National Assembly (Poland)

"Polish Parliament" redirects here. For the expression, see Polish parliament (expression).

Zgromadzenie Narodowe Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej National Assembly of the Republic of Poland
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Sejm Senate
Leadership
Marshal of the Sejm	Ewa Kopacz, Civic Platform Since 8 November 2011
Marshal of the Senate	Bogdan Borusewicz, Civic Platform Since 5 November 2007
Structure
Seats	460 deputies and 100 senators
Meeting place
The Sejm building in Warsaw

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The National Assembly (Polish: Zgromadzenie Narodowe) is the name of both chambers of the Polish parliament, a lower house, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland and an upper house, the Senate of the Republic of Poland, when sitting in joint session. It is headed by the Marshal of the Sejm (or by the Marshal of the Senate when the former is absent).

In the years 1922–1935 and 1989–1990, it was the National Assembly who elected the President of the Republic of Poland by an absolute majority of votes. In 1935, it was replaced by an Assembly of Electors, which consisted of the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice, the General Armed Forces Inspector, 2/3 of deputies to the Sejm, and 1/3 of Senators. The Senate was abolished in 1946 so in 1947 Bolesław Bierut was elected President only by the Sejm. There were no presidents from 1952 until 1989 when the Senate was restored and the National Assembly elected Wojciech Jaruzelski as President.

Since 1990, the President has been elected by the people. However, the President is still sworn in before the National Assembly, which is also the only organ which can declare the President's permanent incapacity to perform his duties, or bring an indictment against him before State Tribunal.

From 1992 to 1997, the National Assembly drafted and passed a new Constitution, which was approved by a national referendum on 25 May 1997.

Latest election

 Summary of the 09 October 2011 Polish National Assembly election results

Parties		Sejm					Senate
		Votes	p.r.%(*)	%	Seats	+/–	MPs %/ votes %	Seats	+/–
	Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, PO)	5,629,773	18,30	39,18	207	–2	–2.33	63	+3
	Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS)	4,295,016	13,96	29.89	157	–9	–2.22	31	–8
	Palikot's Movement (Ruch Palikota, RP)	1,439,490	4,67	10.02	40	+40		—	—
	Polish People's Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL)	1,201,628	3,90	8.36	28	–3	–0.55	2	+2
	Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD)	1,184,303	3,84	8.24	27	–26	–4.91	—	—
	Poland Comes First (Polska jest Najważniejsza, PJN)	315,393	1,02	2.19	—	—†		—	—†
	Congress of the New Right (Kongres Nowej Prawicy, KNP)	151,837	0,49	1.06	—	–		—	–
	Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy, PPP)	79,147	0,25	0.55	—	—		—	—
	Right of the Republic–Real Politics Union (Prawica)	35,169	0,11	0.24	—	—	–0.44	—	—
	German Minority (Mniejszość Niemiecka, MN)	28,014	0,09	0.20	1	—	–0.03	—	—
	Our Home Poland (Nasz Dom Polska)	9,733	0,03	0.05	—	—	–1.48	—	—
	Independents (Niezależni)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		4	+3
	Total	14,369,503			460			100
Registered voters: 30,762,931 Votes counted: 15,050,027 (48,92%) Invalid votes: 680,524 Valid votes: 14,369,503 (95,48%) p.r.%(*) = percentage of valid votes for that party, from overall registered voters list(30,762,931) †PjN did not exist at the previous election, but had 15 Sejm seats and 1 Senate seat when the previous Parliament was dissolved.

Members

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• List of members of the parliament of Poland, 2005–2007
• List of members of the parliament of Poland, 2007–2011
• List of members of the parliament of Poland, 2011–present