Poland 2005 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Law and Justice won 155 of 460 seats with 27.0% of the vote; 40.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 5.8 points on 2001.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law and Justice | 155 | +111 | 27.0 | +17.5 | 3,185,714 |
| Civic Platform | 133 | +68 | 24.1 | +11.4 | 2,849,259 |
| Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland | 56 | +3 | 11.4 | +1.2 | 1,347,355 |
| Democratic Left Alliance | 55 | −145 | 11.3 | −29.7 | 1,335,257 |
| League of Polish Familieswith Catholic-National Movement | 34 | −4 | 8.0 | +0.1 | 940,762 |
| Polish People's Party | 25 | −17 | 7.0 | −2.0 | 821,656 |
| Social Democracy of Polandwith Labour Union | 0 | 3.9 | 459,380 | ||
| Democratic / Freedom / Union | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | −0.7 | 289,276 |
| Real Politics Union / Congress of the New Right | 0 | 1.6 | 185,885 | ||
| Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland | 0 | 1.1 | 124,038 | ||
| German minority in Poland | 2 | 0 | 0.3 | −0.1 | 34,469 |
± is the change against the Poland 2001 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Law and Justice 3,185,714
- Civic Platform 2,849,259
- Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 1,347,355
- Democratic Left Alliance 1,335,257
- League of Polish Families 940,762
- Polish People's Party 821,656
- Social Democracy of Poland 459,380
- Democratic / Freedom / Union 289,276
- Real Politics Union / Congress of the New Right 185,885
- Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland 124,038
- German minority in Poland 34,469
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 we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
40.5% of the 30,229,031 registered voters cast a ballot (12,244,903 ballots), down 5.8 points on 2001. 11,804,676 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1991. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Law and Justice27.0% of votes33.7% of seats
- Civic Platform24.1% of votes28.9% of seats
- Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland11.4% of votes12.2% of seats
- Democratic Left Alliance11.3% of votes12.0% of seats
- League of Polish Families8.0% of votes7.4% of seats
- Polish People's Party7.0% of votes5.4% of seats
- German minority in Poland0.3% of votes0.4% of seats
- Social Democracy of Poland3.9% of votes0.0% of seats
- Democratic / Freedom / Union2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.9 by votes and 4.3 by seats; Law and Justice led Civic Platform by 2.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.