2011 Polish parliamentary election

2011 Polish parliamentary election
9 October 2011
Opinion polls
Registered30,762,931
Sejm
All 460 seats in the Sejm
231 seats needed for a majority
Turnout15,050,027 (48.92%)
4.9 pp
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Donald Tusk Jarosław Kaczyński Janusz Palikot
Party PO PiS RP
Leader since 1 June 2003 18 January 2003 1 June 2011
Last election 41.5%, 209 seats 32.1%, 166 seats Did not exist
Seats won 207 157 40
Seat change 2 9 New
Popular vote 5,629,773 4,295,016 1,439,490
Percentage 39.2% 29.9% 10.0%
Swing 2.3 pp 2.2 pp 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 20 January 2008
Last election 8.9%, 31 seats 13.2%, 53 seats 0.2%, 1 seat
Seats won 28 27 1
Seat change 3 26 0
Popular vote 1,201,628 1,184,303 28,014
Percentage 8.4% 8.2% 0.2%
Swing 0.5 pp 5.0 pp 0.0 pp
Senate
All 100 seats in the Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout15,048,260 (48.92%)
4.89 pp
Party Vote % Seats +/–
PO 35.60 63 +3
PiS 26.94 31 −8
PSL 9.39 2 +2
KWW Rafał Dutkiewicz 1.80 1 +1
Independent 7.87 3 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Government before Government after
First Tusk cabinet
PO—PSL		 Second Tusk cabinet
PO—PSL

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 9 October 2011. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The ruling 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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