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Poland 2001 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2001 parliamentary election in Poland?

Democratic Left Alliance won 200 of 460 seats with 41.0% of the vote. 46.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Democratic Left Alliance won 200 of 460 seats with 41.0% of the vote; 46.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.6 points on 1997.

  • Democratic Left Alliance 200 +36 seats 41.0% +13.9 points
  • Civic Platform 65 12.7%
  • Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 53 10.2%
  • Law and Justice 44 9.5%
  • Polish People's Party 42 +15 seats 9.0% +1.7 points
  • League of Polish Families 38 7.9%
  • Solidarity Electoral Action 0 −201 seats 5.6% −28.2 points
  • Democratic / Freedom / Union 0 −60 seats 3.1% −10.3 points
  • German minority in Poland 2 0 seats 0.4% 0.0 points
  • Labour Union 16 +16 seats
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Poland 1997 parliamentary election, party by party.

231 of 460 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 41.0%

    Share of the vote won by Democratic Left Alliance

    Democratic Left Alliance won 200 of 460 seats. A majority needs 231.

  2. +36 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Left Alliance

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1997. Democratic / Freedom / Union lost 60 seats.

  3. 46.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.6 points on 1997.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Democratic Left Alliance200+3641.0+13.95,342,519
Civic Platform6512.71,651,099
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland5310.21,327,624
Law and Justice449.51,236,787
Polish People's Party42+159.0+1.71,168,659
League of Polish Families387.91,025,148
Solidarity Electoral Actionwith Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland0−2015.6−28.2729,207
Democratic / Freedom / Union0−603.1−10.3404,074
German minority in Poland200.40.047,230
Labour Union16+16

± is the change against the Poland 1997 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Democratic Left Alliance 5,342,519
  • Civic Platform 1,651,099
  • Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 1,327,624
  • Law and Justice 1,236,787
  • Polish People's Party 1,168,659
  • League of Polish Families 1,025,148
  • Solidarity Electoral Action 729,207
  • Democratic / Freedom / Union 404,074
  • German minority in Poland 47,230
  • Labour Union

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

46.3% of the 29,364,455 registered voters cast a ballot (13,591,681 ballots), down 1.6 points on 1997. 13,017,929 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1991 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Democratic Left Alliance41.0% of votes43.5% of seats
  • Civic Platform12.7% of votes14.1% of seats
  • Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland10.2% of votes11.5% of seats
  • Law and Justice9.5% of votes9.6% of seats
  • Polish People's Party9.0% of votes9.1% of seats
  • League of Polish Families7.9% of votes8.3% of seats
  • German minority in Poland0.4% of votes0.4% of seats
  • Solidarity Electoral Action5.6% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Democratic / Freedom / Union3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 4.0 by seats; Democratic Left Alliance led Civic Platform by 28.3 points of the vote.

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