Parliament of Poland
Parliament of Poland Parlament Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | |
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| 10th term Sejm and 11th term Senate | |
| Polish coat of arms | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | |
Term limits | 4 years |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | |
| File:11th term Senate of Poland.svg | |
Senate political groups | KO (41)
ZP (34)
PL2050 (5) Senate Pact Independents (5) |
| File:10th Term Sejm of Poland.svg | |
Sejm political groups |
PL2050 (33) KP (32)
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post voting | |
| Proportional representationa | |
Senate last election | 15 October 2023 |
Sejm last election | 15 October 2023 |
| Meeting place | |
| File:Zgromadzenie Narodowe 4 czerwca 2014 Kancelaria Senatu 03.JPG | |
| Sejm chamber, Warsaw | |
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| Senate chamber, Warsaw | |
| Footnotes | |
| a Open-list proportional representation in 41 constituencies (5% national electoral threshold, 8% national electoral threshold for coalitions). | |
The parliament of Poland has an upper house (the Senate) and a lower house (the Sejm). Both houses are accommodated in the Sejm complex in Warsaw. The parliament itself is without an official name; the Constitution refers only to the Sejm and the Senate.
Members of both houses are elected by direct election, usually every four years. The Sejm has 460 members, while the Senate has 100 senators. To become law, a bill must first be approved by both houses.
