2023 Polish parliamentary election

The next parliamentary elections to the Sejm and Senate will be held in the autumn of 2023, although they can be held sooner if a snap election is called, which last occurred in 2007. The most recent election, in 2019, resulted in the re-election of the Law and Justice government, albeit without a majority in the Senate.

Polish parliamentary election, 2023

On or before 12 November 2023
All 460 seats to the Sejm 231 seats are needed for a majority in the Sejm All 100 seats to the Senate of Poland
Leader Jarosław Kaczyński Borys Budka Włodzimierz Czarzasty Party PiS PO SLD Alliance United Right Civic Coalition The Left Leader since 18 January 2003 26 January 2020 23 January 2016 Last election 235 seats, 43.6% 134 seats, 27.4% 49 seats, 12.6% Current seats 235 133 48 Seats needed 97 183   Leader Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Janusz Korwin-Mikke Robert Winnicki Grzegorz Braun Paweł Kukiz Party PSL Confederation Kukiz'15 Leader since 7 November 2015 N/A 27 July 2015 Last election 30 seats, 8.6% 11 seats, 6.8% N/A Current seats 24 11 5 Seats needed 207 220 226   Leader Michał Kobosko Ryszard Galla Party Poland 2050 German Minority Leader since 29 September 2020 20 January 2008 Last election new 1 seat, 0.18% Current seats 2[lower-alpha 1] 1 Seats needed 228 N/A
Incumbent Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki PiS

Electoral system

The process of election for the Sejm is through party-list proportional representation via the D'hondt method in multi-seat constituencies,[1] with a 5% threshold for single parties and 8% threshold for coalitions (with the requirements waived for national minorities).

The date of the election will be set by the President of Poland.

Political parties

The table below lists party groups currently represented in the Sejm.

Name				Ideology	Political Position	Leader(s)	Parliamentary leader(s)	2019 result		Current number of seats in the Sejm	Current number of seats in the Senate
								Votes (%)	Seats
	ZP		United Right Zjednoczona Prawica	National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	Jarosław Kaczyński	Ryszard Terlecki	43.6%	235 / 460	234 / 460	48 / 100
	KO		Civic Coalition Koalicja Obywatelska	Liberalism	Centre	Borys Budka	Cezary Tomczyk	27.4%	134 / 460	133 / 460	42 / 100
	L		The Left Lewica	Social democracy Progressivism	Centre-left to left-wing	Włodzimierz Czarzasty	Krzysztof Gawkowski	12.6%	49 / 460	48 / 460	2 / 100
	KP		Polish Coalition Koalicja Polska	Christian democracy Agrarianism	Centre to centre-right	Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz	Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz	8.6%	30 / 460	24 / 460	3 / 100
	K'15		Kukiz'15 Kukiz'15	Christian democracy Conservative liberalism	Centre-right	Paweł Kukiz	N/A			5 / 460	0 / 100
	KON		Confederation Liberty and Independence Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość	Right libertarianism Hard Euroscepticism	Right-wing to far-right	Janusz Korwin-Mikke Robert Winnicki Grzegorz Braun	Jakub Kulesza	6.8%	11 / 460	11 / 460	0 / 100
	P'2050		Poland 2050 Polska 2050	Localism Environmentalism	Big tent	Szymon Hołownia Michał Kobosko	N/A	N/A	0 / 460	2 / 460	1 / 100
	MN		German Minority Electoral Committee Mniejszość Niemiecka	Minority interests	Centre to centre-right	Ryszard Galla	N/A	0.2%	1 / 460	1 / 460	0 / 100

Opinion polls

References

1. "Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Polish Sejm, Part I". electionresources.org. Retrieved 2014-08-03.

Notes

1. 1 MP elected on The Left list, former member of the Spring party and 1 MP from KO.