Editing Elections in Poland (section)

====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])
|}