Parliament of Poland
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.
Parliament of Poland Parlament Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | |
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| 9th term Sejm and 10th term Senate | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | |
Term limits | 4 years |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | |
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Senate political groups | Government (48)
Opposition (52)
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Sejm political groups | Government (235)[2]
Opposition (225)
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post voting | |
| Proportional representationa | |
Senate last election | 13 October 2019 |
Sejm last election | 13 October 2019 |
| Meeting place | |
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| 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). | |
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.
References
- "Kluby i koło". senat.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- https://twitter.com/Wad_emecum/status/1184220620239917056
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