At stake
in this election:
- 460 seats in the
Sejm.
- 100 seats in the
Senate.
|
Description
of government structure:
- Chief of State: President
Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI
- Head of Government: Prime
Minister Jerzy BUZEK
- Poland has a bicameral National
Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe) consisting of the Sejm with 460 seats
and the Senate with 100 seats.
|
Description
of electoral system:
- In the Sejm, all
460 Deputies are elected by a system of proportional representation
at the district level.
- In the Senate,
all 100 members are elected by simple majority vote.
|
Main political
parties in the electoral races:
- Party: Democratic
Left Alliance (SLD)
Leader: Leszek
MILLER
Seats won in this
Sejm election: 216
Seats won in this
Senate election: 75
Seats won in last
Sejm election: 164
Seats won in last
Senate election: 28
- Party: Civic
Platform
Leader: Andrzej
OLECHOWSKI
Seats won in this
Sejm election: 65
Seats won in this
Senate election: 0
Seats won in last
Sejm election: NA
Seats won in last
Senate election: NA
- Party: Self-Defense
Party
Leader: Andrzej
LEPPER
Seats won in this
Sejm election: 53
Seats won in this
Senate election: 2
Seats won in last
Sejm election: NA
Seats won in last
Senate election: NA
- Party: Polish
Peasant Party (PSL)
Leader: Jaroslaw
KALINOWSKI
Seats won in this
Sejm election: 42
Seats won in this
Senate election: 4
Seats won in last
Sejm election: 27
Seats won in last
Senate election: 3
- Party: Law
and Justice (PIS)
Leader: Zaroslaw
KACZYNSKI, Lech KACZYNSKI
Seats won in this
Sejm election: 44
Seats won in this
Senate election: 0
Seats won in last
Sejm election: NA
Seats won in last
Senate election: NA
- Party: German
Minority of Lower Silesia (MNSO)
Leader: Heinrich
KROLL
Seats won in this
Sejm election: 2
Seats won in this
Senate election: 0
Seats won in last
Sejm election: 2
Seats won in last
Senate election: 5
- Party: Freedom
Union (UW)
Leader: Tadeusz
SYRYJCZYK
Seats won in this
Sejm election: 0
Seats won in this
Senate election: 0
Seats won in last
Sejm election: 60
Seats won in last
Senate election: 8
- Party: Solidarity
Election Action-Right (AWS-P)
Leader: Jerry
BUZEK
Seats won in this
Sejm election: 0
Seats won in this
Senate election: 0
Seats won in last
Sejm election: 201
Seats won in last
Senate election: 51
|
When was
the last election?
- Parliamentary
elections were last held September 21, 1997.
|
Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 38,646,023 (July
2000 est.)
- Number of registered voters:
28,409,054 (1997)
|
SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |