2005 Polish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 25 September 2005. Thirty million voters were eligible to vote for all 460 members of the lower house, the Sejm and all 100 members of the upper house, the Senate.

2005 Polish parliamentary election
25 September 2005
All 460 seats in the Sejm
231 seats were needed for a majority in the Sejm
All 100 seats in the Senate
Turnout40.57%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jarosław Kaczyński Donald Tusk Andrzej Lepper
Party PiS PO SRP
Leader since 18 January 2003 1 June 2003 10 January 1992
Leader's seat 19 – Warsaw I 25 – Gdansk 40 – Koszalin
Last election 44 seats, 9.5% 65 seats, 12.7% 53 seats, 10.2%
Seats won 155 133 56
Seat change 111 68 3
Popular vote 3,185,714 2,849,269 1,347,355
Percentage 27.0% 24.1% 11.4%
Swing 17.5% 11.4% 1.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Wojciech Olejniczak Marek Kotlinowski Waldemar Pawlak
Party SLD LPR PSL
Leader since 29 May 2005 5 May 2001 29 January 2005
Leader's seat 11 – Sieradz 13 – Kraków II 16 – Płock
Last election 216 seats, 41% 38 seats, 7.9% 42 seats, 9%
Seats won 55 34 25
Seat change 161 4 17
Popular vote 1,335,257 940,762 821,656
Percentage 11.3% 8.0% 7.0%
Swing 29.7% 0.1% 2%
Seats won by Sejm District
Government before election

Belka cabinet
SLD—UP

 Government after election

Marcinkiewicz cabinet
PiS—SRP—LPR

Politics of Poland
Government
Legislature
  • Parliament of Poland

  • Sejm
  • Marshal Szymon Hołownia (PL2050)

  • Senate
  • Marshal Małgorzata Maria Kidawa- Błońska (PO)
Executive
  • President of Poland

  • Prime Minister of Poland
Judiciary
  • Supreme Court of Poland
  • First President Małgorzata Manowska
  • Supreme Administrative Court
  • State Tribunal
Elections
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  • Referendums
Political parties
  • Major political parties
  • Other parties
Administrative divisions
  • Voivodeship
    • voivodes
    • marshals
  • Counties (powiat)
  • Communes (gmina)
  • Cities and towns
Foreign relations
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Minister: Zbigniew Rau
  • Diplomatic missions of / in Poland
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The election resulted in a sweeping victory for two opposition parties: the right-wing, national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) and the centre-right, liberal-conservative Civic Platform (PO). The incumbent centre-left government of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) was soundly defeated. PiS won 155 seats and PO 133, while the governing SLD was reduced to fourth place with 55 seats, behind Andrzej Lepper's Self-Defence party, which won 56 seats.

Normally, this would have made PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński Prime Minister. However, he declined the post so as not to prejudice his twin brother Lech's chances for the presidential election held later in October. In his place, Law and Justice nominated Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz for the post. Outgoing Prime Minister Marek Belka failed to win a seat in Łódź.

In the Senate, PiS won 49 seats and PO 34 of the 100 seats, leaving eight other parties with the remaining 17 seats. The SLD won no seats in the Senate.

In the subsequent presidential elections, Lech Kaczyński of the PiS defeated PO leader Donald Tusk.

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