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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PiS → wonParliamentaryElection → 2005 Polish parliamentary election ⓘ
Polish parliamentary election, 2001 → nextElection → Polish parliamentary election, 2005 ⓘ
linked to: 2005 Polish parliamentary election