Polish parliamentary election, 2001

Polish parliamentary election, 2001

1997 ← 21 September 2001 (2001-09-21) → 2005

All 460 seats in the Sejm 231 seats were needed for a majority in the Sejm All 100 seats in the Senate   First party Second party Third party   Leader Leszek Miller Maciej Płażyński Andrzej Lepper Party Democratic Left Alliance Civic Platform Self-Defence Leader since December 1997 24 January 2001 10 January 1992 Leader's seat 9 – Łódź 25 – Gdańsk 40 – Koszalin Last election 164 seats, 35.7% N/A N/A Seats won 216 65 53 Seat change +52 +65 +53 Popular vote 5,342,519 1,651,099 1,327,624 Percentage 41% 12.7% 10.2% Swing +9.2% +12.7% +10.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Lech Kaczyński Jarosław Kalinowski Roman Giertych Party Law and Justice Polish People's Party League of Polish Families Leader since 22 March 2001 11 October 1997 21 April 2001 Leader's seat 25 – Gdańsk 18 – Siedlce 20 – Warsaw II Last election N/A 27 seats, 5.9% N/A Seats won 44 42 38 Seat change +44 +15 +38 Popular vote 1,236,787 1,168,659 1,025,148 Percentage 9.5% 9% 7.9% Swing +9.5% +1.7% +7.9

Prime Minister before election Jerzy Buzek Solidarity Electoral Action New Primer Minister Leszek Miller Democratic Left Alliance

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Polish parliamentary election in 2001 to Sejm and Senate of Poland were held on the 23rd September. In Sejm elections, 46.29% of citizens cast their votes, 96.01% of those were counted as valid. In Senate elections, 46.28% of citizens cast their votes, 96.46% were valid.

The elections were won by the centre-left party of Democratic Left Alliance, falling just short of an outright majority in the Sejm. The right-wing vote splintered, with Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS), which had won 201 seats in 1997, collapsing to none. Two parties that had been formed from AWS – Civic Platform and Law and Justice – won 65 and 44 seats respectively.

The left-wing nationalist Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (SRP) increased its vote 100-fold from 1997 and won 53 seats, coming third. The new socially conservative League of Polish Families also entered the Sejm for the first time, winning 38 seats, behind the Polish People's Party.

Results

Sejm

 Summary of the results of the 21 September 2001 election to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Democratic Left Alliance	5,342,519	41.0	+9.2	216	+52
	Civic Platform	1,651,099	12.7	N/A	65	N/A
	Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	1,327,624	10.2	+10.1	53	+53
	Law and Justice	1,236,787	9.5	N/A	44	N/A
	Polish People's Party	1,168,659	9.0	+1.7	42	+15
	League of Polish Families	1,025,148	7.9	N/A	38	N/A
	Solidarity Electoral Action	729,207	5.6	–28.2	0	–201
	Freedom Union	404,074	3.1	–10.3	0	N/A
	Social Alternative Movement	54 266	0.4	N/A	0	N/A
	German Minority	47,230	0.4	—	2	—
Total			100	—	460	—

Sejm

Senate

Senate

Senat election

Affiliation	Members
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union	75
Senate 2001	15
Polish People's Party	4
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland	2
League of Polish Families	2
Independents	2

Total: 100 senators.

References

• Obwieszczenie Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej z dn. 26 IX 1997 r., Monitor Polski. Nr 109, poz. 1186
• Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 26 IX 2001 r., Dz.U. Nr 109, poz. 1187
• The Polish Voice, 2001, Nr 12 (http://www2.warsawvoice.pl/tpv_old/12/PV01.html)