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President: Andrzej Duda (PiS) · Prime Minister: Mateusz Morawiecki (PiS) · Governing party: PiS, SP
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 
    43,6 199 37,6 218 29,9 157
Solidarna Polska (SP)
Solidary Poland
Social conservatism
National conservatism      
    18 9 - -
Porozumienie Jaroslawa Gowina (PJG)
Alliance Jaroslaw Gowin (a)
Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Euroscepticism 
    18 8 2,2 -
Platforma Obywatelska (PO)
Civic Platform
Liberal conservatism        27,4 119 24,1 138 39,2 207
Nowoczesna (N)
Modern
Liberalism       8 7,6 28 - -
Inicjatywa Polska (IPL)
Polish Initiative
Social liberalism     4 - - - -
Partia Zieloni (ZIELONI)
Party Greens
Green politics     3 ZL - SLD -
Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (SLD)
Democratic Left Alliance
Social democracy     12,6 24 ZL - 8,2 27
Wiosna (WIOSNA)
Spring
Social liberalism
Anti-clericalism    
    19 - - - -
Levica Razem (RAZEM)
Left Together (b)
Democratic socialism     6 3,6 - - -
Twój Ruch (TR)
Your Movement (c)
Social liberalism
Anti-clericalism  
    - ZL - 10,0 40
Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (PSL)
Polish People's Party
Agrarianism
Christian democracy 
    8,6 23 5,1 16 8,4 28
Kukiz' 15 (K'15)
Kukiz' 15
Right-wing populism
Direct democracy  
    6 8,8 42 - -
Unia Europejskich Demokratów (UED)
Union of European Democrats
Social liberalism      1 - - - -
Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość (KWiN)
Confederation Freedom and Independence (d)
Libertarianism
Nationalism
    6,8  11 4,8 - 1,1 -
Mniejszość Niemiecka (MN)
German Minority
Minority interests (GER)       0,2 1 0,2 1 0,2 1
Prawica Rzeczypospolitej (PR)
Right Wing of the Republic (e)
Christian right
Social conservatism      
    0,0 - PiS (1) 0,2 -
Zjednoczona Lewica (ZL)
United Left
Social democracy
Green politics
Social liberalism
    - - 7,6 - - -
Others     0,9 - 0,6 - 0,6 -
Total     - 460 - 460 460 -
Turnout   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: Poland Comes First (PJN); 2015: Poland Together-United Right (PRZP); (b) 2015: Together (RAZEM); (c) 2011: Movement Palikot (RP); (d) 2011: New Right (NP); 2015: Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic Freedom and Hope (KORWiN); (e) 2011: Right (PRAVICA).