2023 Polish parliamentary election
The 2023 Polish parliamentary election took place on Sunday, 15 October 2023, per the Polish Constitution. Seats in both the lower house, the Sejm, and the Senate were contested. At the polls, a referendum - containing four questions concerning economic and immigration policy of the government - was also voted on.
Image: Mateusz Morawiecki Prezes Rady Ministrów (cropped)
Image: Szymon Hołownia 2022
Image: Władysław Kosiniak Kamysz, Poseł na Sejm RP, Prezes Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego
Image: Włodzimierz Czarzasty (cropped)
The Sejm, officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
Sejm
The first Sejm in Łęczyca. Recording of laws. A.D. 1180
In 1791, the "Great Sejm" or Four-Year Sejm of 1788–1792 and Senate adopted the May 3rd Constitution at the Royal Castle in Warsaw
Tadeusz Rejtan tries to prevent the legalisation of the first partition of Poland by preventing the members of the Sejm from leaving the chamber (1773). Painting by Jan Matejko