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
10th term Sejm and 11th term Senate
Type
Type	Bicameralism
Houses	Senate (upper) Sejm (lower)
Term limits	4 years
Leadership
Marshal of the Senate	Małgorzata Maria Kidawa- Błońska, PO since 13 November 2023
Marshal of the Sejm	Szymon Hołownia, PL2050 since 13 November 2023
Structure
Seats	560 consisting of 100 senators 460 deputies
Senate political groups	KO (41)   PO (36)   T!DPL (1)   Independent (4)   ZP (34)   PiS (29)   SP (1)   Independent (6)   L (9)   NL (5)   LR (2)   UP (1)   PPS (1)   KP (6)   PSL (4)   UED (1)   CdP (1)   PL2050 (5)   Senate Pact Independents (5)
Sejm political groups	ZP (194)   PiS (161)   SP (18)   ONRP (5)   R (4)   K'15 (3)   PS (1)   Independent (2)   KO (157)   PO (127)   .N (6)   iPL (4)   Greens (3)   Au (1)   T!DPL (1)   Independent (15)   PL2050 (33)   KP (32)   PSL (28)   CdP (3)   Independent (1)   L (26)   NL (19)   LR (7)   KWiN (18)   NN (8)   RN (6)   KKP (4)
Elections
Senate voting system	First-past-the-post voting
Sejm voting system	Proportional representationa
Senate last election	15 October 2023
Sejm last election	15 October 2023
Meeting place
Sejm chamber, Warsaw
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.