Ones The far-right Law and Justice party came to power in 2015, at the height of Europe's migrant crisis, after running a campaign that inspired choruses of "Poland for Poles". The New York Times 26 March 2019 subscription Marc Santora https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/11/28/polands-in-crisis-again-here-are-3-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-law-and-justice-partys-attempt-to-take-over-the-courts/ Poland's in crisis again. Here's what you should know about the far right's latest power-grab. Since taking control of both the presidency and the parliament in November 2015, Poland's far-right Law and Justice (PiS) party has swiftly changed the rules for public media, the secret service, education, and the military. The Washington Post 28 November 2017 Monika Nalepa https://www.ft.com/content/836095aa-9821-11e9-8cfb-30c211dcd229 EU's top court shows how to tackle autocrats Poland's ultra-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government followed suit last year. Financial Times 27 June 2019 subscription https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/upfront/2019/11/won-poland-muslims-191108004853741.html Why will Poland not take in any Muslims? Poland's ultra-conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS) won a second term in office last month, a victory that critics fear will accelerate the country's slide towards authoritarianism. Al Jazeera America 8 November 2019 26 February 2020 30 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200130172111/https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/upfront/2019/11/won-poland-muslims-191108004853741.html dead https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/31/polands-government-is-systematically-silencing-opposition-voices-gazeta-wyborcza-adam-michnik-pis-kaczynski-kurski-tvp/ Poland's Government Is Systematically Silencing Opposition Voices Today, it is the main voice holding the ruling far-right Law and Justice (PiS) party accountable, while facing constant attacks from that government. Foreign Policy 31 May 2019 Makana Eyre Martin Goillandeau subscription https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/02/poland-uses-foreign-lobbyists-to-fight-pr-wars-and-influence-u-s-policy/ How Poland uses foreign lobbyists to fight PR wars and influence U.S. policy Since the 2015 election of the far-right Law and Justice party in Poland, the country's history with the Holocaust has become a point of contention with Israel. OpenSecrets 19 February 2019 https://www.michigandaily.com/section/columns/zack-blumberg-europe%E2%80%99s-far-right-movements-come-strong-what-next Zack Blumberg Europe's far right movements come on strong, but what next? In the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, the far-right Law and Justice Party, or PiS, won with an outright majority (meaning they did not need to form a coalition to govern), something that had not been done in Poland since the fall of communism in 1989. The Michigan Daily 11 April 2019 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/revealed-dozens-of-european-politicians-linked-to-us-incubator-for-extremism/ Revealed: dozens of European politicians linked to US 'incubator for extremism' He had then recently left the far right Law and Justice (PiS) party over its failure to push through a constitutional amendment that would have banned abortion in all cases. Open Democracy 27 March 2019 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/what-make-european-elections/590398/ What to Make of the European Elections In Poland, the far-right Law and Justice bested a broad alliance of moderate politicians. The Atlantic 30 May 2019 Yascha Mounk subscription European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) United Lefthttp://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/223624,Polands-United-Left-puts-forward-candidate-for-PM Poland's United Left puts forward candidate for PM Polskie Radio dla Zagranicyhttp://fakty.interia.pl/raporty/raport-wybory-parlamentarne-2015/aktualnosci/news-do-zjednoczonej-lewicy-dolaczyl-nowy-koalicjant,nId,1885559 Do Zjednoczonej Lewicy dołączył nowy koalicjant 14 September 2015 interia.plhttp://wbj.pl/united-left-presents-its-new-leader-and-pm-candidate/ United Left presents its new leader and PM candidate WBJ 6 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151006082325/http://wbj.pl/united-left-presents-its-new-leader-and-pm-candidate/ 6 October 2015 deadhttp://zjednoczona-lewica.pl/ Start Zjednoczona Lewica (ZL)• Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) • Your Movement (TR)• Polish Socialist Party (PPS)• Labour Union (UP)• The Greens (Zieloni)• Polish Labour Partyhttp://www.bpb.de/nachschlagen/lexika/lexikon-der-wirtschaft/20092/marxismus Marxismus Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung bpb.de (PPP) Barbara Nowacka Social democracy, Social liberalism, Social progressivism, Green politics, Democratic socialism (minority), Feminismhttp://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article949 Where Does the Left Come From? internationalviewpoint.orghttp://www.partiapracy.pl/ Polska Partia Pracy partiapracy.pl 18 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20060703074422/http://www.partiapracy.pl/ 3 July 2006 dead Centre-left to 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 Right libertarianism, Anti-immigration, Hard-Euroscepticism, Paleolibertarianismhttp://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/194558,Maverick-MEP-KorwinMikke-launches-new-party Maverick MEP Korwin-Mikke launches new party Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy Right-winghttp://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/194558,Maverick-MEP-KorwinMikke-launches-new-party Maverick MEP Korwin-Mikke launches new party – National Thenews.pl 23 January 2015 5 March 2015 Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) Kukiz'15 (K'15) Paweł Kukiz Populism, Anti-establishment, Anti-particracyRightist Party That Made Auschwitz Joke Wins Polish Elections Haaretz, 27 October 2015 Big tenthttp://wpolityce.pl/kultura/250365-kulturalny-flesz-dnia-kukiz-vs-piersi-wildstein-vs-peszek-shirley-temple Kulturalny flesz dnia: KUKIZ vs. PIERSI, WILDSTEIN vs. PESZEK, SHIRLEY TEMPLE wpolityce.pl to Right-wingPoland expected to turn inward under right-wing party The Washington Post, 26 October 2015 Modern (.N) Ryszard Petru Social liberalism, Economic liberalism, Pro-Europeanism Centre to Centre-rightTogether (Razem)collective leadership Social democracy, Democratic socialism, ProgressivismCentre-left to Left-wing Regional committees PartyLeaderIdeologyPolitical spectrumPolitical 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) JOW Bezpartyjni (JOW) 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 pl 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 Committee of Grzegorz Braun "God Bless You!" (SzB!) Grzegorz Braun Traditionalist conservatism, Polish nationalism, Monarchism Right-wing to far-right Citizens to Parliament (OdP) Jan Zbigniew Potocki Liberal democracy Big tent Opinion polls Opinion polling for the Polish parliamentary election, 2015 thumb|1000px|centre| Graphical summary of opinion polls:10em Law and Justice solid 5px Law and Justice Civic Platform solid 5px Civic Platform Kukiz'15 solid 5px Kukiz'15 Modern solid 5px Modern Democratic Left Alliance (Poland) solid 5px United Left Polish People's Party solid 5px Polish People's Party New Hope (Poland) solid 5px KORWiN Together Party solid 5px Together Party Palikot's Movement solid 5px Your MovementZL Contested election under the United Left (pl Zjednoczona Lewica) alliance. Democratic Left Alliance (Poland) solid 5px Democratic Left AllianceZL United Poland solid 5px United PolandZP Contested election under the informal United Right (pl Zjednoczona Prawica) alliance. Poland Together solid 5px Poland TogetherZP Congress of the New Right solid 5px Congress of the New RightContested election in the lists of Kukiz'15. Results The opposition party, Law and Justice won the election with 37.58% of the vote against the governing Civic Platform, which gained a 24.09% share.Lyman Nick Law and Justice Party Wins in Poland's Parliamentary Elections https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/world/europe/poland-parliamentary-elections.html 25 October 2015 The New York Times 25 October 2015 Beata Szydło became the new Prime Minister, succeeding Ewa Kopacz.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631826 Poland conservatives 'win election' BBC News 25 October 2015 25 October 2015Cienski Jan Polish right sweeps parliamentary elections http://www.politico.eu/article/polands-government-defeated-in-parliamentary-elections-2/ 25 October 2015 Politico 25 October 2015 Law and Justice became the first party in Poland to win majority government in a free election, since 1991. The other parties considered winners were two newcomer parties, 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 thumb|Results of the Sejm election by electoral district. Blue represents Law and Justice, and orange Civic Platform. File:Polish Sejm Election 2015.svg United Right 5711687 235 +78 Civic Platform 3661474 138 –69 Kukiz'15 1339094 42 New Modern 1155370 28 New United Left 1147102 0 –67 Polish People's Party 779875 16 –12 KORWiN 722999 0 New Together 550349 0 New Committee of Zbigniew Stonoga 42731 0 New #000000 German Minority Electoral Committee 27530 1 0 United for Silesia 18668 0 New #2C4d94 JOW Bezpartyjni 15656 0 New #2C4D94 Committee of Grzegorz Braun "God Bless You!" 13113 0 New #a52929 Congress of the New Right 4852 0 0 Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 4266 0 0 Social Movement of the Republic of Poland 3941 0 New #d81e27 Citizens to Parliament 1964 0 New #D20000 0 394664 30629150 PKWPKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP https://parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl/349_Wyniki_Sejm.html Party breakdown United Right 7 Law and Justice 4487339 193 Independents 746474 26 Sovereign Poland 277622 9 Poland Together 145358 6 Right Wing of the Republic 48442 1 Piast Faction 6452 0 5711687 235 Civic Platform 4 Civic Platform 3142767 126 Independents 516457 12 Polish People's PartyMembers Individual members running on lists different from their own parties 2250 0 3661474 138 Kukiz'15 13 Independents 1207419 37 National Movement 73641 3 Congress of the New RightMembers 25831 1 Real Politics Union 12080 1 Direct Democracy 7611 0 Right Wing of the Republic 4409 0 Self-DefenceMembers 2138 0 Libertarian Party 1664 0 #F6B800 Poland Together 1306 0 Labour Party 1061 0 Sovereign Poland 1012 0 Community 922 0 #DCDCDC 1339094 42 Modern 6 Independents 965130 23 Modern 185188 5 Women's Party 3707 0 Polish People's PartyMembers 875 0 Civic PlatformMembers 470 0 1155370 28 United Left 12 Democratic Left Alliance 694150 0 Your Movement 220326 0 Independents 164345 0 The Greens 35292 0 Labour Union 18181 0 Alliance of Democrats 3796 0 Polish Socialist Party 3621 0 Polish Labour Party - August 80 3586 0 Social Democracy of Poland 1600 0 National Party of Retirees and Pensioners 1098 0 Democratic Party – demokraci.pl 850 0 1147102 0 Polish People's Party 3 Polish People's Party 673483 16 Independents 106392 0 779875 16 KORWiN 6 KORWiN 480029 0 Independents 231810 0 Congress of the New RightMembers 8085 0 National Movement 2919 0 Libertarian Party 88 0 #F6B800 722999 0 Together 3 Together 501195 0 Independents 49154 0 550349 0 Committee of Zbigniew Stonoga Independents 42731 0 #000000 German Minority Independents 27530 1 United for Silesia Independents 18668 0 #F0D719 JOW Bezpartyjni 3 Independents 15234 0 #2C4D94 National Party of Retirees and Pensioners 422 0 15656 0 Committee of Grzegorz Braun "God Bless You!" 14 Independents 11228 0 #a52929 Unity of the Nation 520 0 #CC0000 Real Politics Union 477 0 Congress of the New RightMembers 356 0 Popular National Alliance 115 0 National Movement 139 0 Sovereign Poland 77 0 League of Polish Families 55 0 Community 50 0 #DCDCDC Law and JusticeMembers 43 0 Roman Dmowski's National Party 27 0 #000099 Brave Dad 14 0 #FF0000 Right Wing of the Republic 12 0 13113 0 Congress of the New Right 3 Congress of the New Right 2850 0 Independents 2002 0 4852 0 Self-Defence 3 Self-Defence 2660 0 Independents 1606 0 4266 0 Social Movement ofthe Republic of Poland 5 Social Justice Movement 2753 0 #d81e27 Independents 986 0 White-Red 192 0 #FF0000 Freedom and Equality 10 0 3941 0 Citizens to Parliament 4 Independents 1790 0 #D20000 Alliance of Democrats 155 0 Civic PlatformMembers 19 0 1964 0 National Electoral CommissionPKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP https://parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl/344_sejm.html In result breakdown by candidate provided by the National Electoral Commission, the sum of party votes are different from final released vote totals for coalitions for United Left (by 257) and 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. By constituency Constituency Turnout PiS PO K'15 .N ZL PSL KORWiN Together MN Others Lead1 – Legnica 46.71 35.70 25.24 9.59 7.15 10.45 3.89 4.32 3.64 - 0.00 10.462 – Wałbrzych 44.83 31.15 32.65 8.81 6.64 8.76 3.18 4.30 3.41 - 1.09 1.503 – Wrocław 54.08 31.21 30.49 8.74 10.65 6.10 2.60 5.22 4.21 - 0.77 0.724 – Bydgoszcz 47.87 30.20 29.64 7.77 7.30 10.04 6.07 4.54 3.76 - 0.68 0.565 – Toruń 44.90 33.57 25.77 8.32 6.50 10.76 6.75 3.90 3.65 - 0.78 7.806 – Lublin 52.01 47.57 16.59 9.32 4.54 5.98 7.74 5.00 2.75 - 0.52 30.987 – Chełm 45.30 48.02 12.31 10.47 3.75 7.11 11.39 4.37 2.39 - 0.18 35.718 – Zielona Góra 44.63 28.27 28.21 8.75 9.99 10.02 5.12 4.99 3.99 - 0.65 0.069 – Łódź 56.74 29.90 31.28 7.24 8.99 10.48 2.70 4.78 4.63 - 0.00 1.3810 – Piotrków Trybunalski 50.26 46.95 15.46 10.08 5.59 7.47 7.48 3.91 3.06 - 0.00 31.4911 – Sieradz 48.47 39.93 21.18 8.92 5.32 8.18 7.86 4.10 3.54 - 0.98 18.7512 – Chrzanów 54.46 49.05 20.42 8.67 5.79 5.33 3.03 4.45 3.26 - 0.00 28.6313 – Kraków 58.81 38.62 24.61 7.26 9.73 6.38 2.70 6.35 3.88 - 0.48 14.0114 – Nowy Sącz 52.18 60.56 13.95 7.83 3.69 2.55 4.16 4.31 2.13 - 0.80 46.6115 – Tarnów 51.85 51.99 14.71 9.60 4.54 3.41 8.08 4.72 2.43 - 0.53 37.2816 – Płock 46.22 43.78 16.44 8.41 5.15 8.14 10.66 4.07 3.35 - 0.00 27.3417 – Radom 49.38 47.49 17.55 8.41 4.81 4.82 9.42 3.91 2.62 - 0.98 29.9418 – Siedlce 50.56 51.10 13.55 8.36 4.63 4.35 10.23 4.35 2.66 - 0.76 37.5519 – Warsaw I 70.80 29.89 27.54 7.76 13.39 8.55 0.72 6.18 5.54 - 0.43 2.3520 – Warsaw II 60.00 38.80 25.12 7.22 10.01 5.66 3.80 4.81 3.85 - 0.73 13.6821 – Opole 43.12 27.77 26.23 12.57 7.14 6.75 3.68 3.95 3.02 8.14 0.75 1.5422 – Krosno 47.47 53.51 13.76 9.15 3.97 4.56 7.28 4.28 2.32 - 1.17 39.7523 – Rzeszów 52.56 56.11 13.11 9.28 4.16 4.42 4.67 4.96 2.29 - 1.00 43.0024 – Białystok 47.10 45.38 16.74 9.07 5.37 7.35 8.07 4.66 2.59 - 0.77 28.6425 – Gdańsk 52.55 29.61 34.72 7.15 9.17 6.59 3.02 5.00 3.98 - 0.75 5.1126 – Gdynia 51.28 31.22 33.46 8.02 8.22 6.64 3.23 4.43 4.05 - 0.75 2.2427 – Bielsko-Biała 56.35 40.42 23.57 9.36 8.27 6.56 3.42 4.68 3.72 - 0.00 16.8228 – Częstochowa 49.83 35.82 20.95 11.63 6.74 11.12 4.99 4.27 3.64 - 0.84 14.8729 – Gliwice 49.12 30.51 28.99 12.19 8.90 7.21 2.50 5.09 4.15 - 0.48 1.5230 – Rybnik 51.82 39.59 24.21 11.31 6.33 5.93 1.79 4.53 3.33 - 2.98 15.3831 – Katowice 53.92 32.92 28.37 10.05 8.66 6.77 0.99 5.55 4.08 - 2.61 4.5532 – Sosnowiec 51.41 29.65 25.56 10.24 8.97 13.97 2.35 4.81 4.44 - 0.00 4.0933 – Kielce 46.82 42.81 17.25 9.41 4.98 7.87 9.51 4.14 2.80 - 1.23 25.5634 – Elbląg 41.30 31.56 30.12 8.24 5.82 7.69 6.69 4.73 3.80 - 1.34 1.4435 – Olsztyn 43.13 30.42 27.07 8.97 6.82 8.76 8.44 5.10 3.74 - 0.68 3.3536 – Kalisz 47.27 31.85 24.69 7.98 7.04 8.82 10.98 4.25 3.17 - 1.23 7.1637 – Konin 46.64 37.41 20.23 8.83 6.94 11.77 6.86 3.99 3.98 - 0.00 17.1838 – Piła 46.07 27.26 31.02 9.01 6.98 9.15 7.66 4.07 3.92 - 0.93 3.7639 – Poznań 60.23 23.90 35.65 6.06 14.49 8.07 1.91 4.77 4.60 - 0.55 11.7540 – Koszalin 43.63 28.58 30.07 9.41 8.06 11.38 4.13 4.46 3.90 - 0.00 1.4941 – 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 thumb|Results of the Senate election by single-mandate districts. Blue represents Law and Justice, orange - Civic Platform, green - Polish People Party, grey - independents. thumb|Results of elections 1991–2015 350px Law and Justice 5993433 61 +30 Civic Platform 4323789 34 –29 Polish People's Party 1109675 1 –1 United Left 595206 0 0 Modern 394817 0 New Kukiz'15 207156 0 New KORWiN 186510 0 New JOW Bezpartyjni 113669 0 New #2C4D94 Citizens to Parliament 84246 0 New #D20000 Congress of the New Right 79946 0 0 Democratic Party 64829 0 0 National Revival of Poland 57012 0 #016E4F 0 German Minority Electoral Committee 40472 0 0 Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 20913 0 0 Social Movement of the Republic of Poland 14316 0 New #d81e27 Whites–Reds pl Biało-Czerwoni 10973 0 New white Committee of Zbigniew Stonoga 10167 0 New #000000 Slavic Union 9562 0 New Committee of Grzegorz Braun "God Bless You!" 7916 0 New #a52929 Real Politics Union 6190 0 0 Patriotic Poland pl Polska Patriotyczna 6090 0 0 red National Movement 5462 0 New Labour Party 3380 0 0 Piast – Unity of the Thoughts of European Nations 1786 0 New Independents 1640571 4 0 0 604947 30629150 National Electoral CommissionPKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP https://parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl/351_Wyniki_Senat.html Wyniki głosowania do Senatu RP 2015 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sp95bePK6ch0tG5kDfraJhuNeoQ_1_2-yJw0P_Tjkss/edit#gid=0 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 holdPrzemysław Termiński 12 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionAndrzej Mioduszewski 13 III Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionJózef Łyczak 14 Lublin Lublin I Law and Justice holdStanisław Gogacz 15 II Law and Justice holdGrzegorz Czelej 16 III Law and Justice holdAndrzej Stanisławek 17 Chełm I Independent holdGrzegorz Bierecki 18 II Polish People's Party holdJózef Zając 19 III Law and Justice holdJerzy Chróścikowski 20 Lubusz Zielona Góra I Civic Coalition holdWaldemar Sługocki 21 II Civic Coalition holdWładysław Komarnicki 22 III Civic Coalition holdRobert Dowhan 23 Łódź Łódź I Civic Coalition holdMaciej Grubski 24 II Civic Coalition holdRyszard Bonisławski 25 Sieradz I Law and Justice holdPrzemysław Błaszczyk 26 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionMaciej Łuczak 27 III Law and Justice holdMichał Seweryński 28 Piotrków Trybunalski I Law and Justice holdWiesław Dobkowski 29 II Law and Justice holdRafał Ambrozik 30 Lesser Poland Kraków I Law and Justice holdAndrzej Pająk 31 II Law and Justice holdMarek Pęk 32 III Civic Coalition holdJerzy Fedorowicz 33 IV Civic Coalition holdBogdan Klich 34 Tarnów I Law and Justice holdZbigniew Cichoń 35 II Law and Justice holdKazimierz Wiatr 36 Nowy Sącz I Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionJan Hamerski 37 II Law and Justice holdStanisław Kogut 38 Masovian Płock I Law and Justice holdMarek Martynowski 39 II Law and Justice holdJan Jackowski 40 Warszawa I Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionJan Żaryn 41 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionKonstanty Radziwiłł 42 III Independent holdMarek Borowski 43 IV Civic Coalition holdMarek Rocki 44 V Civic Coalition holdBarbara Borys-Damięcka 45 VI Civic Coalition holdAleksander Pociej 46 Siedlce I Law and Justice holdRobert Mamątow 47 II Law and Justice holdMaria Koc 48 III Law and Justice holdWaldemar Kraska 49 Radom I Law and Justice holdStanisław Karczewski 50 II Law and Justice holdAdam Bielan 51 Opole Opole I Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionJerzy Czerwiński 52 II Civic Coalition holdPiotr Wach 53 III Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionGrzegorz Peczkis 54 Subcarpathian Rzeszów I Law and Justice holdJanina Sagatowska 55 II Law and Justice holdZdzisław Pupa 56 III Law and Justice holdAleksander Bobko 57 Krosno I Law and Justice holdAlicja Zając 58 II Law and Justice holdMieczysław Golba 59 Podlaskie Białystok I Law and Justice holdBohdan Paszkowski 60 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionJan Dobrzyński 61 III Law and Justice gain from IndependentTadeusz Romańczuk 62 Pomeranian Słupsk I Civic Coalition holdKazimierz Kleina 63 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionWaldemar Bonkowski 64 III Civic Coalition holdSławomir Rybicki 65 Gdańsk I Civic Coalition holdBogdan Borusewicz 66 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionAntoni Szymański 67 III Civic Coalition holdLeszek Czarnobaj 68 Silesian Częstochowa I Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionRyszard Majer 69 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionArtur Warzocha 70 Katowice I Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionKrystian Probierz 71 II Civic Coalition holdMaria Pańczyk-Pozdziej 72 Bielsko-Biała I Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionAdam Gawęda 73 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionWojciech Piecha 74 Katowice III Civic Coalition holdLeszek Piechota 75 IV Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionCzesław Ryszka 76 V Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionArkadiusz Grabowski 77 VI Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionMichał Potoczny 78 Bielsko-Biała III Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionAndrzej Kamiński 79 IV Law and Justice holdTadeusz Kopeć 80 Katowice VII Civic Coalition gain from IndependentAndrzej Misiołek 81 Świętokrzyskie Kielce I Law and Justice holdJacek Włosowicz 82 II Law and Justice holdJarosław Rusiecki 83 III Law and Justice holdKrzysztof Słoń 84 Warmian-Masurian Elbląg I Civic Coalition holdJerzy Wcisła 85 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionBogusława Orzechowska 86 Olsztyn I Independent gain from Civic CoalitionLidia Staroń 87 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionMałgorzata Kopiczko 88 Greater Poland Piła I Civic Coalition holdMieczysław Augustyn 89 II Civic Coalition holdJan Libicki 90 Poznań I Civic Coalition holdPiotr Florek 91 II Civic Coalition holdJadwiga Rotnicka 92 Konin I Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionRobert Gaweł 93 II Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionMargareta Budner 94 Kalisz I Civic Coalition holdMarian Poślednik 95 II Law and Justice gain from Polish People's PartyŁukasz Mikołajczyk 96 III Law and Justice gain from Civic CoalitionAndrzej Wojtyła 97 West Pomeranian Szczecin I Civic Coalition holdTomasz Grodzki 98 II Civic Coalition holdGrzegorz Napieralski 99 Koszalin I Civic Coalition holdGrażyna Sztark 100 II Civic Coalition holdPiotr 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.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-25/poland-ousts-government-as-law-justice-gains-historic-majority Poland Ousts Government as Law & Justice Gains Historic Majority Bloomberg 25 October 2015 25 October 2015https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631826 Poland elections: Conservatives secure decisive win 25 October 2015 25 October 2015 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. 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.https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/10/28/right-wing-shift-new-polish-parliament-has-left-wing/ywLYGOUE5TVOyCyKRCzzfI/story.html Left wing is shut out in parliamentary vote in conservative Poland Gaeta Vanessa Associated Press The Boston Globe 2015-10-28 Kopacz swiftly conceded defeat after exit polls from TVP showed PiS on its way to a majority, while Kaczyński declared victory and hailed his party's historic majority.http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1025/737452-poland-election/ Eurosceptic conservatives win Polish election – exit poll 25 October 2015 25 October 2015 RTÉ News Kaczyński also paid tribute to his late brother, President Lech Kaczyński, who died in the 2010 plane crash. See also History of Poland (1989–present) List of political parties in Poland 2015 Polish presidential election 2015 Polish Constitutional Court crisis Notes References Poland Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Poland Parliamentary