2005 Polish parliamentary election

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The 2005 Polish parliamentary election was a national legislative vote in Poland that led to a major political shift, bringing the conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) to power.

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instanceOf parliamentary election
abbreviationOfWinningParty PiS NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of Poland NERFINISHED
country Poland
date 2005-09-25
electoralBody Sejm NERFINISHED
Senate of Poland NERFINISHED
electoralThresholdForCoalitions 8%
electoralThresholdForParties 5%
followedBy 2007 Polish parliamentary election
languageOfOfficialMaterials Polish
leaderOfWinningParty Jarosław Kaczyński NERFINISHED
legislativeTermStart 5th term Sejm of the Third Republic of Poland NERFINISHED
6th term Senate of the Third Republic of Poland
legislatureElected Sejm of the Republic of Poland NERFINISHED
Senate of the Republic of Poland NERFINISHED
location Poland NERFINISHED
mainOppositionPartyBeforeElection Civic Platform NERFINISHED
mainWinningParty Law and Justice NERFINISHED
majorCompetingParty Civic Platform NERFINISHED
Democratic Left Alliance NERFINISHED
League of Polish Families NERFINISHED
Polish People’s Party NERFINISHED
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland NERFINISHED
partOf 2005 elections
2005 elections in Europe
elections in Poland
politicalOrientationOfWinningParty conservative
right-wing
precededBy 2001 Polish parliamentary election NERFINISHED
primeMinisterAfterElection Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz NERFINISHED
primeMinisterBeforeElection Marek Belka NERFINISHED
resultedInCoalitionGovernmentWith League of Polish Families NERFINISHED
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland NERFINISHED
resultedInCoalitionPotentialWith Civic Platform NERFINISHED
resultedInGovernmentLedBy Law and Justice NERFINISHED
rulingPartyBeforeElection Democratic Left Alliance NERFINISHED
sejmSeatsContested 460
senateSeatsContested 100
significance brought conservative Law and Justice party to power
tookPlaceInContextOf Third Polish Republic NERFINISHED
tookPlaceOnDayOfWeek Sunday
typeOfShift major political shift to the right
usedConstituencyType multi-member constituencies
usedSeatAllocationMethod D’Hondt method NERFINISHED
voterTurnoutDescription low turnout
voterTurnoutPercentage 40.6
votingSystemForSejm open-list proportional representation
proportional representation
votingSystemForSenate plurality voting
year 2005

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PiS wonParliamentaryElection 2005 Polish parliamentary election