# 2011 Polish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 9 October 2011. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The ruling Civic Platform (PO) won a plurality of seats and Tusk became the first Polish prime minister to be appointed for a second consecutive term since the fall of communism. Both the Civic Platform and its junior partner, the Polish People's Party (PSL), agreed to continue their governing coalition after the election.

## Electoral system

The election was for all 460 seats of the Sejm and all 100 seats of the Senate. Candidates for Deputies are nominated either by the electoral committees of the various political parties and or by individual voter committees. The process of election for the Sejm is through party-list proportional representation via the D'hondt method in multi-seat constituencies (41 in total), with a 5% threshold for single parties and 8% threshold for coalitions (requirements waived for national minorities).
The election was the first one to take place under a new Election Code which altered the electoral system in the Senate election from a plurality block voting to the first-past-the-post voting, with one member to be returned in each of the 100 single member constituencies.
There were 25,993 precincts for 30,512,850 voters.

## Election date

The date of the election, October 9, was set by the President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, and announced on 4 July. The latest possible date for the election to be held was 30 October 2011, four years after the previous election. Prior to the announcement of the election date, the most likely dates were thought to be 16 October or 23 October.
Although the governing coalition had a strong majority, it was suggested that the elections be brought forward to the spring, to avoid the campaign interrupting Poland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of the year. The idea was supported by the Democratic Left Alliance and Poland Comes First, but firmly opposed by Law and Justice. The Civic Platform favoured an election date of 23 October. Since the State Electoral Commission decided that 30 October falls too close to the national holiday of All Saints' Day, and elections are always held on Sundays, 23 October was the latest possible date to hold the election. In the end, Komorowski decided on 9 October.
The idea of holding the election over two days instead of the usual one, to increase turnout, was raised. An election over two days would have cost 130–140 million złoty, compared to 90 million for a one-day election. The single day election option prevailed.

## Parties

Civic Platform (PO), the largest governing party under prime minister Donald Tusk, was seeking reelection. Opinion polls over the past four years had fairly consistently shown the PO to have the largest level of popular support among Poland's political parties. PO was seeking either to win majority government in its own right, or to continue its coalition with the smaller Polish People's Party (PSL). During the election campaign, prime minister Donald Tusk ruled out the possibility of a coalition with either Law and Justice or Palikot's Movement.
Law and Justice Law and Justice (PiS), is Poland's second largest party as of 2007, and was the leading party of government from 2005 to 2007. PiS's greatest difficulty this election, was not only that it trailed PO in popular support, but that even if it were to outpoll the PO, it might have had difficulty in finding other parties willing to enter into a coalition with it. Jarosław Kaczyński had publicly denied the possibility of allying his party with the post-communist SLD and relations with the PSL (traditionally viewed by the media as an opportunist coalition partner, ready to form a coalition with everyone) were tense. This tension was exacerbated following PiS's spokesperson Adam Hofman's statement during the election campaign, in which he attacked PSL members in an abusive manner following the airing of the People's Party newest electoral TV ad.
Democratic Left Alliance Poland's strongest left-wing party, the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) had struggled since 2005 to regain its position as one of the countries two largest parties. The SLD indicated its potential interest in being a coalition partner with PO following the election.
Polish People's Party The Polish People's Party (PSL) is an agrarian-rooted party. It was the minority partner in a coalition government with PO. Although some opinion polls showed popular support for PSL to be dangerously close to the 5% electoral threshold, in the past PSL generally performed a little better than opinion polls indicated. It is widely seen as a coalition partner for every party that happens to need such.
Palikot's Movement Palikot's Movement (Ruch Palikota), officially the Movement of Support (Ruch Poparcia, RP), is a breakaway faction of the PO that followed MP Janusz Palikot after he had been expelled from the party for his "scandalous" remarks on late President Lech Kaczyński. The RP is distinctive on Poland's political scene in that it is the first party in the country's history that puts strong emphasis on its program's anticlerical features (the usual practice being that parties either try to win the Church's unofficial support or at least do not try to appear anti-Church) along with appeals for putting an end to the anti-abortion policy and introducing civil unions for same-sex couples. In terms of economy, the RP blends leftist and rightist ideas.
Poland Comes First A new party on the Polish political scene, Poland Comes First (PJN), emerged as a splinter group from PiS, following the 2010 Polish presidential election. PJN's future parliamentary representation was uncertain, given that most opinion polls showed support levels for PJN to be below the 5% electoral threshold. The party had suffered an almost constant internal crisis since its very foundation that led many of its MPs to leave it for the other parties in Parliament, including the most famous one, chairwoman Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, who joined the PO. Commentators argue that the PJN failed to establish itself as a real alternative on the political scene, being widely perceived as nothing but a milder variant of the party it had once left.
Other parties The only other party contesting all 41 electoral districts for the Sejm in 2011, was the Polish Labour Party (PPP). The remaining parties include Congress of the New Right (KNP) (21 districts), Right of the Republic (PR) (20 districts), Our Homeland Poland (NDP) (9 districts) and German Minority group (MN) (1 district). With the exception of the German Minority group (which as an ethnic minority party is exempt from the 5% election threshold requirement), these parties were not expected to poll the required 5% to enter the Sejm. Some other minor parties, had decided not to contest the elections independently, opting instead to negotiate a place for their candidates on the electoral lists of the larger parties. This strategy had worked for some minor parties in past elections, and seen them get some of their candidates elected in this way.

## Campaign

Tusk campaigned on a platform that drew on the record of its economic success during the previous government. He also said that he would pursue a "steady rapprochement" with Russia, in spite of prior rows over missile defence, gas pipelines and the inquiry into the plane crash that killed Poland's former president in 2010. Conversely the Law and Justice Party had been distrustful of Russia and Germany.

## Monitors

Various delegations from the electoral boards and of political party representatives from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, due to hold their own free elections in the coming months, monitored the election in Warsaw, Radom and Płock at the invitations of the Foreign Ministry, as Deputy Foreign Minister Krzysztof Stanowski said that "I hope the climax of our help comes when [the countries’ policymakers] begin discussing the constitution, reforms in economy and local government." Rania Mbarki, from a local election commission in Tunis, said that "it's obligatory to stand in the voting booth before putting pen to paper. Here, the ballot papers are marked on tables with families around. There is a discussion. In our country it's confidential, we can't say what we have chosen, you can't show what you have chosen, so this is different for us;" while Mounira Belghouthi, from a local election board in Kairouan, added that the advanced voting machines were more technologically advanced than in Tunisia and they sought to get an idea its usage.

## Opinion polls

Opinion polls in the Polish parliamentary election, 2011 were first recorded on 16 May 2010 and culminated before election day on 9 October. The two largest parties, Civic Platform and the Law and Justice Party, reported significant declines in favourability; however, the former's breakaway Palikot Movement recorded a stellar rise, with little changes for the others.

## Results

With all votes counted, voter turnout was 48.92%. In the Sejm, Poznań recorded the highest turnout of 60.2% and Elbląg recorded the lowest turnout with 41.24%. The valid votes were 95.48% of the ballots. In the Senate, voter turnout was 48.92% with one of Warszawa I's seats recording the highest turnout of 73.61% and Opole recording the lowest turnout with 38.1%. The valid votes were 96.57% of the ballots.
The Civic Platform party won a plurality with 207 seats in the Sejm, followed by the Law and Justice Party with 157 seats. The breakaway Palikot Movement won 40 seats and the second biggest incumbent coalition party, the Polish People's Party, won 28 seats. The Democratic Left Alliance got 27 seats. In the Senate, Civic Platform won an absolute majority with 63 seats, while Law & Justice came away with 31. The only other party to achieve Senate representation was the Polish People's Party, which won 2 seats. Four independents were also elected.

### Sejm

| | Civic Platform | 5,629,773 | 39.18 | 207 | –2 |
| | Law and Justice | 4,295,016 | 29.89 | 157 | –9 |
| | Palikot's Movement | 1,439,490 | 10.02 | 40 | New |
| | Polish People's Party | 1,201,628 | 8.36 | 28 | –3 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | 1,184,303 | 8.24 | 27 | –26 |
| | Poland Comes First | 315,393 | 2.19 | 0 | New |
| | Congress of the New Right | 151,837 | 1.06 | 0 | New |
| | Polish Labour Party | 79,147 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | 35,169 | 0.24 | 0 | New |
| | German Minority Electoral Committee | 28,014 | 0.19 | 1 | 0 |
| | Our Home Poland | 9,733 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 14,369,503 | 100.00 | 460 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 14,369,503 | 95.48 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 680,524 | 4.52 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 15,050,027 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 30,762,931 | 48.92 | | |
| Source: PKW ||||||

#### Party breakdown

| Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Civic Platform | | Civic Platform | 5,123,486 | 35.66 | 191 |
| | Civic Platform | | Independents | 491,259 | 3.42 | 16 |
| | Civic Platform | | Social Democracy of Poland | 13,716 | 0.10 | 0 |
| | Civic Platform | | Democratic Party – demokraci.pl | 1,312 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Civic Platform | Total | Total | 5,629,773 | 39.18 | 207 |
| | United Right | | Law and Justice | 3,545,517 | 24.67 | 132 |
| | United Right | | Independents | 679,793 | 4.73 | 23 |
| | United Right | | National-Catholic Movement | 48,647 | 0.34 | 1 |
| | United Right | | Movement for Reconstruction of Poland | 10,999 | 0.08 | 1 |
| | United Right | | Piast Faction | 8,678 | 0.06 | 0 |
| | United Right | | Right Wing of the Republic | 1,382 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | United Right | Total | Total | 4,295,016 | 29.89 | 157 |
| | Palikot's Movement | | Palikot's Movement | 1,011,558 | 7.04 | 34 |
| | Palikot's Movement | | Independents | 310,325 | 2.16 | 4 |
| | Palikot's Movement | | Reason Party | 94,422 | 0.66 | 1 |
| | Palikot's Movement | | Democratic Left Alliance | 19,451 | 0.14 | 1 |
| | Palikot's Movement | | Democratic Party – demokraci.pl | 1,614 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Palikot's Movement | | Polish People's Party | 1,534 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Palikot's Movement | Total | Total | 1,438,904 | 10.01 | 40 |
| | Polish People's Party | | Polish People's Party | 966,426 | 6.73 | 27 |
| | Polish People's Party | | Independents | 235,105 | 1.64 | 1 |
| | Polish People's Party | Total | Total | 1,201,531 | 8.36 | 28 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Democratic Left Alliance | 947,056 | 6.59 | 27 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Independents | 164,830 | 1.15 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Labour Union | 20,059 | 0.14 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Women's Party | 13,751 | 0.10 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Greens 2004 | 12,445 | 0.09 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Social Democracy of Poland | 11,279 | 0.08 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | National Party of Retirees and Pensioners | 7,326 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Democratic Party – demokraci.pl | 5,040 | 0.04 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Movement for Economic Revival | 1,035 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Party of Regions | 598 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Polish Communist Party | 518 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Polish Socialist Party | 360 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Reason Party | 312 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | | Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland | 190 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | Total | Total | 1,184,799 | 8.25 | 27 |
| | Poland Comes First | | Poland Comes First | 192,283 | 1.34 | 0 |
| | Poland Comes First | | Independents | 120,476 | 0.84 | 0 |
| | Poland Comes First | | Alliance of Democrats | 530 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Poland Comes First | | Polish People's Party | 516 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Poland Comes First | | National People's Movement | 382 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Poland Comes First | | Conservative People's Party | 286 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Poland Comes First | | League of Polish Families | 265 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Poland Comes First | | National Party of Retirees and Pensioners | 260 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Poland Comes First | | Law and Justice | 239 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Poland Comes First | | Union of Polish Monarchist Groups | 156 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Poland Comes First | Total | Total | 315,393 | 2.19 | 0 |
| | New Right of Janusz Korwin-Mikke | | Congress of the New Right | 78,359 | 0.55 | 0 |
| | New Right of Janusz Korwin-Mikke | | Independents | 69,133 | 0.48 | 0 |
| | New Right of Janusz Korwin-Mikke | | Real Politics Union | 3,310 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | New Right of Janusz Korwin-Mikke | | Party of Greens of the Republic of Poland | 907 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | New Right of Janusz Korwin-Mikke | | League of Polish Families | 128 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | New Right of Janusz Korwin-Mikke | Total | Total | 151,837 | 1.06 | 0 |
| | Polish Labour Party - August 80 | | Independents | 44,217 | 0.31 | 0 |
| | Polish Labour Party - August 80 | | Polish Labour Party - August 80 | 31,857 | 0.22 | 0 |
| | Polish Labour Party - August 80 | | Self-Defence | 3,012 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Polish Labour Party - August 80 | Total | Total | 79,086 | 0.55 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | | Independents | 19,964 | 0.14 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | | Right Wing of the Republic | 10,884 | 0.08 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | | Real Politics Union | 3,267 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | | Piast Faction | 370 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | | League of Polish Families | 360 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | | Europe of the Free Homelands | 65 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | | Organisation of the Polish Nation - Polish League | 59 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | | Christian Democracy of the Third Polish Republic | 41 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | | Polish Agreement | 31 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | | Labour Party | 18 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | Total | Total | 35,059 | 0.24 | 0 |
| | German Minority | | Independents | 28,014 | 0.19 | 1 |
| | Our Home Poland – Andrzej Lepper's Self-Defence | | Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland | 7,102 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | Our Home Poland – Andrzej Lepper's Self-Defence | | Independents | 2,552 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Our Home Poland – Andrzej Lepper's Self-Defence | | League of Polish Families | 60 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Our Home Poland – Andrzej Lepper's Self-Defence | | Patriotic Poland [pl] | 19 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Our Home Poland – Andrzej Lepper's Self-Defence | Total | Total | 9,733 | 0.07 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 14,369,145 | 100.00 | 460 |
| Source: Pliki Do Pobrania Okręgi wyborcze National Electoral Commission |||||||

### Senate

| | Civic Platform | 5,173,300 | 35.60 | 63 | +3 |
| | Law and Justice | 3,915,355 | 26.94 | 31 | –8 |
| | Polish People's Party | 1,363,796 | 9.39 | 2 | +2 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance | 1,355,151 | 9.33 | 0 | 0 |
| | Citizens to the Senate | 504,792 | 3.47 | 0 | New |
| | Rafał Dutkiewicz Electoral Committee | 261,135 | 1.80 | 1 | New |
| | Autonomy for Upper Silesia | 147,710 | 1.02 | 0 | New |
| | Poland Comes First | 109,182 | 0.75 | 0 | New |
| | Right Wing of the Republic | 82,115 | 0.57 | 0 | New |
| | Polish Labour Party | 76,913 | 0.53 | 0 | New |
| | Congress of the New Right | 73,028 | 0.50 | 0 | New |
| | W. Lubawskiego Senate for Citizens | 39,639 | 0.27 | 0 | New |
| | Podhalanie | 38,243 | 0.26 | 0 | New |
| | German Minority Electoral Committee | 34,247 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | Civic Poland | 33,422 | 0.23 | 0 | New |
| | San Valley Self-Government | 25,296 | 0.17 | 0 | New |
| | Nowy Ekran | 23,369 | 0.16 | 0 | New |
| | Bezpartyjni.pl | 19,825 | 0.14 | 0 | New |
| | League for the Defence of Sovereignty | 19,440 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
| | Confederation, Dignity and Rule of Law | 18,277 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
| | Our Home Poland | 16,314 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 |
| | Alliance for Poland | 13,809 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
| | Democratic Party | 12,800 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent to the Senate | 10,242 | 0.07 | 0 | New |
| | League of Polish Families | 8,167 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ojcowizna | 3,227 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| | Patriotic Poland | 3,482 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| | Slavic Union | 2,977 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Revival of Poland | 2,934 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 1,143,275 | 7.87 | 3 | +2 |
| Total | Total | 14,531,462 | 100.00 | 100 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 14,531,462 | 96.57 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 516,798 | 3.43 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 15,048,260 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 30,762,931 | 48.92 | | |
| Source: PKW, Plankton Polityczny ||||||

#### By constituency

| # | Voivodeship | Commission | # | Party | Elected member |
| 1 | Lower Silesian | Legnica | I | Civic Coalition | Jan Michalski |
| 2 | Lower Silesian | Legnica | II | Civic Coalition | Józef Pinior |
| 3 | Lower Silesian | Legnica | III | Law and Justice | Dorota Czudowska |
| 4 | Lower Silesian | Wałbrzych | I | Civic Coalition | Wiesław Kilian |
| 5 | Lower Silesian | Wałbrzych | II | Civic Coalition | Stanisław Jurcewicz |
| 6 | Lower Silesian | Wrocław | I | Civic Coalition | Jarosław Duda |
| 7 | Lower Silesian | Wrocław | II | Civic Coalition | Alicja Chybicka |
| 8 | Lower Silesian | Wrocław | III | Rafał Dutkiewicz Electoral Committee | Jarosław Obremski |
| 9 | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | Bydgoszcz | I | Civic Coalition | Andrzej Kobiak |
| 10 | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | Bydgoszcz | II | Civic Coalition | Jan Rulewski |
| 11 | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | Toruń | I | Civic Coalition | Jan Wyrowiński |
| 12 | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | Toruń | II | Civic Coalition | Michał Wojtczak |
| 13 | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | Toruń | III | Civic Coalition | Andrzej Person |
| 14 | Lublin | Lublin | I | Law and Justice | Stanisław Gogacz |
| 15 | Lublin | Lublin | II | Law and Justice | Grzegorz Czelej |
| 16 | Lublin | Lublin | III | Law and Justice | Henryk Cioch |
| 17 | Lublin | Chełm | I | Law and Justice | Grzegorz Bierecki |
| 18 | Lublin | Chełm | II | Polish People's Party | Józef Zając |
| 19 | Lublin | Chełm | III | Law and Justice | Jerzy Chróścikowski |
| 20 | Lubusz | Zielona Góra | I | Civic Coalition | Stanisław Iwan |
| 21 | Lubusz | Zielona Góra | II | Civic Coalition | Helena Hatka |
| 22 | Lubusz | Zielona Góra | III | Civic Coalition | Robert Dowhan |
| 23 | Łódź | Łódź | I | Civic Coalition | Maciej Grubski |
| 24 | Łódź | Łódź | II | Civic Coalition | Ryszard Bonisławski |
| 25 | Łódź | Sieradz | I | Law and Justice | Przemysław Błaszczyk |
| 26 | Łódź | Sieradz | II | Civic Coalition | Andrzej Owczarek |
| 27 | Łódź | Sieradz | III | Law and Justice | Michał Seweryński |
| 28 | Łódź | Piotrków Trybunalski | I | Law and Justice | Wiesław Dobkowski |
| 29 | Łódź | Piotrków Trybunalski | II | Law and Justice | Grzegorz Wojciechowski |
| 30 | Lesser Poland | Kraków | I | Law and Justice | Andrzej Pająk |
| 31 | Lesser Poland | Kraków | II | Law and Justice | Bogdan Pęk |
| 32 | Lesser Poland | Kraków | III | Civic Coalition | Janusz Sepioł |
| 33 | Lesser Poland | Kraków | IV | Civic Coalition | Bogdan Klich |
| 34 | Lesser Poland | Tarnów | I | Law and Justice | Maciej Klima |
| 35 | Lesser Poland | Tarnów | II | Law and Justice | Kazimierz Wiatr |
| 36 | Lesser Poland | Nowy Sącz | I | Civic Coalition | Stanisław Hodorowicz |
| 37 | Lesser Poland | Nowy Sącz | II | Law and Justice | Stanisław Kogut |
| 38 | Masovian | Płock | I | Law and Justice | Marek Martynowski |
| 39 | Masovian | Płock | II | Law and Justice | Jan Jackowski |
| 40 | Masovian | Warszawa | I | Civic Coalition | Anna Aksamit |
| 41 | Masovian | Warszawa | II | Civic Coalition | Łukasz Abgarowicz |
| 42 | Masovian | Warszawa | III | Independent | Marek Borowski |
| 43 | Masovian | Warszawa | IV | Civic Coalition | Marek Rocki |
| 44 | Masovian | Warszawa | V | Civic Coalition | Barbara Borys-Damięcka |
| 45 | Masovian | Warszawa | VI | Civic Coalition | Aleksander Pociej |
| 46 | Masovian | Siedlce | I | Law and Justice | Robert Mamątow |
| 47 | Masovian | Siedlce | II | Law and Justice | Henryk Górski |
| 48 | Masovian | Siedlce | III | Law and Justice | Waldemar Kraska |
| 49 | Masovian | Radom | I | Law and Justice | Stanisław Karczewski |
| 50 | Masovian | Radom | II | Law and Justice | Wojciech Skurkiewicz |
| 51 | Opole | Opole | I | Civic Coalition | Ryszard Knosala |
| 52 | Opole | Opole | II | Civic Coalition | Piotr Wach |
| 53 | Opole | Opole | III | Civic Coalition | Aleksander Świeykowski |
| 54 | Subcarpathian | Rzeszów | I | Law and Justice | Janina Sagatowska |
| 55 | Subcarpathian | Rzeszów | II | Law and Justice | Władysław Ortyl |
| 56 | Subcarpathian | Rzeszów | III | Law and Justice | Kazimierz Jaworski |
| 57 | Subcarpathian | Krosno | I | Law and Justice | Alicja Zając |
| 58 | Subcarpathian | Krosno | II | Law and Justice | Andrzej Matusiewicz |
| 59 | Podlaskie | Białystok | I | Law and Justice | Bohdan Paszkowski |
| 60 | Podlaskie | Białystok | II | Civic Coalition | Tadeusz Arłukowicz |
| 61 | Podlaskie | Białystok | III | Independent | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
| 62 | Pomeranian | Słupsk | I | Civic Coalition | Kazimierz Kleina |
| 63 | Pomeranian | Słupsk | II | Civic Coalition | Roman Zaborowski |
| 64 | Pomeranian | Słupsk | III | Civic Coalition | Edmund Wittbrodt |
| 65 | Pomeranian | Gdańsk | I | Civic Coalition | Bogdan Borusewicz |
| 66 | Pomeranian | Gdańsk | II | Civic Coalition | Andrzej Grzyb |
| 67 | Pomeranian | Gdańsk | III | Civic Coalition | Leszek Czarnobaj |
| 68 | Silesian | Częstochowa | I | Civic Coalition | Jarosław Lasecki |
| 69 | Silesian | Częstochowa | II | Civic Coalition | Andrzej Szewiński |
| 70 | Silesian | Katowice | I | Civic Coalition | Maria Pańczyk-Pozdziej |
| 71 | Silesian | Katowice | II | Civic Coalition | Andrzej Misiołek |
| 72 | Silesian | Bielsko-Biała | I | Civic Coalition | Adam Zdziebło |
| 73 | Silesian | Bielsko-Biała | II | Civic Coalition | Antoni Motyczka |
| 74 | Silesian | Katowice | III | Civic Coalition | Leszek Piechota |
| 75 | Silesian | Katowice | IV | Civic Coalition | Elżbieta Bieńkowska |
| 76 | Silesian | Katowice | V | Civic Coalition | Zbigniew Meres |
| 77 | Silesian | Katowice | VI | Civic Coalition | Bogusław Śmigielski |
| 78 | Silesian | Bielsko-Biała | III | Civic Coalition | Rafał Muchacki |
| 79 | Silesian | Bielsko-Biała | IV | Civic Coalition | Tadeusz Kopeć |
| 80 | Silesian | Katowice | VII | Independent | Kazimierz Kutz |
| 81 | Świętokrzyskie | Kielce | I | Law and Justice | Mieczysław Gil |
| 82 | Świętokrzyskie | Kielce | II | Law and Justice | Beata Gosiewska |
| 83 | Świętokrzyskie | Kielce | III | Law and Justice | Krzysztof Słoń |
| 84 | Warmian-Masurian | Elbląg | I | Civic Coalition | Witold Gintowt-Dziewałtowski |
| 85 | Warmian-Masurian | Elbląg | II | Civic Coalition | Stanisław Gorczyca |
| 86 | Warmian-Masurian | Olsztyn | I | Civic Coalition | Ryszard Górecki |
| 87 | Warmian-Masurian | Olsztyn | II | Civic Coalition | Marek Konopka |
| 88 | Greater Poland | Piła | I | Civic Coalition | Mieczysław Augustyn |
| 89 | Greater Poland | Piła | II | Civic Coalition | Jan Libicki |
| 90 | Greater Poland | Poznań | I | Civic Coalition | Marek Ziółkowski |
| 91 | Greater Poland | Poznań | II | Civic Coalition | Jadwiga Rotnicka |
| 92 | Greater Poland | Konin | I | Civic Coalition | Piotr Gruszczyński |
| 93 | Greater Poland | Konin | II | Civic Coalition | Ireneusz Niewiarowski |
| 94 | Greater Poland | Kalisz | I | Civic Coalition | Marian Poślednik |
| 95 | Greater Poland | Kalisz | II | Polish People's Party | Andżelika Możdżanowska |
| 96 | Greater Poland | Kalisz | III | Civic Coalition | Witold Sitarz |
| 97 | West Pomeranian | Szczecin | I | Civic Coalition | Norbert Obrycki |
| 98 | West Pomeranian | Szczecin | II | Civic Coalition | Sławomir Preiss |
| 99 | West Pomeranian | Koszalin | I | Civic Coalition | Grażyna Sztark |
| 100 | West Pomeranian | Koszalin | II | Civic Coalition | Piotr Zientarski |

### Reactions

Civic Platform's Donald Tusk said of the victory that: "It is the highest honour for me and for Civic Platform that we will be working for the next four years for all of you, regardless of who you voted for today. In the next four years we will work twice as hard." The Law and Justice Party's Jaroslaw Kaczynski conceded defeat. Polish financial markets reacted positively to the outcome, while the zloty rose.

## Analysis

The Civic Platform was considered to be the big winner of the election, being the only Polish political party to have achieved reelection over the past 20 years of democratic elections. Further to that, PO saw only a very small voter swing against it (-2.3%) and a loss of only two seats from its 2007 outcome which was a record result. The other big winner, was the newly established Palikot Movement, which managed to poll double figures (10%) to come in at third place, ahead of PSL and SLD, both of which were longstanding established parties. Opinion polls, of only a month or so prior to the election, had Palikot's Movement at around 2% of the vote, well below the election threshold. The Polish People's Party (8.4%) managed to hang on to its support base (despite some opinion polls suggesting that they would struggle to achieve the threshold), allowing it to continue its coalition with PO, and maintain its level of representation in the new government.
On the other hand, Law and Justice was one of the big losers in the election. PiS was seeking to defeat PO, but failed to even lift its own vote (falling from over 32% in 2007 to less than 30% in 2011). The other big loser was the Democratic Left Alliance, which for the first time in its history failed to achieve a result above 10% (2001 -40%, 2005 - 11%, 2007 - 13%). It was the first time in which SLD fell to fifth place in party results, and the first time in which it polled below the Polish People's Party. Poland Comes First, failed to capture the middle ground between the two major parties, as it was hoping to do, and lost all of its parliamentary seats, achieving only a very modest 2.2% of the vote.
Bloomberg said of the victory for Civic Platform that, as Poland was the only EU country to avoid a recession in 2009, it could continue with its economic initiatives such as consolidating the budget with an expected shortfall and also to avoid austerity measures that many other EU countries have been forced to endure. It also added that the success of the breakaway Palikot movement, coupled with the People Party's reluctance to support some policies, could provide a counterweight to keeping Civic Platform from getting complacent.

## Government formation

Following Civic Platform's victory, Tusk said that his party's coalition alliance with the smaller Polish People's Party would continue. Tusk also declared that his ministry would remain unchanged for the remainder of the year, citing the fact that this was the preferable course of action given Poland's presidency of the EU, which continues to the end of the year.