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Parties and
Elections
in Europe |
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| Legislative elections: Sejm, 4-year term, 5%
threshold (combined lists 8%), party-list proportional representation system |
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· President:
Lech Kaczyński (PiS) · Prime Minister: Donald Tusk (PO)
· Government: PO, PSL |
| Party |
Ideology,
Affiliation, Founding |
2007 |
Seats |
2005 |
Seats |
 |
Platforma Obywatelska (PO)  Civic
Platform
|
Conservatism;
Christian democracy, Economic liberalism |
EPP 2001 |
41,5% |
209 |
24,1% |
133 |
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Prawo
i Sprawiedliwość (PiS)  Law
and Justice |
National conservatism;
Christian democracy, Social conservatism |
AECR 2001 |
32,1% |
166 |
27,0% |
155 |
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Lewica i Demokraci (LiD) Left and Democrats
(dissolved in 2008) |
Social democracy;
Social liberalism |
- 2007 |
13,2% |
53 |
- |
- |
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Sojusz
Lewicy Demokratycznej (SLD)
Democratic Left Alliance |
Social democracy |
PES, SI 1999 (pred.
1948) |
- |
40 |
11,3% |
55 |
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Socjaldemokracja
Polska (SDPL) 
Social Democracy of Poland |
Social democracy |
- 2004 |
- |
10 |
3,9% |
- |
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Unia
Pracy (UP) 
Labour Union |
Social democracy |
PES, SI 1992 |
- |
0 |
- |
 |
Partija
Demokratyczna (PD) 
Democratic Party |
Social liberalism |
ELDR 2005 |
- |
3 |
2,5% |
- |
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Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe
(PSL)  Polish People's Party
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Agrarianism;
Centrism, Christian democracy |
EPP 1990 (pred.
1949) |
8,9% |
31 |
7,0% |
25 |
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Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej (SRP)  Self-Defense
of the Republic of Poland |
Agrarianism;
Left-wing nationalism |
- 1992 |
1,5% |
- |
11,4% |
56 |
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Liga Polskich Rodzin (LPR)  League of Polish
Families |
Christian right;
Nationalism, Radical right |
- 2001 |
1,3% |
- |
8,0% |
34 |
German Minority Electoral Committee  |
- |
- |
0,2% |
1 |
0,3% |
2 |
| Others |
- |
- |
1,3% |
- |
4,5% |
- |
| Total |
- |
- |
- |
460 |
- |
460 |
| Turnout |
- |
- |
53,8% |
40,6% |
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