2007 Polish parliamentary election

none Poland parliamentary 2005 Polish parliamentary election 2005 List_of_Sejm_members_(2005–2007) 2011 Polish parliamentary election 2011 List_of_Sejm_members_(2007-2011) Opinion polling for the 2007 Polish parliamentary election 21 October 2007 30,615,471 yes Sejm legislative All 460 seats in the Sejm 231 16,477,734 (53.82%) 13.25 pp Donald Tusk 2009.jpg 335 120 150 16 115 Donald Tusk Civic Platform 1 June 2003 24.1%, 133 seats 209 76 6,701,010 41.5% 17.4 pp Jarosław Kaczyński, 2004.jpg 135 120 150 0 9 Jarosław Kaczyński Law and Justice 18 January 2003 27.0%, 155 seats 166 11 5,183,477 32.1% 5.1 pp Aleksander Kwasniewski 2011.png 215 120 150 28 51 Aleksander Kwaśniewski Left and Democrats 3 September 2006 17.6%, 55 seatsAggregate results for Democratic Left Alliance (11.3%, 55 seats), Social Democracy of Poland (3.9%, 0 seats) and Democratic Party (2.5%, 0 seats). 53 2 2,122,981 13.2% 4.4 pp Waldemar Pawlak with Jerzy Buzek, 2009.jpg 500 120 150 10 103 Waldemar Pawlak Polish People's Party 29 January 2005 7.0%, 25 seats 31 6 1,437,638 8.9% 1.9 pp Norbert Rasch (r.) mit Henryk Kroll (cropped) 3.jpg 128 120 150 0 7 Henryk Kroll German Minority 23 March 1991 0.3%, 2 seats 1 1 28,014 0.2% 0.1 pp yes Senate All 100 seats in the Senate 51 16,475,672 (53.81%) 13.32 pp yes Civic Platform 34 60 39.14 Law and Justice 49 39 31.38 Independent (politician) 5 1 3.64 400px Sejm – results by constituency 400px Sejm – results by gmina Government Kaczyński cabinet PiS Government after election First Tusk cabinet PO—PSL Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 October 2007. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The largest opposition group, Civic Platform (PO), soundly defeated the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and its allies. Throughout the campaign, polls showed conflicting results as to which of the two parties had the greater support, yet by the closing week the polls had swung in favour of Civic Platform. Three other political groups won the election into the Sejm, the centre-left Left and Democrats coalition, the agrarian Polish People's Party, and the tiny German Minority group. Law and Justice's former minor coalition partners, the League of Polish Families and the Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland suffered an enormous voter backlash, failing to cross the 5% electoral threshold in order to enter the Sejm. Consequently, both parties lost all of their seats. Early elections were called after the Sejm voted for its dissolution, due to serious allegations of massive corruption on the part of Andrzej Lepper, leader of the Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland, whose party served as a junior coalition partner to the government of Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6984543.stm Polish MPs choose early election BBC News 2007-09-07 2012-05-17 All 460 seats in the Sejm and all 100 seats in the Senate were up for election. Prime Minister and PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński stepped down from office on 15 November, with Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk sworn in as Poland's Prime Minister the following day. Civic Platform consequently formed a coalition majority government with the Polish People's Party. The turnout for the elections was 54%, an increase of 13 pp from the 2005 elections, seeing the highest voter turnout in a Polish parliamentary election since the semi-free elections of 1989. Contesting parties Only seven parties contested all 41 electoral districts for the Sejm nationwide. They included: Law and Justice (PiS) Civic Platform (PO) Left and Democrats (LiD) Polish People's Party (PSL) League of Polish Families (LPR) Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (SRP) Polish Labour Party (PPP) Three other parties managed to register in at least one district: Women's Party (PK) — 7 districts; Patriotic Self-Defence (SOP) — one district; German Minority (MN) — one district; On 26 September 2007, the leader of the National Party of Retirees and Pensioners, Tomasz Mamiński announced his party's withdrawal from the campaign, stating that Polish electoral law and media bias discriminate against smaller parties.http://www.tvn24.pl/-1,1522707,wiadomosc.html Krajowa Partia Emerytów i Rencistów nie startuje w wyborach 2007-09-26 TVN24.pl 2010-06-21 Although only the ten parties mentioned above openly contested elections to the lower house Sejm, there were other groups which entered the race for the Sejm. It is common practice in Polish elections for many smaller parties to register their candidates on the electoral committee lists of the larger parties contesting the election. These included: LPR's lists include members of the League of Polish Families, Real Politics Union and Right of the Republic; PiS's lists included members of the Polish People's Party "Piast", National People's Movement, Patriotic Movement, Centre Party and Christian-National Union; The SRP's lists include candidates from Piotr Ikonowicz's New Left party, Leszek Miller's Polish Left party and Zygmunt Wrzodak's National Congress of Poland; LiD's lists include members from Democratic Left Alliance, Social Democracy of Poland, Democratic Party - demokraci.pl, Labour Union, Reason of the Polish Left, Democratic Left Party and Polish Socialist Party; The PPP lists include members of the Communist Party of Poland, Union of the Left, Polish Socialist Party, Reason of the Polish Left, Movement for Unemployed Protection and National Forum of Retirees and Pensioners.http://wybory2007.pkw.gov.pl/SJM/EN/KOMITETY/dsk.htm Elections 2007 Wybory2007.pkw.gov.pl 2010-06-21 29 political groupings and independents contested the elections to the Senate. The Greens registered in one district to the Senate (Katowice), receiving 4.55% of votes. Opinion polls Opinion polling for the 2007 Polish parliamentary election thumb|1000px|centre| Graphical summary of opinion polls:10em Civic Platform solid 5px Civic Platform Law and Justice solid 5px Law and Justice Left and Democrats solid 5px Left and Democrats Polish People's Party solid 5px Polish People's Party Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland solid 5px Self-Defence League of Polish Families solid 5px League of Polish Families Democratic Left Alliance (Poland) solid 5px Democratic Left AllianceLiD Contested election under the Left and Democrats (pl Lewica i Demokraci) alliance. #F4B100 solid 5px Social DemocracyLiD Democratic Party - demokraci.pl solid 5px Democratic PartyLiD Results thumb|Powiats won by ■ – Civic Platform ■ – Law and Justice ■ – Polish People's Party ■ – Left and Democrats Sejm File:Polish Sejm Election 2007.svg Civic Platform 6701010 209 +76 Law and Justice 5183477 166 +11 Left and Democrats 2122981 53 –2 Polish People's Party 1437638 31 +6 Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 247335 0 –56 League of Polish Families 209171 0 –34 Polish Labour Party 160476 0 0 #FF0000 Women's Party 45121 0 New #0093AF German Minority Electoral Committee 32462 1 –1 Patriotic Self-Defence 2531 0 New 335532 0 30615471 Nohlen & Stöver thumb|right|300px|Law and Justice's main support (dark blue). By constituency Constituency Turnout PO PiS LiD PSL SRP LPR PPP MN Others Lead 1 – Legnica 51.32 42.97 28.96 17.89 6.60 1.49 1.12 0.97 - 0.00 14.01 2 – Wałbrzych 48.91 46.39 26.23 15.73 7.76 1.59 1.04 1.25 - 0.00 20.16 3 – Wrocław 58.18 53.20 28.40 10.39 4.84 1.12 1.20 0.84 - 0.00 24.80 4 – Bydgoszcz 53.26 44.09 24.21 19.01 8.71 1.71 1.07 1.20 - 0.00 19.88 5 – Toruń 48.13 39.27 26.75 18.34 11.36 2.34 0.88 1.07 - 0.00 12.52 6 – Lublin 53.05 29.47 41.52 10.59 12.55 1.76 1.91 0.78 - 1.42 12.05 7 – Chełm 46.23 24.09 39.51 10.50 19.38 3.30 2.10 1.12 - 0.00 15.42 8 – Zielona Góra 50.35 47.06 22.47 17.64 8.39 1.69 1.44 1.32 - 0.00 24.59 9 – Łódź 61.98 45.68 27.85 17.77 3.64 1.45 1.13 0.76 - 1.72 17.83 10 – Piotrków Trybunalski 50.66 27.92 41.42 12.35 13.66 2.27 1.26 1.11 - 0.00 13.50 11 – Sieradz 49.46 30.46 35.14 14.03 14.05 2.71 1.22 0.92 - 1.47 4.68 12 – Chrzanów 54.73 36.43 40.40 10.70 9.01 0.97 1.52 0.98 - 0.00 3.97 13 – Kraków 61.38 47.35 34.43 9.67 4.18 0.62 1.22 1.67 - 0.86 12.92 14 – Nowy Sącz 52.27 28.76 51.35 6.40 10.28 1.23 1.32 0.67 - 0.00 22.59 15 – Tarnów 52.26 32.22 45.64 7.33 11.23 1.15 1.56 0.87 - 0.00 13.42 16 – Płock 47.05 29.54 35.58 11.25 19.82 1.93 0.99 0.88 - 0.00 6.04 17 – Radom 50.56 28.24 42.72 8.94 15.02 2.66 1.49 0.93 - 0.00 14.48 18 – Siedlce 50.51 24.83 42.93 8.36 18.96 2.36 1.78 0.77 - 0.00 18.10 19 – Warsaw I 74.03 54.01 27.66 12.66 2.33 0.40 1.24 0.48 - 1.22 26.35 20 – Warsaw II 61.83 45.17 35.63 7.93 8.26 0.79 1.41 0.81 - 0.00 9.54 21 – Opole 45.53 46.58 22.87 11.19 6.62 1.74 1.28 0.91 8.81 0.00 23.71 22 – Krosno 41.10 29.30 44.19 9.21 12.96 1.81 1.49 1.05 - 0.00 14.89 23 – Rzeszów 44.24 27.81 48.43 8.78 11.16 1.09 1.84 0.89 - 0.00 20.62 24 – Białystok 49.50 32.36 38.81 14.72 9.14 2.02 1.44 0.61 - 0.90 6.45 25 – Gdańsk 58.34 54.62 27.08 10.59 4.38 1.19 1.34 0.81 - 0.00 27.54 26 – Gdynia 56.80 51.03 26.55 12.45 6.12 1.37 1.56 0.93 - 0.00 24.48 27 – Bielsko-Biała 58.84 41.76 35.41 12.81 6.62 0.91 1.14 1.34 - 0.00 6.35 28 – Częstochowa 52.94 40.12 30.88 14.76 9.79 1.53 1.55 1.36 - 0.00 9.24 29 – Gliwice 50.96 49.69 29.62 13.26 4.63 0.82 0.97 1.01 - 0.00 20.07 30 – Rybnik 53.01 44.55 36.23 11.99 3.98 0.95 1.01 1.29 - 0.00 8.32 31 – Katowice 57.45 49.74 31.52 12.26 3.31 0.59 0.97 1.62 - 0.00 18.22 32 – Sosnowiec 49.73 44.75 24.98 21.61 5.03 0.93 1.16 1.56 - 0.00 19.77 33 – Kielce 47.45 27.94 39.07 13.81 14.72 1.63 0.98 0.94 - 0.91 11.13 34 – Elbląg 46.89 43.34 24.26 15.43 11.42 3.00 1.40 1.14 - 0.00 19.08 35 – Olsztyn 48.90 45.25 24.15 14.07 12.61 1.70 1.30 0.92 - 0.00 21.10 36 – Kalisz 50.91 38.59 26.48 16.89 13.40 2.19 1.25 1.20 - 0.00 12.11 37 – Konin 50.78 34.18 29.24 17.44 13.83 2.36 1.38 1.58 - 0.00 4.94 38 – Piła 51.78 41.88 21.73 19.75 12.63 2.13 0.97 0.92 - 0.00 20.15 39 – Poznań 66.68 58.60 21.04 12.63 5.45 0.60 0.99 0.68 - 0.00 37.56 40 – Koszalin 49.15 45.88 21.57 17.58 8.58 4.24 1.04 1.12 - 0.00 24.31 41 – Szczecin 53.53 48.96 24.05 17.00 6.12 1.63 1.33 0.92 - 0.00 24.91 Poland 53.88 41.51 32.11 13.15 8.91 1.53 1.30 0.99 0.20 0.30 9.40 Seat distribution by constituency Constituency PO PiS LiD PSL MN Sum 1 – Legnica 6 4 2 - - 12 2 – Wałbrzych 5 2 1 - - 8 3 – Wrocław 9 4 1 - - 14 4 – Bydgoszcz 6 3 2 1 - 12 5 – Toruń 6 4 2 1 - 13 6 – Lublin 5 7 1 2 - 15 7 – Chełm 3 6 1 2 - 12 8 – Zielona Góra 6 3 2 1 - 12 9 – Łódź 5 3 2 - - 10 10 – Piotrków Trybunalski 3 4 1 1 - 9 11 – Sieradz 4 5 1 2 - 12 12 – Chrzanów 3 4 1 - - 8 13 – Kraków 7 5 1 - - 13 14 – Nowy Sącz 3 5 - 1 - 9 15 – Tarnów 3 5 - 1 - 9 16 – Płock 3 4 1 2 - 10 17 – Radom 3 4 1 1 - 9 18 – Siedlce 3 6 1 2 - 12 19 – Warsaw I 11 6 2 - - 19 20 – Warsaw II 5 4 1 1 - 11 21 – Opole 7 3 1 1 1 13 22 – Krosno 3 6 1 1 - 11 23 – Rzeszów 4 8 1 2 - 15 24 – Białystok 5 7 2 1 - 15 25 – Gdańsk 8 3 1 - - 12 26 – Gdynia 8 4 2 - - 14 27 – Bielsko-Biała 4 4 1 - - 9 28 – Częstochowa 3 3 1 - - 7 29 – Gliwice 6 3 1 - - 10 30 – Rybnik 4 4 1 - - 9 31 – Katowice 7 4 1 - - 12 32 – Sosnowiec 5 2 2 - - 9 33 – Kielce 5 7 2 2 - 16 34 – Elbląg 4 2 1 1 - 8 35 – Olsztyn 5 3 1 1 - 10 36 – Kalisz 5 3 2 2 - 12 37 – Konin 3 3 2 1 - 9 38 – Piła 4 2 2 1 - 9 39 – Poznań 7 2 1 - 10 40 – Koszalin 5 2 1 - - 8 41 – Szczecin 8 3 2 - - 13 Total 209 166 53 31 1 460 Senate 350px Civic Platform 12734742 60 +26 Law and Justice 10208412 39 –10 Left and Democrats 4751281 0 0 Polish People's Party 2863883 0 –2 Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 345427 0 –3 League of Polish Families 293289 0 –7 German Minority Electoral Committee 104533 0 0 Patriotic Self-Defence 48689 0 New Local lists and independents 1185400 1 –4 Independent 16190804 284868 0 30615471 Nohlen & Stöver By constituency No.ConstituencyTotal seatsSeats wonPOPiSOthers1Legnica3212Wałbrzych223Wrocław334Bydgoszcz225Toruń336Lublin337Chełm3128Zielona Góra3219Łódź2210Piotrków Trybunalski2211Sieradz32112Kraków43113Nowy Sącz2214Tarnów2215Płock21116Radom2217Siedlce3318Warsaw43119Warsaw21120Opole32121Krosno2222Rzeszów3323Białystok32124Gdańsk3325Gydnia32126Bielsko-Biała2227Częstochowa21128Gliwice2229Rybnik21130Katowice32131Sosnowiec2232Kielce31233Elbląg21134Olsztyn2235Kalisz32136Konin2237Piła2238Poznań2239Koszalin2240Szczecin22Total10060391 Aftermath Consecutive postponements of the electoral silence's termination (initially planned for 8 PM) by the National Electoral Committee was widely criticized. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Election Assessment Mission stated that the elections demonstrate a democratic and pluralistic process, but challenges remain in oversight of the public media.http://www.osce.org/odihr-elections/item_1_27483.html https://archive.today/20070808203252/http://www.osce.org/odihr-elections/item_1_27483.html dead 2007-08-08 Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - Elections - Polish elections demonstrate a democratic and pluralistic process, but challenges remain in oversight of the public media, OSCE finds Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 2010-06-21 Prime Minister and PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński stepped down from office on 15 November, and PO leader, Donald Tusk, was sworn in as Poland's Prime Minister the following day. The Civic Platform formed a coalition majority government with the agrarian centrist Polish People's Party. Ryszard Galla, who became the only elected representative of the German Minority, replaced Henryk Kroll as the party's leader.Koniec epoki Henryka Krolla, Ryszard Galla nowym liderem mniejszości https://opolskie.naszemiasto.pl/koniec-epoki-henryka-krolla-ryszard-galla-nowym-liderem/ar/c1-6763049 2025-03-23 References Notes External links 2007 election National Election Commission Electoral leaflets and posters Tractotheque Poland Category:Parliamentary elections in Poland Category:History of Poland (1989–present) Parliamentary Poland Category:October 2007 elections