At Stake in this Election:       

• The 100 seats in the Senate, and all 460 seats of the Sejm

Government Structure:

• Chief of State: President Andrzej Duda (since 2015)
• Head of Government: Prime Minster Mateusz Morawiecki (since 2017)
• Assembly: Poland has a bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate with 100 seats and the Sejm with 460 seats.

Electoral System:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.  If a candidate receives more than 50% of votes in the first round, there is no second round.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the Sejm.
• In the Sejm, 460 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms. Members of the Sejm are elected through a proportional open list system from 41 multi-member constituencies[1].
• The Senate consists of 100 senators elected for 4 years by direct universal suffrage, by secret ballot, in single-member constituencies.

Main Parties and Coalitions in this Election[2][3]:

• Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS)
  • Leader: Jarosław Kaczyński
  • Sejm seats won in last election: 240[4]
  • Senate seats won in last election: 61
• Civic Coalition (Koalicja Obywatelska, KO)
  • The coalition was created by created by the Civic Platform and Modern parties. The Greens and the Silesian Electoral Agreement have also joined the coalition. [5]
  • Leader: Grzegorz Schetyna
  • Sejm seats won in last election: 157[6]
  • Senate seats won in last election:  34
• Polish Coalition (Koalicja Polska)
  • Polish Coalition is represented in Parliament by Polish People's Party - Polish Coalition club (15 MPs from PSL, 4 from UED, 3 independent MPs and one senator from PSL) and Kukiz'15 club.[7]
  • Leader:                 Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
  • Sejm seats won in last election:  38[8]
  • Senate seats won in last election:  1
• The Left (Lewica)
  • The alliance consists of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Spring and Razem[9].
  • Leader: Włodzimierz Czarzasty
  • Sejm seats won in last election:  0
  • Senate seats won in last election:  0
• Confederation (Konfederacja)
  • The coalition was established in 2018 by KORWiN and the National Movement party.[10]
  • Leader: Janusz Korwin-Mikke
  • Sejm seats won in last election:  5[11]
  • Senate seats won in last election:  0
• German Minority Electoral Committee (Komitet Wyborczy Mniejszość Niemiecka, MN)
  • Leader: Ryszard Galla
  • Sejm seats won in last election:  1
  • Senate seats won in last election:  0

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 38,420,687 (July 2018 est.)[12]
• Registered Voters: 30,629,150 (2015)[13]

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 19,823,602 (July 2018 est.)[14]
• Is Poland a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (29 May 1980) [15]
• Has Poland ratified CEDAW: Yes (30 July 1980)[16]
• Gender Quota: Yes[17]
• Female Candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Legislators: 14 (14%)
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 33[18]
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very low (17.4%)[19]

Disability Data:

• Is Poland a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)[20]
• Has Poland ratified CRPD: Yes (25 September 2012)[21]
• Population with a disability: 5,784,328 (according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate)[22]