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Poland 2011 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2011 parliamentary election in Poland?

Civic Platform won 207 of 460 seats with 39.2% of the vote. 48.9% 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 : Civic Platform won 207 of 460 seats with 39.2% of the vote; 48.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.9 points on 2007.

  • Civic Platform 207 −2 seats 39.2% −2.3 points
  • Law and Justice 157 −9 seats 29.9% −2.2 points
  • Palikot's Movement 40 10.0%
  • Polish People's Party 28 −3 seats 8.4% −0.6 points
  • Democratic Left Alliance 27 −10 seats 8.2%
  • Poland Comes First 0 2.2%
  • Real Politics Union / Congress of the New Right 0 1.1%
  • German minority in Poland 1 0 seats 0.2% 0.0 points
  • 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 2007 parliamentary election, party by party.

231 of 460 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 39.2%

    Share of the vote won by Civic Platform

    Civic Platform won 207 of 460 seats. A majority needs 231.

  2. 48.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 4.9 points on 2007.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Civic Platform207−239.2−2.35,629,773
Law and Justice157−929.9−2.24,295,016
Palikot's Movement4010.01,439,490
Polish People's Party28−38.4−0.61,201,628
Democratic Left Alliance27−108.21,184,303
Poland Comes First02.2315,393
Real Politics Union / Congress of the New Right01.1151,837
German minority in Poland100.20.028,014

± is the change against the Poland 2007 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Civic Platform 5,629,773
  • Law and Justice 4,295,016
  • Palikot's Movement 1,439,490
  • Polish People's Party 1,201,628
  • Democratic Left Alliance 1,184,303
  • Poland Comes First 315,393
  • Real Politics Union / Congress of the New Right 151,837
  • German minority in Poland 28,014

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.

How many people voted?

48.9% of the 30,762,931 registered voters cast a ballot (15,050,027 ballots), down 4.9 points on 2007. 14,369,503 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Civic Platform39.2% of votes45.0% of seats
  • Law and Justice29.9% of votes34.1% of seats
  • Palikot's Movement10.0% of votes8.7% of seats
  • Polish People's Party8.4% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Democratic Left Alliance8.2% of votes5.9% of seats
  • German minority in Poland0.2% of votes0.2% of seats
  • Poland Comes First2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Civic Platform led Law and Justice by 9.3 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of