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President: Andrzej Duda (PiS) · Prime Minister: Donald Tusk (PO) · Governing parties: PO, PL2050, PSL, NL, N, IPL
Legislative elections: Sejm, 4-year term, 460 seats, 5% threshold (combined lists 8%), party-list PR:

   2023 2019 2015 2011
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS)
Law and Justice
National conservatism
Social conservatism 
35,4 194 43,6 235 37,6 235 29,9 157
Suwerenna Polska (SP)
Sovereign Poland
Social conservatism
National conservatism      
PiS (18) PiS (18) PiS (9) - -
Republikanie (REP)
Republicans
National conservatism PiS (4) - - - - - -
Kukiz' 15 (K'15)
Kukiz' 15
Right-wing populism
Direct democracy  
PiS (2) PSL (6) 8,8 42 - -
Koalicja Obywatelska (KO)
Civic Coalition
Liberal conservatism
Liberalism   
30,7 157 27,4 134 - - - -
Platforma Obywatelska (PO)
Civic Platform
Liberal conservatism    KO (145) KO (119) 24,1 138 39,2 207
Nowoczesna (N)
Modern
Liberalism   KO (6) KO (8) 7,6 28 - -
Inicjatywa Polska (IPL)
Polish Initiative
Social liberalism KO (3) KO (4) - - - -
Partia Zieloni (ZIELONI)
Party Greens
Green politics KO (3) KO (3) ZL - SLD -
Trzecia Droga (TD)
Third Way
Christian democracy
Centrism
Agrarianism
14,4 65 - - - - - -
Polska 2050 (PL2050)
Poland 2050
Centrism TD (33) - - - - - -
Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (PSL)
Polish People's Party
Agrarianism
Christian democracy 
TD (29) 8,6 30 5,1 16 8,4 28
Centrum dla Polski (CdP)
Centre of Poland
Conservatism
Christian democracy 
TD (3) - - - - - -
Unia Europejskich Demokratów (UED)
Union of European Democrats
Social liberalism  TD - PSL (1) - - - -
Nowa Levica (NL)
New Left (a)
Social democracy 8,6 26 12,6 49 ZL - 8,2 27
Levica Razem (RAZEM)
Left Together (b)
Democratic socialism NL (7) SLD (6) 3,6 - - -
Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość (KWiN)
Confederation Freedom and Independence
Libertarianism
Nationalism
Monarchism
 7,2 18 6,8  11 - - - -
Prawica Rzeczypospolitej (PR)
Right Wing of the Republic (c)
Christian right
Social conservatism      
KWiN - 0,0 - PiS (1) 0,2 -
Mniejszość Niemiecka (MN)
German Minority
Minority interests (GER)   0,1 - 0,2 1 0,2 1 0,2 1
Wiosna (WIOSNA)
Spring
Social liberalism
Anti-clericalism    
- - SLD (19) - - - -
Porozumienie Jaroslawa Gowina (PJG)
Alliance Jaroslaw Gowin (d)
Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Euroscepticism 
- - PiS (18) PiS (8) 2,2 -
Twój Ruch (TR)
Your Movement (e)
Social liberalism
Anti-clericalism  
- - SLD - ZL - 10,0 40
Zjednoczona Lewica (ZL)
United Left
Social democracy
Green politics
Social liberalism
- - - - 7,6 - - -
Others 3,7 - 0,9 - 5,4 - 1,7 -
Total - 460 - 460 - 460 460 -
Turnout 74,3 61,7 50,9 48,9

© 2023 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: National Electoral Commission (www.wybory.gov.pl).  For full coverage, click here (1947-present). Notes: (a) 2011/2015/2019: Democratic Left Alliance (SLD); (b) 2015: Together (RAZEM); (c) 2011: Right (PRAVICA); (d) 2011: Poland Comes First (PJN); 2015: Poland Together-United Right (PRZP); (e) 2011: Movement Palikot (RP).