2001 Polish parliamentary election

2001 Polish parliamentary election

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All 460 seats in the Sejm 231 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	46.29%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Leszek Miller Maciej Płażyński Andrzej Lepper Party SLD-UP PO SRP Last election 34.1%*, 164 seats* Did not exist 0.1%, 0 seats Seats won 216 65 53 Seat change 52 New 53 Popular vote 5,342,519 1,651,099 1,327,624 Percentage 41.0% 12.7% 10.2% Swing 6.9pp New 10.1pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Lech Kaczyński Jarosław Kalinowski Marek Kotlinowski Party PiS PSL LPR Last election Did not exist 7.3%, 27 seats Did not exist Seats won 44 42 38 Seat change New 15 New Popular vote 1,236,787 1,168,659 1,025,148 Percentage 9.5% 9.0% 7.9% Swing New 1.7pp New
Seats won by Sejm District
Government before election Buzek cabinet AWS Government after election Miller cabinet SLD—PSL—UP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 23 September 2001. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The election concluded with an overwhelming victory for the centre-left Democratic Left Alliance – Labor Union, the electoral coalition between the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and the Labour Union (UP), which captured 41% of the vote in the crucial lower house Sejm. The 2001 election is recognized as marking the emergence of both Civic Platform (PO) and Law and Justice (PiS) as players in Polish politics, while also witnessing the outright collapse of the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) and its former coalition partner, the Freedom Union (UW).

Voter turnout for the 2001 election was 46%^[1] For this election only, list seats were allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method instead of the D'Hondt method.