2011 Polish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections to both the Senate and the Sejm (lower house) were held in Poland on 9 October 2011. The previous election, in 2007, resulted in a Civic Platform–Polish People's Party government. All seats of both Houses were up for re-election.

2011 Polish parliamentary election
9 October 2011
All 460 seats to the Sejm
231 seats are needed for a majority in the Sejm
All 100 seats to the Senate of Poland
Turnout48.92%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Donald Tusk Jarosław Kaczyński Janusz Palikot
Party PO PiS RP
Leader since 1 June 2003 18 January 2003 18 October 2010
Leader's seat 19 – Warsaw I 19 – Warsaw I 19 – Warsaw I
Last election 209 seats, 41.5% 166 seats, 32.1% Did not exist
Seats before 208 146 0
Seats won 207 157 40
Seat change 1 11 New
Popular vote 5,629,773 4,295,016 1,439,490
Percentage 39.2% 29.9% 10.0%
Swing 2.3pp 2.2pp New party
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Waldemar Pawlak Grzegorz Napieralski Ryszard Galla
Party PSL SLD KWMN
Leader since 29 January 2005 31 May 2008 25 September 2005
Leader's seat 16 – Płock 41 – Szczecin 21 – Opole
Last election 31 seats, 8.9% 53 seats, 13.2% 1 seat, 0.2%
Seats before 31 43
Seats won 28 27 1
Seat change 3 16 0
Popular vote 1,201,628 1,184,303 28,014
Percentage 8.4% 8.2% 0.2%
Swing 0.5pp 5.0pp 0
Seats won by Sejm District
Government before election

First Tusk cabinet
PO—PSL

 Elected Government

Second Tusk cabinet
PO—PSL

Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Platform (PO) won a plurality of seats and Tusk became the first Polish prime minister to be appointed for a second consecutive term since the fall of communism. Both the Civic Platform and its junior partner, the Polish People's Party (PSL), agreed to continue their governing coalition after the election.

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