Editing Elections in Poland (section)

===Post-2000 elections===
====2000 presidential election====
{{main|2000 Polish presidential election}}

In the [[2000 Polish presidential election|presidential election]] of 2000, [[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]], the incumbent former leader of the post-communist [[Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)|Democratic Left Alliance]] (SLD), was re-elected in the first round of voting, with 53.9% of the popular vote. Second place, with only 17.3%, went to [[Andrzej Olechowski]]. It is thought{{Who|date=April 2010}} that the opposition campaign was hindered by their inability to put forward a charismatic (or even a single major) candidate, as well as falling support for the centre-right [[Solidarity Electoral Action]] (AWS) government. This was related to internal friction in the ruling parliamentary coalition.

====2001 parliamentary election====
{{main|2001 Polish parliamentary election}}

The [[Constitution of Poland|1997 Constitution]] and the changed administrative divisions of 1999 required a revision of the electoral system, which was passed in April 2001. The most important changes included: 
# the final liquidation of the party list (previously, some of the members of parliament were elected from a party list, based on nationwide voter support, rather than from local constituencies),
# modification of the method of allocating seats to the [[Sainte-Laguë method]], which gave less premium to large parties. The latter change was reverted to the [[d'Hondt method]] in 2002.

In the [[2001 Polish parliamentary election|September 2001 parliamentary elections]], the SLD won on the back of voter disillusionment with the AWS government and internal bickering within that bloc. So much so that this former ruling party did not enter parliament, falling below the 8% threshold for coalitions (they had failed to form a formal political party, which has only a 5% threshold, and formally remained a "coalition" of parties).

The SLD formed a coalition with the agrarian [[Polish Peasant Party]] and leftist [[Labour Union (Poland)|Labour Union]] (UP), with [[Leszek Miller]] as prime minister.

====2005 presidential and parliament election====
{{main|2005 Polish parliamentary election|2005 Polish presidential election}}

In the autumn of 2005 Poles voted in both parliamentary and presidential elections. [[2005 Polish parliamentary election|September's parliamentary poll]] was expected to produce a coalition of two centre-right parties, [[Law and Justice (Poland)|Law and Justice]] (''Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS'') and [[Civic Platform]] (''Platforma Obywatelska, PO''). PiS eventually gained 27% of votes cast and became the largest party in the sejm ahead of PO on 24%. The out-going ruling party, the left-wing [[Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)|Democratic Left Alliance]] (''Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD''), achieved just 11%. [[2005 Polish presidential election|Presidential elections in October]] followed a similar script. The early favourite, [[Donald Tusk]], leader of the PO, saw his opinion poll lead slip away and was beaten 54% to 46% in the second round by the PiS candidate [[Lech Kaczyński]] (one of the twins, founders of the party).  Both elections were blighted by low turn-outs—only 51% in the second and deciding round of the presidential election, and just over 40% in the parliamentary election. The suggested cause of the low turnout is popular disillusionment with politicians.

====2006 local elections====
{{main|2006 Polish local elections}}

====2007 parliamentary election====
{{main|2007 Polish parliamentary election}}

In the October parliamentary elections, the Civic Platform (PO) won a stunning victory, the largest opposition party, which gained more than 41% of the popular vote. PiS's vote increased, from 2005, but insufficiently to gain reelection, whilst both Samoobrona and LPR were wiped out, losing all representation, each having gained only a little over 1% of the vote. PO proceeded to form a majority governing coalition with the agrarian Polish People's Party (PSL), with PO leader, Donald Tusk, taking over the prime ministerial office in November 2007.

====2010 presidential election====
{{main|2010 Polish presidential election}}

On 10 April 2010, multiple members of the political elite were killed in the [[2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash|Smolensk air crash]], including [[Lech Kaczyński]], acting President of Poland.

At the [[2010 Polish presidential election|presidential election in 2010]], [[Donald Tusk]] decided not to present his candidature, considered easily winning over PiS leader [[Jarosław Kaczyński]]. At PO [[Partisan primary|primary election]]s, [[Bronisław Komorowski]] defeated the Oxford-educated Foreign Minister [[Radosław Sikorski]]. At the polls, Komorowski defeated [[Jarosław Kaczyński]], ensuring a PO dominance on all Polish political landscape.<ref name=WBJ>[http://www.wbj.pl/blog/The_business_of_politics/post-254-civic-platform-almighty.htm Warsaw Business Journal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220053333/http://www.wbj.pl/blog/The_business_of_politics/post-254-civic-platform-almighty.htm |date=20 December 2010}}</ref>

In November 2010, local elections granted about 31 percent of the votes and PiS at 23 percent, an increase for the former and a drop for the latter compared to the 2006 elections. PO succeeded in winning four consecutive elections a record in post-communist Poland.<ref name=WBJ/>

====2011 parliamentary election====
{{main|2011 Polish parliamentary election}}

The parliamentary election to both the [[Sejm of the Republic of Poland|Sejm]] and the [[Senate of the Republic of Poland|Senate]] was held on 9 October 2011. The previous election, in 2007, resulted in a [[Civic Platform]]–[[Polish People's Party]] (PSL) government. All seats of both houses were up for re-election.

Civic Platform (PO), led by Prime Minister [[Donald Tusk]], was aiming for re-election: a feat that hadn't been achieved since Poland became a democracy. The PSL was previously the smaller partner to the Civic Platform in the governing coalition, and had said that it wished to continue this relationship after the election.<ref>{{cite news|title=PSL want to continue coalition in next year's general election|url=http://www.thenews.pl/national/?id=143700|publisher=Polskie Radio|work=TheNews.pl|date=18 November 2010|access-date=20 December 2010}}</ref>

====2015 parliamentary election====
{{main|2015 Polish parliamentary election}}

The parliamentary election to both the [[Sejm of the Republic of Poland|Sejm]] and the [[Senate of the Republic of Poland|Senate]] was held in October 2015. The previous election, in 2011, resulted in a [[Civic Platform]]–[[Polish People's Party]] (PSL) government. All seats of both houses are up for re-election.

The process of election for the Sejm is through [[party-list proportional representation]] via the [[D'Hondt method]] in multi-seat [[constituency|constituencies]],<ref name="electionresources">{{cite web|url=http://electionresources.org/pl/|title=Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Polish Sejm, Part I|first1=Manuel|last1=Álvarez-Rivera|access-date=2017-05-24}}</ref> with a 5% threshold for single parties and 8% threshold for coalitions (requirements waived for national minorities). 
The following coalition has been signed already: Law and Justice (PiS) between United Poland (SP) and Polska Razem (PR).
====2019 European elections====
{{main|2019 European Parliament election in Poland}}
{{Election results
|alliance1=[[United Right (Poland)|United Right]]|aspan1=5
|party1=[[Law and Justice (Poland)|Law and Justice]]|votes1=4775790|seats1=21|sc1=+6
|party2=[[United Poland|Solidary Poland]]|votes2=289536|seats2=1|sc2=+1
|party3=[[Agreement (political party)|Agreement]]|votes3=287671|seats3=1|sc3=+1
|party4=Independents and others|votes4=839783|seats4=4|sc4=+1|color4={{party color|Independent politician}}
|atotal5=6192780|aseats5=27|sc5=+8
|alliance6=[[European Coalition (Poland)|European Coalition]]|aspan6=5
|party6=[[Civic Platform]]|votes6=2904440|seats6=12|sc6=−3
|party7=[[Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)|Democratic Left Alliance]]|votes7=812584|seats7=5|sc7=+1
|party8=[[Polish People's Party]]|votes8=617772|seats8=3|sc8=−1
|party9=Independents and others|votes9=915139|seats9=2|sc9=–2|color9={{party color|Independent politician}}
|atotal10=5249935|aseats10=22|sc10=−6
|alliance11=[[Spring (political party)|Spring]]|votes11=826975|seats11=3|sc11=New
|alliance12=[[Confederation Liberty and Independence|Confederation]]|votes12=621188|seats12=0|sc12=0
|alliance13=[[Kukiz'15]]|votes13=503564|seats13=0|sc13=New
|alliance14=[[Left Together]]|votes14=168745|seats14=0|sc14=–1
|alliance15=[[Poland Fair Play]]|votes15=74013|seats15=0|sc15=New|acolor15=#E23727
|alliance16=[[Congress of the New Right|PolEXIT-Coalition]]|votes16=7900|seats16=0|sc16=–4
|alliance17=Unity of Nation|votes17=2211|seats17=0|sc17=New|acolor17=#BF1E2E
|invalid=113663
|total_sc=+1
|electorate=30118852
|source=[https://pe2019.pkw.gov.pl/pe2019/pl PKW]
}}
====2019 parliamentary election====
{{main|2019 Polish parliamentary election}}

The '''2019 Polish parliamentary elections''' were held on 13 October 2019. All 460 members of the [[Sejm]] and 100 senators of the [[Senate of Poland|Senate]] were elected. The ruling [[Law and Justice (Poland)|Law and Justice]] (PiS) retained its majority in the Sejm, but lost its majority in the Senate to the opposition. With 43.6% of the popular vote, Law and Justice received the highest vote share by any party since Poland returned to democracy in 1989. The turnout was the highest for a parliamentary election since the first [[1989 Polish parliamentary election|free elections]] after the fall of communism in 1989.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tvn24.pl/tvn24-news-in-english,157,m/polish-parliementary-vote-highest-turnout-since-1989,977832.html|title=Poland celebrates record voter turnout since 1989 elections|agency=[[TVN24]]|access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref> For the first time after 1989, the ruling party controls one house (Sejm) and opposition controls the second (Senate).

{|class="wikitable centre" style="text-align:right"
|-
!scope="col" colspan=2 | Electoral Committee (Sejm)
!scope="col"| Votes
!scope="col"| %
!scope="col"| Seats
!scope="col"| +/-
|-
| bgcolor="#073a76" |
|align=left|[[Law and Justice (Poland)|Law and Justice]] (PiS)
| 8,051,935
| 43.59
| 235
| align=center|  -5
|-
| bgcolor="#fca241" |
|align=left| [[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]] (KO)
| 5,060,355
| 27.40
| 134
| align=center|  -32
|-
| bgcolor="#ac145a" |
|align=left| [[The Left (Poland)|The Left]] (SLD) 
| 2,319,946
| 12.56
| 49
| align=center| +49
|-
| bgcolor="#1bb100" |
|align=left|[[Polish Coalition]] (PSL)
| 1,578,523
| 8.55
| 30
| align=center|  -28
|-
| bgcolor=#122948| 
|align=left|[[Confederation Freedom and Independence|Confederation]] (KWiN) 
| 1,256,953
| 6.81
| 11
| align=center|  +7
|-
| bgcolor="#0780c4" |
|align=left| [[German Minority Electoral Committee|German Minority]] (MN)
| 32,094
| 0.17
| 1
| align=center| ±0
|-
| colspan=8|
|-
| style="background:#DA251D;"|
|align=left| [[Nonpartisan local government activists]] (BS)
| 144,569
| 0.78
| 0
| align=center| ±0
|-
| style="background:#FA0032;"|
|align=left| Effective (Skuteczni) 
| 18,918
| 0.10
| 0
| align=center| -1
|-
| style="background:#25004F;"|
|align=left| Action of Disappointed Retirees and Pensioners (AZER) 
| 5,448
| 0.03
| 0
| align=center|±0
|-
| style="background:#021C72;"|
|align=left| [[Right Wing of the Republic]] (PR)
| 1,765
| 0.01
| 0
| align=center| -1
|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
| colspan="6" |
|-
|align=left colspan=2 | Valid votes
| {{formatnum:18470710}}
| 98.89
| rowspan=2 colspan=3 style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | 
|-
|align=left colspan=2 | Blank and invalid votes
| {{formatnum:207747}}
| 1.11
|-
|align=left colspan=2 | '''Total'''
| '''{{formatnum:18678457}}'''
| '''100'''
| align=center | '''460'''
| align=center | '''±0'''
|-
|align=left colspan=2 | Abstentions
| {{formatnum:11575099}}
| 38.26
| rowspan=2 colspan=3 style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | 
|- 
|align=left colspan=2 |Registered voters / Turnout
| {{formatnum:30253556}}
| 61.74
|-
|align=left colspan=6 |(Source: [https://wybory.gov.pl/sejmsenat2019/pl/wyniki/sejm/pl National Electoral Commission])
|}
{|class="wikitable centre" style="text-align:right"
|-
!scope="col" colspan=2 | Electoral committee (Senate)
!scope="col"| Votes
!scope="col"| %
!scope="col"| Seats 
!scope="col"| +/-
|-
| bgcolor="#073a76" |
|align=left|[[Law and Justice (Poland)|Law and Justice]] (PiS)
| {{formatnum:8110193}}
| 44.56
| 48
| –13
|-
| bgcolor="#fca241" |
|align=left| [[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]] (KO)
| {{formatnum:6490306}}
| 35.66
| 43
|  +9
|-
| bgcolor="#1bb100" |
|align=left|[[Polish Coalition]] (PSL)
| {{formatnum:1041909}}
| 5.72
| 3
| +2
|-
| bgcolor="#ac145a" |
|align=left| [[The Left (Poland)|The Left]]
| {{formatnum:415745}}
| 2.28
| 2
| +2
|-
| bgcolor="#da5100" |
|align=left| [[Nonpartisan local government activists]] (BS)
| {{formatnum:331385}}
| 1.82
| 0
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor=#122948| 
|align=left|[[Confederation Freedom and Independence|Confederation]] (KWiN)
| {{formatnum:144124}}
| 0.79
| 0
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor="#dddddd" | 
|align=left| Independents 
| {{formatnum:187014}}
| 1.03
| 4
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor="#777777" |
|align=left| Others
| {{formatnum:1511672}}
| 8.31
| 0
| ±0
|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
| colspan="7" |
|-
|align=left colspan=2 | Valid votes
| {{formatnum:18201348}}
| 97.45
| rowspan=2 colspan=3 style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | 
|-
|align=left colspan=2 | Blank and invalid votes
| {{formatnum:476582}}
| 2.55
|-
|align=left colspan=2 | '''Total'''
| '''{{formatnum:18677930}}'''
| '''100'''
| align=center | '''100'''
| '''±0'''
|-
|align=left colspan=2 | Abstentions
| {{formatnum:11575626}}
| 38.26
| rowspan=2 colspan=3 style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | 
|- 
|align=left colspan=2 |Registered voters / Turnout
| {{formatnum:30253556}}
| 61.74
|-
|align=left colspan=6 |(Source: [https://wybory.gov.pl/sejmsenat2019/en/wyniki/senat/pl National Electoral Commission])
|}

====2020 presidential election====
{{main|2020 Polish presidential election}}

The '''2020 Polish presidential elections''' first round was held on 28 June 2020 and was completed with a second round of voting on 12 July 2020.

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Candidate
!rowspan=2|Party
!colspan=2|First round
!colspan=2|Second round
|-
!Votes
!% 
!Votes
!% 
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Law and Justice}}| ||align=left|[[Andrzej Duda]]||align=left|Independent ([[Law and Justice (Poland)|PiS]])||8,450,513||43.50||10,440,648||51.03
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Civic Platform}}| ||align=left|[[Rafał Trzaskowski]]||align=left|[[Civic Platform]]||5,917,340||30.46||10,018,263||48.97
|-
|bgcolor=#F9C013| ||align=left|[[Szymon Hołownia]]||align=left|Independent||2,693,397||13.87||colspan=2 rowspan=9|
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Confederation Liberty and Independence}}| ||align=left|[[Krzysztof Bosak]]||align=left|[[Confederation Liberty and Independence|Confederation]] ([[National Movement (Poland)|RN]])||1,317,380||6.78 
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Polish People's Party}}| ||align=left|[[Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz]]||align=left|[[Polish People's Party]]||459,365||2.36
|-
|bgcolor=#4E2B8A | ||align="left" |[[Robert Biedroń]]|| align="left" |[[Spring (political party)|Spring]]||432,129||2.22
|-
|bgcolor=#0099CC| ||align="left" |[[Stanisław Żółtek]]|| align="left" |[[Congress of the New Right]]||45,419||0.23
|-
|bgcolor=#003153| ||align="left" |[[Marek Jakubiak]]|| align="left" |[[:pl:Federacja dla Rzeczypospolitej|Federation for the Republic]]||33,652||0.17
|-
|bgcolor=#3DD4C7| ||align="left" |[[Paweł Tanajno]]|| align="left" |Independent||27,909||0.14
|-
|bgcolor=#CC0033| ||align="left" |[[Waldemar Witkowski]]|| align="left" |[[Labour Union (Poland)|Labour Union]]||27,290||0.14
|-
|bgcolor=#3366CC| ||align=left|[[Mirosław Piotrowski]]||align=left|[[:pl:Ruch Prawdziwa Europa|Real Europe Movement]]||21,065||0.11
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes||58,301||–||177,724||–
|-
|align=left colspan=3|'''Total'''||'''19,483,760'''||'''100'''||'''20,636,635'''||'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout||30,204,792||64.51||30,268,460||68.18  
|-
|align=left colspan=7|Source: [https://wybory.gov.pl/prezydent20200628/en/wyniki/1/pl Results], [https://wybory.gov.pl/prezydent20200628/en/frekwencja/1/Koniec/pl Turnout] (first round); [https://wybory.gov.pl/prezydent20200628/en/wyniki/2/pl Results], [https://wybory.gov.pl/prezydent20200628/en/frekwencja/2/Koniec/pl Turnout] (second round)
|}

====2023 parliamentary election====
{{main|2023 Polish parliamentary election}}

The 2023 Polish parliamentary election was held on October 15. Although PiS won the most seats, they lost their majority. A coalition of the Civic Coalition (KO), the Left, and the Third Way took power with KO leader Donald Tusk taking over as prime minister.

{{Election results
|image={{Switcher|[[File:2023 Polish Sejm Election Results.svg|360px]]|Results by party|[[File:2023 Polish Sejm (Coalitions).svg]]|Results by coalition}}
|alliance1=[[United Right (Poland)|United Right]]|aspan1=6
|party1=[[Law and Justice (Poland)|Law and Justice]]|votes1=6286250|seats1=157|sc1=−30
|party2=[[Sovereign Poland]]|votes2=465024|seats2=18|sc2=+8
|party3=[[The Republicans (Poland)|The Republicans]]|votes3=99373|seats3=4|sc3=+3
|party4=[[Kukiz'15]]{{efn|Kukiz'15 previously ran under [[Polish Coalition]] as independents. The result does not include Paweł Kukiz who is not a party member, but got elected with 43,292 votes.}}|votes4=74959|seats4=2|sc4=New
|party5=Independents|votes5=715248|seats5=13|sc5=−8
|atotal6=7640854|aseats6=194|sc6=−41
|alliance7=[[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]]|aspan7=8
|party7=[[Civic Platform]]|votes7=4992932|seats7=122|sc7=+20
|party8=[[Modern (political party)|Modern]]|votes8=375776|seats8=6|sc8=−2
|party9=[[Polish Initiative]]|votes9=252021|seats9=3|sc9=+1
|party10=[[The Greens (Poland)|The Greens]]|votes10=67392|seats10=3|sc10=0
|party11=[[AGROunia]]|votes11=53571|seats11=1|sc11=New
|party12=[[Good Movement]]|votes12=8254|seats12=0|sc12=New
|party13=Independents{{efn|Two of the elected independents are also members of [[Yes! For Poland]].}}|votes13=879645|seats13=22|sc13=+3|color13={{party color|Independent politician}}
|atotal14=6629402|aseats14=157|sc14=+23
|alliance15=[[Third Way (Poland)|Third Way]]|aspan15=6
|party15=[[Poland 2050]]{{efn|Includes 233,917 votes and 2 seats for supported independents.}}|votes15=1561542|seats15=33|sc15=New
|party16=[[Polish People's Party]]{{efn|Includes 23,051 votes and 1 seat for supported independents.}}|votes16=1189629|seats16=28|sc16=+9
|party17=[[Centre for Poland]]|votes17=70117|seats17=3|sc17=+3
|party18=[[Union of European Democrats]]|votes18=21056|seats18=0|sc18=−1
|party19=Independents and others|votes19=268326|seats19=1|sc19=−9|color19={{party color|Independent politician}}
|atotal20=3110670|aseats20=65|sc20=+35
|alliance21=[[The Left (Poland)|The Left]]|aspan21=4
|party21=[[New Left (Poland)|New Left]]|votes21=1199503|seats21=19|sc21=−19
|party22=[[Left Together]]|votes22=453730|seats22=7|sc22=+1
|party23=Independents and others|votes23=205785|seats23=0|sc23=−5|color23={{party color|Independent politician}}
|atotal24=1859018|aseats24=26|sc24=−23
|alliance25=[[Confederation Liberty and Independence|Confederation]]|aspan25=6
|party25=[[New Hope (Poland)|New Hope]]|votes25=551901|seats25=6|sc25=+1|color25={{party color|KORWiN}}
|party26=[[Confederation Liberty and Independence|Confederation]]{{efn|Confederation was registered as a party to circumvent the 8% electoral threshold for electoral coalitions. Five of its elected members are part of National Movement, one of New Hope and one of Confederation of the Polish Crown.}}|votes26=341188|seats26=7|sc26=+7
|party27=[[National Movement (Poland)|National Movement]]|votes27=199149|seats27=0|sc27=−5
|party28=[[Confederation of the Polish Crown]]|votes28=182573|seats28=2|sc28=+1
|party30=Independents and others|votes30=268985|seats30=3|sc30=+3|color30={{party color|Independent politician}}
|atotal31=1547364|aseats31=18|sc31=+7
|alliance32=[[Nonpartisan Local Government Activists]]|votes32=401054|seats32=0|sc32=0
|alliance33=[[There is One Poland]]|votes33=351099|seats33=0|sc33=New
|alliance34=[[German Minority Electoral Committee|German Minority]]|votes34=25778|seats34=0|sc34=−1
|alliance35=[[Prosperity and Peace Movement]]|votes35=24850|seats35=0|sc35=New|acolor35=#e41d22
|alliance36=[[Normal Country]]|votes36=4606|seats36=0|sc36=New
|alliance37=Anti-party|votes37=1156|seats37=0|sc37=New|acolor37=#E52522
|alliance38=[[Repair Poland Movement]]|votes38=823|seats38=0|sc38=New
|total_sc=0
|valid=21596674
|invalid=370217
|electorate=29532595
|source= National Electoral Commission,<ref>https://wybory.gov.pl/sejmsenat2023/en/sejm/wynik/pl</ref><ref>https://wybory.gov.pl/sejmsenat2023/en/dane_w_arkuszach</ref>
}}
{{notelist}}

====2024 Polish local elections====
{{main|2024 Polish local elections}}

====2025 Polish presidential election====
{{main|2025 Polish presidential election}}