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Poland 2019 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2019 parliamentary election in Poland?

Law and Justice won 235 of 460 seats with 43.6% of the vote. 61.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Poland
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Law and Justice won 235 of 460 seats with 43.6% of the vote; 61.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 10.8 points on 2015.

  • Law and Justice 235 0 seats 43.6% +6.0 points
  • Civic Platform 134 −4 seats 27.4% +3.3 points
  • Democratic Left Alliance 24 +24 seats 12.6% +5.0 points
  • Polish People's Party 20 +4 seats 8.6% +3.4 points
  • Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic -- Liberty and Hope 5 +5 seats 6.8% +2.0 points
  • German minority in Poland 1 0 seats 0.2% 0.0 points
  • Spring 19
  • Kukiz'15 6 −36 seats
  • Left Together 6
  • National Movement 5
  • Democratic / Freedom / Union 1
  • 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 2015 parliamentary election, party by party.

231 of 460 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 43.6%

    Share of the vote won by Law and Justice and its allies

    Law and Justice and its allies won 235 of 460 seats. A majority needs 231.

  2. +5 seats

    Seats gained by Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic -- Liberty and Hope

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2015. Kukiz'15 lost 36 seats.

  3. 61.8%

    Voter turnout

    Up 10.8 points on 2015.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Law and Justicewith Poland Together / Agreement and United Poland235043.6+6.08,051,935
Civic Platformwith The Greens, Modern and Movement for Silesian Autonomy134−427.4+3.35,060,355
Democratic Left Alliancewith Palikot's Movement24+2412.6+5.02,319,946
Polish People's Party20+48.6+3.41,578,523
Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic -- Liberty and Hope5+56.8+2.01,256,953
Largest party without seats00.7144,773
German minority in Poland100.20.032,094
Spring19
Kukiz'156−36
Left Together6
National Movement5
Independents3
Democratic / Freedom / Union1
Unnamed party with one seat1

± is the change against the Poland 2015 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Law and Justice 8,051,935
  • Civic Platform 5,060,355
  • Democratic Left Alliance 2,319,946
  • Polish People's Party 1,578,523
  • Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic -- Liberty and Hope 1,256,953
  • Largest party without seats 144,773
  • German minority in Poland 32,094
  • Spring
  • Kukiz'15
  • Left Together
  • National Movement
  • Independents
  • Democratic / Freedom / Union
  • Unnamed party with one seat

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?

61.8% of the 30,253,556 registered voters cast a ballot (18,682,535 ballots), up 10.8 points on 2015. 18,678,457 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1991.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Law and Justice43.6% of votes51.1% of seats
  • Civic Platform27.4% of votes29.1% of seats
  • Democratic Left Alliance12.6% of votes5.2% of seats
  • Polish People's Party8.6% of votes4.3% of seats
  • Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic -- Liberty and Hope6.8% of votes1.1% of seats
  • German minority in Poland0.2% of votes0.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 2.8 by seats; Law and Justice led Civic Platform by 16.2 points of the vote.

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