National Assembly of the Republic of Poland

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National Assembly of the Republic of Poland
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Sejm Senate
Leadership
Marshal of the Sejm	Bronisław Komorowski, Civic Platform since November 5, 2007
Marshal of the Senate	Bogdan Borusewicz, Civic Platform since November 5, 2007
Structure
Members	460 deputies and 100 senators
Election
Meeting place
The Sejm building in Warsaw
Web site

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The National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe) is the name of both chambers of the Polish parliament, the Sejm and the Senate, when sitting in joint session. It is headed by the Marshal of the Sejm (or by the Marshal of the Senate when the former is absent).

In the years 1922–1935 and 1989–1990, it was the National Assembly who elected the President of the Republic of Poland by an absolute majority of votes. In 1935, it was replaced by an Assembly of Electors, which consisted of the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice, the General Armed Forces Inspector, 2/3 of deputies to the Sejm, and 1/3 of Senators. The Senate was abolished in 1946 so in 1947 Bolesław Bierut was elected President only by the Sejm. There were no presidents from 1952 until 1989 when the Senate was restored and the National Assembly elected Wojciech Jaruzelski as President.

Since 1990, the President has been elected by the people. However, the President is still sworn in before the National Assembly, which is also the only organ which can declare the President's permanent incapacity to perform his duties, or bring an indictment against him before State Tribunal.

From 1992 to 1997, the National Assembly drafted and passed a new Constitution, which was approved by a national referendum on May 25, 1997.

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Summary of the 21 October 2007 Polish National Assembly election results

Parties		Sejm				Senat
		Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, PO)	6,701,010	41.51	209	+76	60	+26
	Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS)	5,183,477	32.11	166	+11	39	–10
	Left and Democrats (Lewica i Demokraci, LiD)	2,122,981	13.15	53	–2[1]	—	—
	Polish People's Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL)	1,437,638	8.91	31	+6	—	–2
	Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (Samoobrona RP, SRP)	247,335	1.53	—	–56	—	–3
	League of Polish Families (Liga Polskich Rodzin, LPR)	209,171	1.30	—	–34	—	–7
	Polish Labor Party (Polska Partia Pracy, PPP)	160,476	0.99	—	—	—	—
	Women's Party (Partia Kobiet, PK)[2]	45,121	0.28	—	—	—	—
	German Minority (Mniejszość Niemiecka, MN)[3]	32,462	0.20	1	–1	—	—
	Patriotic Self-Defense (Samoobrona Patriotyczna)[4]	2,531	0.02	—	—	—	—
	Independents (Niezależni)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	–4
	Total	16,142,202		460		100
Registered voters: 30,615,471 Votes counted: 16,477,734 (53.88 %) Invalid votes: 335,532 Valid votes: 16,142,202
^ Compared to the result of Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) in 2005. ^  Contested the election in seven districts only. ^  Contested the election in one district only. ^  Contested the election in one district only.