2001 Polish parliamentary election

2001 Polish parliamentary election
23 September 2001
Opinion polls
Registered29,364,455
Sejm
All 460 seats in the Sejm
231 seats needed for a majority
Turnout13,559,412 (46.29%)
1.64pp
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Leszek Miller Maciej Płażyński Andrzej Lepper
Party SLD-UP PO SRP
Leader since 15 April 1999 19 January 2001 10 January 1992
Last election 34.1%, 164 seats Did not exist 0.1%, 0 seats
Seats won 216 65 53
Seat change 52 New 53
Popular vote 5,342,519 1,651,099 1,327,624
Percentage 41.0% 12.7% 10.2%
Swing 6.9 pp New 10.1 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Lech Kaczyński Jarosław Kalinowski Marek Kotlinowski
Party PiS PSL LPR
Leader since 13 June 2001 11 October 1997 5 May 2001
Last election Did not exist 7.3%, 27 seats Did not exist
Seats won 44 42 38
Seat change New 15 New
Popular vote 1,236,787 1,168,659 1,025,148
Percentage 9.5% 9.0% 7.9%
Swing New 1.7 pp New
Senate
All 100 seats in the Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout13,551,502 (46.15%)
1.68pp
Party Vote % Seats +/–
SLD-UP 38.91 75 +47
Senate 2001 24.42 15 New
PSL 13.21 4 +1
SRP 4.28 2 +2
LPR 4.05 2 New
Independents 10.76 2 −3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Government before Government after election
Buzek cabinet
AWS		 Miller cabinet
SLD—PSL—UP

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 23 September 2001. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The election concluded with an overwhelming victory for the centre-left Democratic Left Alliance – Labor Union, the electoral coalition between the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and the Labour Union (UP), which captured 41% of the vote in the crucial lower house Sejm. The 2001 election is recognized as marking the emergence of both Civic Platform (PO) and Law and Justice (PiS) as players in Polish politics, while also witnessing the outright collapse of the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) and its former coalition partner, the Freedom Union (UW).

Voter turnout for the 2001 election was 46% The 2001 election featured heavy redistricting owing to local government reforms passed in 1998. For this election only, list seats were allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method instead of the D'Hondt method.

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