2011 Polish parliamentary election

2011 Polish parliamentary election

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All 460 seats in the Sejm 231 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48.92%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Donald Tusk Jarosław Kaczyński Janusz Palikot Party PO PiS RP Last election 209 seats, 41.5% 166 seats, 32.1% Did not exist Seats won 207 157 40 Seat change 2 9 New Popular vote 5,629,773 4,295,016 1,439,490 Percentage 39.2% 29.9% 10.0% Swing 2.3pp 2.2pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Waldemar Pawlak Grzegorz Napieralski Ryszard Galla Party PSL SLD KWMN Last election 31 seats, 8.9% 53 seats, 13.2% 1 seat, 0.2% Seats won 28 27 1 Seat change 3 26 0 Popular vote 1,201,628 1,184,303 28,014 Percentage 8.4% 8.2% 0.2% Swing 0.5pp 5.0pp 0
Seats won by Sejm District
Government before election First Tusk cabinet PO—PSL Elected Government Second Tusk cabinet PO—PSL

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.