Parliamentary election in Poland 2015

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

37.6

24.1

8.8

7.6

7.6

5.1

4.8

3.6

0.9

PiS

PO

K'15

.N

ZL ^e

PSL

KORWiN

Razem

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2011

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-14

-16

+7.7

-15.1

+8.8

+7.6

-10.6

-3.3

+4.8

+3.6

-3.4

PiS

PO

K'15

.N

ZL ^e

PSL

KORWiN

Razem

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^{e started in} 2015 as a political alliance ZL ( SLD , TR , PPS , UP , PZ , PPP ); Comparative value 2011: added result of TR and SLD

Allocation of seats Sejm

1

28

138

16

235

42

1 28 138 16 235 42 

A total of 460 seats

• MN : 1
• .N : 28
• PO : 138
• PSL : 16
• PiS : 235
• K'15 : 42

Allocation of seats in the Senate

34

1

4th

61

34 1 4th 61 

A total of 100 seats

• PO : 34
• PSL : 1
• Independent: 4
• PiS : 61

The 2015 parliamentary elections in Poland took place on October 25, 2015. In the election, the voters decided on the composition of the deputies in the two chambers ( Sejm and Senate ) of the Polish parliament .

The national conservative party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) won the election with 37.6% and received an absolute majority with 235 of the 460 seats in the Sejm . From November 16, 2015 (for the first time in the history of the Third Polish Republic ) a single-party government, the Szydło Cabinet, ruled . The coalition of the liberal-conservative Platforma Obywatelska (PO) and Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (PSL) was voted out after two legislative terms and together has only 154 seats. The Zjednoczona Lewica (ZL) missed the threshold of 8 percent applicable to electoral alliances made up of several parties. Thus, for the first time since the beginning of the Third Republic, no left party is represented in parliament. The election committee Kukiz'15 of the rock musician Paweł Kukiz and the liberal party .Nowoczesna of the economist Ryszard Petru are represented in parliament for the first time. The election result was described as a “shift to the right”.

On November 12, 2015, the constituent meetings of the new Sejm and Senate took place, at which the parliamentary chairpersons ( Sejm and Senate Marshal ) were also elected.

Elections to the Sejm and Senate

Election date

The election date was announced on July 17, 2015 by then President Bronisław Komorowski . In addition to October 25th, October 11th, October 18th and November 1st were also available. The seventh electoral term of the Sejm ended on the day before the first session of the eighth electoral term was called. The beginning of the eighth electoral term was determined by the President; it can be a maximum of 30 days after the election.

Election to the Sejm in the eighth electoral term

→ Main article : List of Sejm MPs of the 8th electoral term (since 2015)

The Sejm is elected according to a personalized proportional representation and takes place according to the D'Hondt procedure . The regular legislative period is four years. There is a threshold clause of five percent for parties and eight percent for party alliances.

A total of 460 Sejm members are elected from 41 constituencies. Each constituency has a defined number of mandates, from seven to a maximum of twenty. A party is voted for by ticking a candidate from that party. If a party is entitled to mandates based on the election results in a constituency, those candidates who have received the most votes will move into the Sejm, provided that the party has exceeded the minimum threshold nationwide. The position on the list is therefore ultimately not decisive.

Election to the Senate in the IX. Electoral term

The Senate is elected after a majority vote ( personality election) and consists of a total of 100 senators from 100 constituencies. Only the candidate who has received the most votes in the constituency moves into the Senate.

Election campaign

According to the election calendar, the election campaign begins when the election date is set and ends 24 hours before election day with the start of the so-called election rest .

The Law and Justice (PiS) promised, like Andrzej Duda in the previous presidential election , the return to the old retirement age of 65 years for men and 60 years for women, an increase in the tax-free amount to 8,000 złoty and the introduction of a child benefit of 500 Złoty from the second child and for low-income families also for the first. Furthermore, the VAT rate should be reduced from 23% to 22%. The party estimated the annual overspend at PLN 39 billion, compared to additional income from the fight against tax avoidance , the introduction of a bank tax and a tax on large-scale retailers of PLN 73 billion. Opponents spoke of a second Greece. In September, the campaign promises were expanded to include free medicines for seniors over the age of 75, the reduced 15 percent corporate income tax for small businesses, the minimum wage of 12 zlotys per hour and preferential treatment for local companies in local tenders.

The two top candidates Kopacz (r.) And Szydło (l.) During a television debate on October 19, 2015

Jarosław Kaczyński with PiS party members in Bielsko-Biała

Election campaign posters in Katowice

The Civic Platform (PO) party congress took place on the same day. The economists Janusz Lewandowski and Mateusz Szczurek presented a draft whose main focus was on the abolition of pension contributions, a uniform 10 percent income tax and employment. This would abolish work contracts and fixed-term contracts. The limitation of the shadow economy was cited for financing . The National Health Fund should be abolished and the cost of the health and pension system should be borne directly by the Ministry of Finance . The PO also wanted to restore the status quo ante of VAT from 2017. The party put the costs at 10.2 billion zlotys . Another suggestion was the abolition of compulsory financing of trade unions by the employer . A drug voucher would be introduced for people on low incomes. Around three million citizens could take advantage of this.

The PO criticized an expansion of the refugee issue by the PiS. The rhetoric of this is scare-mongering, as is the talk of the supposed dictation from Brussels and Berlin, which the government is bowing to. The main point of contention was the quota, which provides for the allocation of refugees in Europe, but has so far been rejected by countries such as Poland. In the past, Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz (PO) only agreed to admission on a voluntary basis, which should include 2,000 refugees. The statements by Prime Minister Kopacz that Poland could possibly accept more refugees sparked a dispute between PO and PiS.

One day after the party congresses of PO, PiS and PSL, the United Left (ZL) presented its election program. The focus was on increasing the monthly minimum wage from 1750 to 2500 zloty and a third income tax of 40% for the upper class . The ZL wanted to lower the VAT rate to 21%, which would have happened during the four-year legislative period. Health expenditure should rise to at least 7% of GDP. She advocated a clear separation of religion and state and advocated the abolition of religious education, the dissolution of the state-financed church fund and the expansion of income taxpayers to include priests . Poland should also show solidarity with the refugees from the war zones in the Middle East .

On September 26, 2015, the party congresses of the Kukiz'15 movement and the Nowoczesna and KORWiN parties took place. Paweł Kukiz postulated a new constitution, the reform of the judiciary (election of lower-level judges by residents) and majority voting, which was already required in the presidential election . The latter should strengthen the connection between voters and MPs and create responsibility for the representatives of the people towards their voters.

The economist Ryszard Petru , founder of the Nowoczesna party, highlighted his group as an economically liberal alternative to the previous establishment, consisting primarily of PO and PiS.

Janusz Korwin-Mikke ( KORWiN ) criticized the EU's actions during the refugee crisis . The policy pursued so far has caused the crisis. In his opinion, the mistake lay in the general tolerance towards "strangers" and political correctness . He praised the previous approach of the Visegrád group against an alleged dictation of the EU. When asked about economic issues, he said that Poland's prosperity depends on work and output, not subsidies.

At election events, PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński expressed his opposition to accepting refugees who could come to Poland. These would bring diseases such as cholera and dysentery as well as "all kinds of parasites and bacteria that are harmless in the organisms of these people" (but dangerous for Poles) into the country. Financial help should be given to the local people. In addition, their admission could lead to the establishment of “Sharia zones” (meaning so-called “vulnerable areas” which the Swedish police had identified). These statements were rejected by liberal politicians and the media as the "language of hate", as racist or even fascist and are said to have caused fright even among PiS politicians. Paweł Kukiz spoke of an impending "annihilation of Poland": while two and a half million young, productive Poles had emigrated and another one and a half million were planning to do so, "foreign nations" were being settled in the country.

Events

• September 7th - deadline for registration for elections (registration as an election committee ).
• September 15th - deadline for submitting a list of candidates for the Sejm and Senate.
• October 25 - Election Day (7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.).

Attendees

Parties

Political party		Alignment	Leading candidate
	Platforma Obywatelska (PO) Civic Platform	liberal - conservative	Ewa Kopacz
	Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) Law and Justice with Solidarna Polska and Polska Razem	national conservative , Christian democratic , right-wing populist	Beata Szydło
	Zjednoczona Lewica (ZL) United Left electoral alliance consisting of SLD , Twój Ruch , PPS , UP , PZ and PPP	social democratic , progressive , left-liberal , anti-clerical ( TR ) social democratic ( SLD , UP ) socialist ( PPS , PPP ) green, progressive, socially liberal ( PZ )	Barbara Nowacka
	Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (PSL) Polish People's Party	Christian-democratic, agrarian	Janusz Piechociński
	KORWiN (Koalicja Odnowy Rzeczypospolitej Wolność i Nadzieja) Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic of Freedom and Hope	libertarian , paleoconservative	Janusz Korwin-Mikke
	Kukiz'15	right-wing populist , conservative	Paweł Kukiz
	Nowoczesna (.N) Modernism	economically liberal	Ryszard Petru
	Kongres Nowej Prawicy (KNP) Congress of the New Right	libertarian, national conservative	Michał Marusik
	Ruch Narodowy (RN) 1 National Movement	right-wing extremist , folk-nationalistic	Robert Winnicki
	Partia Razem (Razem) Together	social democratic, socialist	Adrian Zandberg
	Komitet Wyborczy Mniejszość Niemiecka (MN) 2 German minority election committee	Minority policy	Ryszard Galla

Notes: ¹ Party leader Robert Winnicki and members of Ruch Narodowy ran for the list Kukiz'15 for the Sejm. ² As a minority party, the German minority is exempt from the nationwide five percent threshold, but must obtain a mandate in the constituency to be candidate.

Electoral committees

In Poland, candidacies take the form of specially formed election committees . These committees submit their lists of candidates to the State Electoral Commission . By the registration deadline, 115 committees had been duly registered by the electoral authority; 77 of them intended to run for the Senate only.

At least 5000 supporting signatures per constituency are required to run for the Sejm , and at least 2000 for the Senate election . If the necessary signatures are available in more than half of all constituencies, the election committee may automatically run nationwide.

The order on the ballot paper will be drawn by the electoral authority.

Approved committees for election

The following election committees ran nationwide (according to the order on the ballot paper)

1. Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (including Solidarna Polska and Polska Razem )
2. Platforma Obywatelska
3. Partia Razem
4. KORWiN
5. Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe
6. Zjednoczona Lewica
7. Kukiz'15
8. Nowoczesna

The following election committees are only running in certain constituencies because they did not have enough declarations of support in at least 21 constituencies for a nationwide candidacy:

9. JOW Bezpartyjni ( JOW non-party - JOW stands for majority vote)
10. Wyborców Zbigniewa Stonogi Committee ( Zbigniew Stonoga Electoral Committee )
11. Ruch Społeczny RP ( Social Movement of Poland )
12. Zjednoczeni dla Śląska ( United for Silesia )
13. Samoobrona ( self defense )
14. Grzegorza Brauna "Szczęść Boże!" ( Grzegorz Braun's "Grüß Gott!" )
15. Kongres Nowej Prawicy (Congress of the New Right)
16. Komitet Wyborczy Mniejszość Niemiecka ( Election Committee German Minority - only running in the constituency of Opole )
17. Obywatele do Parlamentu ( Citizens to Parliament - only running in Warsaw constituency )

Electoral alliances

In the run-up to the election, some parties formed electoral alliances:

There is an electoral alliance between the PiS and Solidarna Polska and Polska Razem .

There is an electoral alliance of the left parties Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (SLD), Twój Ruch (TR), Polska Partia Socjalistyczna (PPS), Unia Pracy (UP), Partia Zieloni (PZ) and Polska Partia Pracy (PPP) under the name Zjednoczona Lewica (ZL, United Left).

There was a cooperation between Kukiz'15 and Ruch Narodowy .

Survey

Results from surveys by the institutes ( I ) BRiS, ( T ) NS Polska, ( M ) illward Brown, ( i ) psos, ( E ) stymator, ( C ) BOS, ( P ) ressMix, ( e ) wybory.eu, ( G ) fK Polonia, ( A ) riadna and ( D ) obra Opinia between October 14, 2011 and October 23, 2015

Prawo i Sprawiedliwość

Platforma Obywatelska

Twój Ruch

Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe

Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej / Zjednoczona Lewica

Congress Nowej Prawicy

Points: Election result in the 2011 parliamentary elections.

Immediately after the presidential election at the end of May 2015 , which was won by PiS candidate Andrzej Duda , polls also predicted a PiS victory in the parliamentary elections, in some cases even with an absolute majority. The ruling PO and PSL would have lost their coalition majority.

After the initial euphoria caused by the presidential election, in which the rock musician Paweł Kukiz surprisingly scored 21%, the Kukiz'15 movement that he founded afterwards gradually slipped from around 20% to almost the 5 percent hurdle. On the other hand, since the left parties began to vote together as Zjednoczona Lewica, the polls rose significantly and had often overtaken Kukiz as the third strongest force. The newly founded economic liberal party Nowoczesna had a good chance of being the fifth party in parliament due to its permanently constant values ​​of around 8%. The remaining candidate parties, however, had to fear for the move.

Due to the fluctuations in the polls, it was unclear by election evening which parties apart from the PO and PiS would actually move into the Sejm.

Surveys (in%)

Institute	date	Respondents	PO	PiS	PSL	TR	SLD	KORWiN	Kukiz'15	.N	Razem	Otherwise.
Ipsos (late poll)	10/26/2015		23.6	37.7	5.2	7.5 (ZL)		4.9	8.7	7.7	3.9	0.8 b
Ipsos ( exit poll )	25/10/2015		23.41	39.12	5.21	6.6 (ZL)		4.9	9.04	7.12	3.9	0.7 b
Ipsos	10/22/2015	3003	22.1	38.3	6.5	8.1 (ZL)		3.5	12.5	6.6	1.7	0.7 b
Millward Brown	10/22/2015	2000	20th	32	5	9 (ZL)		6th	6th	8th	1	11 a
Estymator	10/22/2015	1501	23	37	6th	8 (ZL)		6th	8th	6th	5	1 b
IBRiS	10/22/2015	1100	24.4	35.3	4.7	8.1 (ZL)		4.4	6.7	6.2	2.5	7.7
Viavox CCC	10/22/2015	1040	22.35	31.24	4.95	8.92 (ZL)		5.20	5.71	7.78	2.31	11.54 a
Election 2011			39.18	29.89	8.36	10.02	8.24	New	New	New	New	1.00 b
Sources: ewybory.eu , Polskie Badania Wyborcze Explanatory notes on miscellaneous : a Share of voters who are still undecided, b Total of other parties.

Older polls

Surveys (in%) Institute date Respondents PO PiS PSL TR SLD KORWiN Kukiz'15 .N Razem Otherwise. TNS Polska 10/21/2015 1002 24.1 37.8 4.8 8.6 (ZL) 4.9 9.1 6.6 3.5 - CBOS 10/21/2015 1114 25th 36 5 6 (ZL) 4th 6th 5 <1 11 a IBRiS 10/21/2015 1100 23 37 5.1 8.9 (ZL) 4.1 5.9 6.4 3.9 5.8 TNS Polska 10/20/2015 1003 26.3 32.5 4.8 7.5 (ZL) 5.3 10.4 6.1 0.3 6.1 a Dobra Opinia October 19, 2015 8000 24.5 39.5 6th 9 (ZL) 4.5 7.5 6th 2 1 b IBRiS October 18, 2015 2200 22nd 36 6th 11 (ZL) 4th 6th 6th - - IBRiS 10/16/2015 - 22.9 35.3 5.5 10.7 (ZL) 3.8 5.3 7.1 0.9 - CBOS 15/10/2015 930 27 34 3 6 (ZL) 3 8th 7th 1 10 a Ipsos 15/10/2015 1010 22nd 36 5 8 (ZL) 5 8th 4th 1 11 Millward Brown 15/10/2015 2006 22nd 32 5 10 (ZL) 5 5 7th 1 - TNS Polska 14/10/2015 1020 30.1 38.9 5.5 7.9 (ZL) 4.7 5.5 6.7 1.2 - Estymator 13/10/2015 1002 24 40 6th 9 (ZL) 7th 6th 4th 1 - IBRiS 13/10/2015 1100 20.3 36.2 6.4 11.1 (ZL) 3.1 5.9 8.4 0.5 8.2 Ipsos 08/10/2015 1006 25th 36 6th 8 (ZL) 3 7th 5 0 10 IBRiS 08/10/2015 1100 22.2 35.8 6.7 9.3 (ZL) 2.3 6.2 8.6 0.2 8.1 a TNS Polska 08/10/2015 - 27.7 42 3.7 8.8 (ZL) 3.1 6th 8th 0.1 - Millward Brown 08/10/2015 1003 19th 35 5 11 (ZL) 4th 5 8th 1 12 a TNS Polska 07/10/2015 978 24 36 4th 4 (ZL) 3 6th 4th - 9 a GfK Polonia 06/10/2015 1020 27.1 43.7 5.6 5.9 (ZL) 4.1 5.7 5.1 - 12.8 IBRiS 06/10/2015 1100 23.8 33.4 6.6 9.5 (ZL) 3.2 5.8 9.3 - 8.5 Dobra Opinia 05/10/2015 8000 25.8 38.2 5.3 8.6 (ZL) 4.7 9.2 6.6 1.3 - IBRiS 03/10/2015 - 24 34 6th 10 (ZL) 3 8th 9 1 5 a Millward Brown 10/01/2015 1002 22nd 32 4th 12 (ZL) 5 7th 6th 3 - IBRiS 09/29/2015 1100 24.3 36 6.6 7.3 (ZL) 3 6.9 8.1 0.7 7.1 a Estymator 09/29/2015 1055 26th 42 6th 7 (ZL) 5 5 5 1 3 b PressMix 09/25/2015 2054 21st 44 6th 6 (ZL) 2 4th 5 2 10 Ipsos 09/24/2015 1004 26th 38 6th 5 (ZL) 3 7th 6th 1 8th IBRiS 09/24/2015 1100 27.3 37.6 5 7.8 (ZL) 3.6 5 6th 0.6 7 a RN CBOS 09/23/2015 972 30th 34 5 5 (ZL) 4th 7th 6th - 9 Dobra Opinia 09/21/2015 8000 25.7 39.2 5.8 8.1 (ZL) 4.7 9.8 5.5 - 1.2 b IBRiS 09/22/2015 1100 25.5 36.9 5.8 8.3 (ZL) 3.6 4.7 7.3 - 12.3 Millward Brown 09/20/2015 1028 22nd 33 6th 8 (ZL) 7th 5 6th 2 9 ewybory.eu 09/20/2015 1000 25th 38.4 5 12.8 (ZL) 4.2 6.7 4.5 - 3.4 b IBRiS 09/19/2015 - 22nd 39 5 8 (ZL) - 4th 6th - 10 a IBRiS 09/16/2015 1100 21.8 36.4 5.2 8.8 (ZL) 3 6.1 5.7 - 13.1 ewybory.eu 09/13/2015 1000 24.2 37.1 5.5 15.3 (ZL) 6.3 5.5 4.0 - 2.1 b Ipsos 09/11/2015 1005 24 35 5 6 (ZL) 4th 9 4th - 11 a TNS Polska 09/09/2015 984 23 38 2 3 (ZL) 2 7th 2 0 22nd Millward Brown 07.09.2015 1002 24.7 37.6 5 8.7 (ZL) 5.5 6.1 6.9 - 2 a Millward Brown 09/06/2015 1004 25th 36 4th 10 (ZL) 3 6th 7th - 2 b IBRiS 05.09.2015 1100 23 38 5 8 (ZL) 3 6th 5 - 13.7 IBRiS 08/28/2015 1100 19th 39.1 5.2 8.3 (ZL) 2.2 7th 5.6 0.5 13.7 Estymator 08/28/2015 1083 26th 43 7th 8 (ZL) 2 4th 4th - 6 b Millward Brown 08/25/2015 1003 27 37 4th 11 (ZL) 4th 6th 5 1 8th CBOS 08/25/2015 1040 27 36 4th 4 (ZL) 1 12 4th 1 9 b ewybory.eu 08/25/2015 1500 21.2 46.9 5 12 (ZL) 2.8 4.5 2.9 1.5 3.2 b IBRiS 08/23/2015 1100 19th 40.4 5.4 9.5 (ZL) 2.2 4.7 6.5 - 20.7 IBRiS 08/18/2015 - 24 36 6th 8 (ZL) - 6th 6th - 14 a TNS Polska 08/18/2015 1002 22nd 41 4th 4 (ZL) 2 11 1 1 15th Estymator 08/17/2015 1088 28 41 6th 6 (ZL) 2 6th 4th - 7 b Ariadna 08/14/2015 1053 25th 36 3.9 - 3.8 2.9 13.5 4.1 - 10.1 a Millward Brown 08/11/2015 1003 26th 35 3 8 (ZL) 3 12 5 - 9 a GfK Polonia 08/10/2015 1020 29.9 42.3 4.1 4.2 (ZL) 3.8 9.8 2.3 - - ewybory.eu 08/09/2015 1500 24.5 45.1 4.4 10.5 (ZL) 3.2 5.5 1.8 1.3 3.7 b IBRiS 08/03/2015 - 23 35 6th 7 (ZL) - 7th 5 - - ewybory.eu 07/31/2015 1500 26.7 40.3 4th 9.2 (ZL) 4.3 8.5 1.8 1.1 4.1 b Estymator 07/30/2015 1037 29 43 5 4 (ZL) 2 9 4th 1 3 b GfK Polonia 07/29/2015 1020 30.3 47.1 3.7 1.1 (ZL) 2.2 10.5 1 0.2 4.3 b Ariadna 07/25/2015 - 23 37 4th - 6th 5 16 4th - - IBRiS 07/21/2015 1100 24 35 4th 1 3 1 13 6th - 2 b Millward Brown 07/16/2015 1002 23 33 5 7 (ZL) 4th 18th 5 - 4 a Estymator 07/16/2015 1062 28 43 5 - 5 2 10 4th 2 3 CBOS 07/10/2015 1044 29 36 3 1 3 3 11 4th - 10 b IBRiS 07/08/2015 - 26th 33 4th - 2 3 14th 6th - 5 b Millward Brown 07/07/2015 1001 25th 34 5 6 (ZL) 4th 16 6th 1 5 TNS Polska 07/03/2015 1000 27 38 2 3 (ZL) 3 13 2 1 13 GfK Polonia 06/30/2015 1020 28.8 43.1 3.2 0.3 2.6 2 15.1 2.1 0.1 2.7 b Estymator 06/29/2015 1207 25th 36 6th 1 4th 2 20th 4th 1 6th Dobra Opinia 06/26/2015 6500 25.8 37.2 4th 0.9 3.5 3.8 19.3 4.6 0.9 - IBRiS 06/25/2015 - 24 35.5 4.2 0.7 2.9 1.6 18.3 5.2 0.7 7.6 Millward Brown 06/24/2015 ≈1000 23 33 5 1 4th 3 19th 8th 2 7th TNS Polska 06/22/2015 990 20th 34 3 1 4th 2 17th 1 1 18th IBRiS 06/21/2015 - 26th 28 5 - 4th 2 21st 5 - - CBOS 06/18/2015 1011 25th 31 4th 1 4th 2 19th 4th 2 10 b TNS Polska 06/15/2015 980 23 37 3 0 3 1 14th 1 2 18th Estymator 06/12/2015 1104 19th 33 4th 2 4th 2 29 3 1 6th Millward Brown 06/12/2015 1005 19th 30th 3 3 5 4th 24 7th 1 5 TNS Polska 06/10/2015 1000 24 32 3 0 2 2 20th 3 0 14th CBOS 06/08/2015 988 31 33 1 1 4th 2 14th 3 0 11 a IBRiS 06/08/2015 - 21st 24 3 1 3 3 24.2 8th 1 20.8 Millward Brown 06/01/2015 1000 17th 25th 3 2 4th 4th 20th 10 1 16 IBRiS 05/29/2015 1100 29 29 4th 1 3 4th 10 - 1 6th Estymator 05/29/2015 1138 20th 36 4th 1 5 2 25th 4th 1 4 b IBRiS 05/26/2015 1100 22.4 29.7 3.2 - 4th - 21.3 5.7 - - Presidential Election in Poland 2015 - Second ballot (May 24th) CBOS 05/23/2015 1048 34 35 5 2 4th 5 4th - 1 11 Millward Brown 05/16/2015 1001 25th 25th 4th 1 3 3 20th 5 0 - TNS Polska 05/15/2015 963 28 35 4th 2 8th 4th - - 1 19th Millward Brown 05/15/2015 1000 34 33 3 0 5 4th - - 1 14 a 2015 Presidential Election in Poland - First ballot (May 10) Millward Brown 04/30/2015 - 35 31 3 2 6th 7th - - 1 16 CBOS 04/23/2015 1027 36 30th 6th 2 7th 6th - - 1 12 b Millward Brown 04/14/2015 1000 35 31 5 3 7th 8th - - 2 - Millward Brown 03/30/2015 1000 35 35 5 3 6th 5 - - 2 11 b CBOS 03/18/2015 1052 42 29 5 1 7th 3 - - 0 13 b Millward Brown 03/16/2015 - 32 34 4th 4th 11 4th - - 1 - CBOS 03/11/2015 1062 46 27 5 1 6th 1 - - 1 15 b Millward Brown 03/02/2015 1000 34 35 5 1 8th 6th - - 1 7 a Millward Brown 02/16/2015 1000 31 30th 6th 4th 10 5 - - 2 14 b CBOS 02/11/2015 1003 38 28 11 3 8th - - - - 12 b CBOS 01/14/2015 1005 40 29 7th 0 6th - - - - - Millward Brown 01/12/2015 - 34 34 6th 0 9 - - - 0 14 b CBOS 12/12/2014 936 43 28 9 1 7th - - - - - Local government elections in Poland 2014 CBOS 11/16/2014 934 38 27 8th 1 9 - - - - - Millward Brown 10/16/2014 1000 34 30th 6th 2 11 - - - 1 15th CBOS 10/15/2014 919 34 34 6th 2 9 - - - - - Election 2011 39.18 29.89 8.36 10.02 8.24 New New New New 1.00 b Sources: ewybory.eu , Polskie Badania Wyborcze Explanatory notes on miscellaneous : a Share of voters who are still undecided, b Total of other parties.

Results

voter turnout

A total of 30,732,398 citizens were eligible to vote, corresponding to 82.12% of the total population (37,423,576). The proportion of eligible voters who voted was as follows:

Period	voter turnout	Votes cast
7:00 am - 12:00 pm	16.47%	4,955,286
7:00 am - 5:00 pm	38.97%	11,748,920
7:00 am - 9:00 pm	50.92%	15,595,335

Official end result

Result of the general election in Poland 2015

Political party		Abbreviation	Sejm						senate
			candidates data	be right	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	candidates data	Seats	+/-
	Prawo i Sprawiedliwość	PiS	919	5,711,687	37.58	+7.68	235	+78	98	61	+30
	Platforma Obywatelska	PO	916	3,661,474	24.09	−15.09	138	−69	83	34	−29
	Kukiz'15	Kukiz'15	838	1,339,094	8.81	-	42	+42	9	-	-
	Nowoczesna	.N	858	1,155,370	7.60	-	28	+28	16	-	-
	Zjednoczona Lewica ( SLD + TR + PPS + UP + Zieloni )	ZL	904	1,147,102	7.55	−11.26	-	−67	31	-	-
	Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe	PSL	916	779.875	5.13	−3.23	16	−12	58	1	-1
	Partia KORWiN	KORWiN	898	722.999	4.79	-	-	-	10	-	-
	Partia Razem	Razem	573	550.349	3.62	-	-	-	0	-	-
	KWW Zbigniewa Stonogi *	STONOGA	297	42,731	0.28	-	-	-	1	-	-
	Election Committee German Minority *	MN	24	27,530	0.18	−0.01	1	0	3	-	-
	Zjednoczeni dla Śląska *	ZdŚ	42	18,668	0.12	-	-	-	0	-	-
	JOW Bezpartyjni *	JOWB	136	15,656	0.10	-	-	-	6th	-	-
	KWW Grzegorza Brauna "Szczęść Boże!" *	BROWN	202	13,113	0.09	-	-	-	1	-	-
	Congress Nowej Prawicy *	KNP	116	4,852	0.03	−1.03	-	-	8th
	Samoobrona *	SRP	119	4,266	0.03	−0.04	-	-	2	-	-
	Ruch Społeczny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej *	RSRP	60	3,941	0.03	-	-	-	2	-	-
	Obywatele do Parlamentu *	RDP	40	1,964	0.01	-	-	-	3	-	-
	Other parties (only to the Senate)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
	Independent (Senate only)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	76	4th	-
total				15.200.671	100.00%	-	460	-	-	100	-
Valid votes				15.200.671	97.47%
Invalid votes				394,664	2.53%
voter turnout				15,595,335	50.92%
Eligible voters				30,732,398	100.00%
Source: Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza (PKW; National Electoral Commission), October 27, 2015

^* only ran in part of the constituencies.

Results by voivodship

All figures in percent.

Voivodeship		PiS	PO	Kukiz'15	.N	ZL	PSL	KORWiN	Razem	Other
	Lower Silesia	32.63	29.26	9.03	8.69	8.05	3.14	4.74	3.86	0.59
	Kuyavian Pomeranian	31.86	27.74	8.04	6.91	10.39	6.40	4.23	3.70	0.72
	Lublin	47.76	14.83	9.79	4.22	6.45	9.24	4.74	2.60	0.38
	Lebus	28.27	28.21	8.75	9.99	10.02	5.12	4.99	3.99	0.65
	Łódź	38.35	23.15	8.65	6.70	8.79	5.93	4.29	3.79	0.36
	Lesser Poland	48.18	19.43	8.14	6.58	4.73	4.19	5.20	3.08	0.47
	Mazovia	38.30	22.61	7.89	9.53	6.92	4.84	5.15	4.21	0.55
	Opole	27.77	26.23	12.57	7.14	6.75	3.68	3.95	3.02	8.88
	Subcarpathian	55.09	13.37	9.23	4.09	4.47	5.69	4.69	2.30	1.05
	Podlaskie	45.38	16.74	9.07	5.37	7.35	8.07	4.66	2.59	0.76
	Pomerania	30.45	34.06	7.60	8.67	6.62	3.13	4.70	4.02	0.75
	Silesia	34.82	25.56	10.69	8.06	8.33	2.52	4.88	3.91	1.23
	Holy Cross	42.81	17.25	9.41	4.98	7.87	9.51	4.14	2.80	1.23
	Warmia-Masuria	30.91	28.38	8.66	6.39	8.30	7.69	4.94	3.76	0.97
	Greater Poland	29.61	28.45	7.77	9.32	9.28	6.62	4.32	3.94	0.70
	West Pomerania	28.91	31.25	8.78	8.44	9.59	3.97	5.01	4.04	-
Poland		37.58	24.09	8.81	7.60	7.55	5.13	4.79	3.62	0.83

Profits / losses (mandates)

Voivodeship		Total	PiS		PO		Kukiz'15		.N		ZL		PSL		KORWiN		Razem		Other
	Lower Silesia	34	15th	+5	13	−6	3	+3	3	+3	-	−5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Kuyavian Pomeranian	25th	11	+4	8th	−4	2	+2	2	+2	-	−4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lublin	27	18th	+7	5	−2	2	+2	-	-	-	−5	2	−2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lebus	12	5	+2	5	−1	1	+1	1	+1	-	−2	-	−1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Łódź	31	17th	+5	9	−2	3	+3	1	+1	-	−6	1	−1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lesser Poland	41	26th	+5	9	−9	4th	+4	1	+1	-	−1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mazovia	63	33	+10	17th	−9	6th	+6	4th	+4	-	−8	3	−3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Opole	12	4th	+1	4th	−2	2	+2	1	+1	-	−2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	Subcarpathian	26th	19th	+5	4th	−3	2	+2	-	-	-	−3	1	−1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Podlaskie	14th	8th	+2	3	−2	1	+1	1	+1	-	−2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Pomerania	26th	11	+4	11	−5	2	+2	2	+2	-	−3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Silesia	55	27	+12	18th	−13	6th	+6	4th	+4	-	−9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Holy Cross	16	9	+3	3	−2	1	+1	1	+1	-	−2	2	−1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Warmia-Masuria	18th	8th	+4	6th	−3	2	+2	1	+1	-	−3	1	−1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Greater Poland	40	16	+6	15th	−3	3	+3	4th	+4	-	−8	2	−2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	West Pomerania	20th	8th	+3	8th	−3	2	+2	2	+2	-	−4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Poland		460	235	+78	138	−69	42	+42	28	+28	-	−67	16	−12	-	-	-	-	1	-

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Presence of parties in public broadcasting

In the period from October 1 to October 31, 2015, the respective parties were given the following airtime. The data refer to the news channel TVP Info .

National candidate committees

Political party	Opinion (subjective)		Information (objective)		All in all
	Number of appearances	Airtime	Number of appearances	Airtime	Number of appearances	Airtime
PiS	75	≈ 07 h 17 min	865	≈ 21 h 20 min	940	≈ 28 h 38 min
PO	71	≈ 06 h 02 min	684	≈ 14 h 23 min	755	≈ 20 h 25 min
ZL	65	≈ 04 h 57 min	489	≈ 08 h 11 min	554	≈ 13 h 08 min
PSL	26th	≈ 02 h 03 min	340	≈ 04 h 06 min	366	≈ 06 h 09 min
.N	26th	≈ 01 h 47 min	244	≈ 04 h 12 min	270	≈ 05 h 59 min
Kukiz'15	14th	≈ 37 min	144	≈ 01 h 43 min	158	≈ 02 h 20 min
KORWiN	16	≈ 49 min	163	≈ 01 h 29 min	179	≈ 02 h 18 min
Razem	19th	≈ 55 min	127	≈ 01 h 03 min	146	≈ 01 h 57 min

consequences

PiS election winner Beata Szydło was appointed the new Prime Minister by President Andrzej Duda and charged with forming a government, see the Szydło cabinet .

Prime Minister and party leader Ewa Kopacz of the PO wanted to face an internal party vote of confidence after the lost election, but later announced that she would generally no longer apply for the post of chairman. Her rival ex-foreign minister Grzegorz Schetyna followed as the new party leadership .

Due to the worst election result in the history of the PSL (5.1%) and because he himself did not get a seat in the Sejm, party chairman Janusz Piechociński resigned. His successor was his younger vice Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz .

After the election, the left alliance Zjednoczona Lewica ( United Left ) was officially dissolved. Nevertheless, the intention was initially to want to appear together as an extra-parliamentary force, but this did not happen. Leading candidate Barbara Nowacka then founded a new left-wing initiative. Leszek Miller from the SLD announced shortly before the parliamentary elections that he would no longer be available as chairman of his party. In the regular election of the party, Włodzimierz Czarzasty won the most votes and became the new head of the SLD.

Reactions

Immediately after the election, Michał Kokot from Gazeta Wyborcza feared that a sole PiS government would reshape Poland according to an authoritarian model - similar to Hungary under Viktor Orbán - and that it would be difficult for liberal thinkers in the future. EU diplomats were quoted as saying that the election result was "the worst that could have happened to us". The political scientist Jan Zielonka contradicted on Zeit Online : The Poles are - contrary to what some media assume - “no stupid right-wingers”. The comparison made with Hungary is inappropriate. Rather, he explained the election result with the wish of the “middle” for a change, the social policy program of PiS, which is in contrast to the previously ruling neoliberalism , the new generation of “relatively young politicians” at the head of the party and the renunciation of “extreme” and controversial positions ”in their election manifesto.

Shortly after the Szydło cabinet took over government in November, German-speaking media spoke about the filling of important positions with people close to the PiS (all secret service directors; five constitutional judges, which was only possible through an urgent change in the law; chairmanship of the parliamentary control committee for the secret services, which was reduced by two members) , Plans to rebuild public service broadcasting (which should be "cleansed of anti-government elements"), the announcement to buy back foreign-owned media, an attempted ban on a theater performance and the suspension of a critical journalist from a "touch of Hungary" or Poland as “the new Hungary” or warned that Poland could be “on the way to becoming an authoritarian state”. They suspected that Jarosław Kaczyński, whom the Süddeutsche Zeitung accused of wanting to become “sole ruler”, was primarily behind this “rebuilding process”, the state reorganization and the reorganization of the political landscape . This lift "his people up". The former constitutional judge Jerzy Stępień spoke of a "coup d'etat" in connection with the reshuffle of the constitutional court. The publicist Tomasz Lis was quoted as saying that he was surprised “that it goes so quickly”. According to the former President of the Constitutional Court Andrzej Zoll , Polish democracy is seriously threatened and Poland is “on the verge of lawlessness”, which makes him “very afraid”. According to Zoll, PiS wants “absolute power”, which equates to a development towards totalitarianism . There were also reports on the previous government's move away from the previous government's promise to accept 7,000 Syrian refugees, which Prime Minister Szydło put in connection with the terrorist attacks on November 13th in Paris , as well as the symbolic renunciation of EU flags at a press conference.

See also : Committee for the Defense of Democracy

See also : Polish constitutional crisis and judicial reforms (since 2015)

See also

• Political system of Poland
• List of Sejm members of the 8th electoral term (since 2015)
• Szydło cabinet

Web links

Commons : Parliamentary Election in Poland 2015  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Radosław Markowski: How much "Budapest" is there in Warsaw? A choice in favor of radical change. Poland Analyzes No. 171, November 10, 2015. (PDF)
• Official website of the State Electoral Commission (Polish)

Footnotes

1. Jump to the right in Poland - national conservatives face an absolute majority. In: Focus Online , October 26, 2015.
2. Jump to the right in Poland - concern about future EU refugee policy. In: Sächsische Zeitung (Online), October 26, 2015.
3. ↑ A shift to the right feeds concerns abroad - pithy sagas and provocations. In: News ORF.at , October 26, 2015.
4. ↑ PiS odpowiada na Grecję. In: rp.pl. July 4, 2015, accessed September 12, 2015 (Polish). 
5. ↑ Dlaczego PiS puści nas z torbami? Grecy zanim zbankrutowali, dostawali 400 zł na dziecko. In: natemat.pl. November 30, 2015, accessed September 12, 2018 (Polish). 
6. ↑ Obietnice PiS: darmowe leki dla seniorów, Rodzina 500 +, 15 proc. stawka CIT. In: wp.pl. September 12, 2015, Retrieved September 12, 2015 (Polish). 
7. ^ Minimum wage in Poland: More work contracts. In: dw.com. January 7, 2015, accessed September 12, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Konwencja PO. Kopacz: Jednolita stawka PIT 10 percent i likwidacja składki ZUS. In: money.pl. September 12, 2015, Retrieved September 12, 2015 (Polish). 
9. ↑ Polscy politycy grają uchodźcami w kampanii. Szydło: Niemcy chcą szantażować Europę. In: wyborcza.pl. September 10, 2015, accessed September 12, 2015 (Polish). 
10. ↑ Zjednoczona Law & Justice: obietnice wyborcze. In: bankier.pl. September 13, 2015, accessed September 18, 2015 (Polish). 
11. ↑ ^{a b c d} JOW-y i rozwiązanie problemu uchodźców. Politycy obiecują i krytykują przeciwników. In: tvp.info. September 26, 2015, accessed September 28, 2015 (Polish). 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Kaczyński o przyjęciu uchodźców: PiS uważa, że ​​rząd nie ma prawa do podejmowania takiej decyzji. In: niezalezna.pl. September 16, 2015, accessed October 27, 2015 (Polish). 
13. ↑ Utsatta områden - sociala risker, collective formåga och oönskade händelser. (PDF) In: polisen.se. Retrieved September 12, 2018 (Swedish). 
14. ↑ Strefy szariatu w Szwecji? Jest reakcja na słowa prezesa PiS. In: tvn24.pl. September 18, 2015, accessed October 27, 2015 (Polish). 
15. ^ Konrad Schuller: Election campaign in Poland - language of hate. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine (Online), October 15, 2015.
16. ^ Henryk Jarczyk: Kaczynski after comments in the criticism "A fascist language". In: Tagesschau.de , October 15, 2015.
17. ^ Matthias Krupa : Once split and back. In: Die Zeit , No. 43/2015 and Zeit Online , October 22, 2015.
18. ↑ Florian Kellermann: Poland before the parliamentary elections - rights on the rise. In: Deutschlandfunk , broadcast background , October 22, 2015.
19. ↑ Announcement by the electoral authority on the candidate election committees - pkw.gov.pl (Polish)
20. ↑ Car zarejestrowała komitet wyborczy Zjednoczona Lewica SLD + TR + PPS + UP + Zieloni - Polskie Radio.
21. ↑ Cars: Wybory parlamentarne 2015 - statystyki. In: pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved October 25, 2015 (Polish). 
22. ↑ Car: Wybory parlamentarne 2015 - frekwencja (7.00-12.00). (PDF) In: pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved October 25, 2015 (Polish). 
23. ↑ Car: Wybory parlamentarne 2015 - frekwencja (7:00 am - 5:00 pm). In: pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved October 25, 2015 (Polish). 
24. ↑ Car: Wybory parlamentarne 2015 - frekwencja (7.00–21.00). In: pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved October 27, 2015 (Polish). 
25. ↑ Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2015
26. ↑ Report o politykach. (PDF) In: tvp.pl. November 4, 2015, accessed January 8, 2016 (Polish). 
27. ↑ Michał Kokot: Change of government in Poland - nobody can stop him. In: Zeit Online , October 26, 2015.
28. ↑ Inna Hartwich: “The worst that could happen”. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , October 27, 2015.
29. ↑ Jan Zielonka: No, the Poles are not stupid right-wingers. In: Zeit Online , October 29, 2015.
30. ↑ ^{a b c d} Paul Flückiger: How Kaczynski heaves his people up. In: Sächsische Zeitung (Online), November 26, 2015.
31. ^ Sabine Adler : The new government wants to rebuild the press, radio and TV. In: Deutschlandfunk , broadcast Europe today , 23 November 2015.
32. ↑ Sebastian Becker: Massive media restructuring in Poland. Head of government is targeting German publishers. In: Meedia , November 20, 2015.
33. ↑ Theater scandal : Poland argues over alleged stage porn. Spiegel Online, November 23, 2015.
34. ^ Jörg Winterbauer: Censorship allegations in Poland. Journalist hooks up with Minister - and loses job. In: Die Welt (Online), November 24, 2015.
35. ↑ Jan Opielka: Jelinek: "Death and the Maiden" - struggle for cultural sovereignty. In: Frankfurter Rundschau (online), November 24, 2015.
36. ↑ Urs Bruderer: Too daring? Jelinek piece causes a political scandal in Poland. In: SRF 2 Kultur , broadcast Kultur Aktuell , November 24, 2015.
37. ↑ ^{a b c d} Griet von Petersdorff: Shift to the right in Poland - A touch of Hungary in Warsaw. Tagesschau.de, November 25, 2015.
38. ^ Paul Flückiger: After the shift to the right in the elections. Poland - the new Hungary. In: Der Tagesspiegel (Online), November 24, 2015.
39. ↑ Kaczynski threatens critical judges with disciplinary proceedings. Spiegel Online, November 26, 2015.
40. ↑ ^{a b} Law change in Poland - Kaczynski threatens critical judges. Tagesschau.de, November 26, 2015.
41. ^ ^{A b} Florian Hassel: Jaroslaw Kaczyński - the sole ruler. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung (online), November 25, 2015.
42. ↑ Florian Kellermann: Poland - constitutional lawyers sound the alarm. In: Deutschlandfunk , broadcast Europe today , November 25, 2015.
43. ↑ Poland's new Prime Minister removes EU flags. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung (online), November 25, 2015.