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Oct. 9, 2011 Held

Poland
Republic of Poland
Election for Senat (Polish Senate)

Results

Voter Participation


Cast Votes:15,050,027
Valid Votes:14,369,503
Invalid Votes:680,524
Voter
Turnout*

Seat Share By Party:

Hover to view number and percent of total seats won by party. Eight largest parties shown, with "others" combined if applicable.


Vote Share by Party:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Civic Platform 63 - 5,629,773

39.18%

Law and Justice (Politiol juswisc) 31 - 4,295,016

29.89%

Polish Peasant Party 2 - 1,201,628

8.36%

Rafal Dutkiewicz Election Committee (Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców Rafał Dutkiewicz ) 1

Cimoszewicz Voters' Election Committee (Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców Cimoszewicz do Senatu) 1

Kazimierz Kutz Election Committee (Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców Kazimierza Kutza) 1

Marek Borowski Election Committee (Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców Marka Borowskiego) 1

Election Results Modified: Jul 08, 2015

General Information

At stake in this election:

  • 100 seats in the Senate (Senat)

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Bronislaw KOMOROWSKI
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Donald TUSK
  • Assembly: Poland has a bicameral National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe) consisting of the Senate (Senat) with 100 seats and the Sejm with 460 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
  • The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
  • In the Senate (Senat) 100 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms*. In the Sejm 460 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.**

* There are 40 multi-member constituencies consisting of anywhere between 2 and 4 seats.

** There are 41 multi-member constituencies consisting of anywhere between 7 and 19 seats. Electors are required to cast a preferential vote for the candidate of their choice. All preferential votes are tabulated as votes for the candidate's party. There is a 5% threshold for parties and 8% threshold for coalitions. The threshold applies to the share of the total national vote, not the constituency. Candidates that belong to ethnic minorities are exempt from threshold requirements.

Main parties in the electoral race:

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 38,063,255 (2011)
  • Registered Voters: 30,762,931 (October 2011)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 19,644,031 (2011)

·         Is Poland a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (29 May 1980)

·         Has Poland ratified CEDAW: Yes (30 July 1980)

·         Gender Quota: Yes 

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 110 (Sejm); 13 (Senate) following the 2007 elections

·         Human Development Index Position: 36 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Poland a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Poland ratified CRPD: Yes (25 September 2012)

·         Population with a disability: 5,709,488 (est.)

Election Modified: Jun 21, 2024

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