2001 Polish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 23 September 2001 to elect deputies to both houses of the National Assembly. The election concluded with an overwhelming victory for the centre-left Democratic Left Alliance – Labor Union, the electoral coalition between the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and the Labour Union (UP), which captured 41% of the vote in the crucial lower house Sejm. The 2001 election is recognized as marking the emergence of both Civic Platform (PO) and Law and Justice (PiS) as players in Polish politics, while also witnessing the outright collapse of the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) and its former coalition partner, the Freedom Union (UW).

2001 Polish parliamentary election
23 September 2001
All 460 seats in the Sejm
231 seats were needed for a majority in the Sejm
All 100 seats in the Senate
Turnout46.29%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Leszek Miller Maciej Płażyński Andrzej Lepper
Party SLD-UP PO SRP
Last election 164 seats, 34.1%* Did not exist 0 seats, 0.1%
Seats won 216 65 53
Seat change 52 New 53
Popular vote 5,342,519 1,651,099 1,327,624
Percentage 41.0% 12.7% 10.2%
Swing 6.9pp New 10.1pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Lech Kaczyński Jarosław Kalinowski Marek Kotlinowski
Party PiS PSL LPR
Last election Did not exist 27 seats, 7.3% Did not exist
Seats won 44 42 38
Seat change New 15 New
Popular vote 1,236,787 1,168,659 1,025,148
Percentage 9.5% 9.0% 7.9%
Swing New 1.7pp New
Seats won by Sejm District
Government before election

Buzek cabinet
AWS

 Government after election

Miller cabinet
SLD—PSL—UP

Voter turnout for the 2001 election was 46.29% For this election only, list seats were allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method instead of the D'Hondt method.

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