2015 Polish parliamentary election

2015 Polish parliamentary election

25 October 2015
Opinion polls
Registered30,629,150
Sejm

All 460 seats in the Sejm
231 seats needed for a majority
Turnout15,595,335 (50.92%)
2.0pp
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Beata Szydło Ewa Kopacz Paweł Kukiz
Party PiS PO Kukiz'15
Leader since 22 June 2015 8 November 2014 27 July 2015
Last election 29.89%, 157 seats 39.18%, 207 seats Did not exist
Seats won 235 138 42
Seat change 78 69 New
Popular vote 5,711,687 3,661,474 1,339,094
Percentage 37.58% 24.09% 8.81%
Swing 7.69 pp 15.09 pp New party

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ryszard Petru Barbara Nowacka Janusz Piechociński
Party .N ZL PSL
Leader since 31 May 2015 21 July 2015 17 November 2012
Last election Did not exist 18.81%, 67 seats 8.36%, 28 seats
Seats won 28 0 16
Seat change New 67 22
Popular vote 1,155,370 1,147,102 779,875
Percentage 7.60% 7.55% 5.13%
Swing New party 10.71% 3.23%
Senate

All 100 seats in the Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.92%
2.0pp
Party Vote % Seats +/–
PiS 39.99 61 +30
PO 28.85 34 −29
Independent 10.95 4 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Government before Government after
Kopacz cabinet
POPSL
Szydło cabinet
PiS (ZP)

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 25 October 2015. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The election was won by the largest opposition party, the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS), with 38% of the vote against the governing Civic Platform (PO), which achieved 24%. Official results, announced on 27 October, gave Law and Justice 235 of the 460 seats, a majority of four. PiS vice chairwoman Beata Szydło succeeded PO leader Ewa Kopacz as Prime Minister of Poland, heading a one-party cabinet.

It was the first election for a national parliament in Europe since the 1993 Norwegian elections in which the two largest parties were led by a female candidate, and the second election in history (also since the 1993 Norwegian election) where more than three parties fielded female leadership candidates. It was also the first election in Poland since the restoration of full democracy that a party won an absolute majority in the Sejm.

Following PiS's victory in the May 2015 presidential elections, PiS would have control over both the presidency and parliament for the next eight years.