About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Chamber name
Sejm (Sejm)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Lower chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
4
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1921 to 1950
from 1955
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
Twelve Plus Group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Marshal of the Sejm
Speaker
Szymon
Hołownia
(Male)
Year of birth
1976
Term
13.11.2023
Additional information
Elected on 13 Nov. 2023.
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary General
Secretary General
Jacek
Cichocki
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 21 Nov. 2023.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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Directly elected members
Directly elected by citizens.
460
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.
Average age of all members
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Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Adam Michał Gomoła (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
78
Oldest member
Tadeusz Samborski (Male)
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 20 | 83 | 67 | 53 | 136 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 170 | Total >= 46: 290 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 16 | 62 | 42 | 37 | 99 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 328 |
| Female | 0 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
Members for whom data is available
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
The Act of 5 January 2011 (Ustawa z dnia 5 stycznia 2011 r.) establishes that lists of candidates must include at least 35% of candidates of each sex. Lists that do not comply with this requirement must be corrected within three days, or their registration may be rejected by the Electoral Commission.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Articles 143, 146 and 147 of the Electoral Act for the Sejm of the Republic of Poland and the Senate of the Republic of Poland, as amended by article 2 of the Act of 5 January 2011. The Act was approved by Parliament on 5 January 2011, enacted by the President on 31 January 2011, and entered into force on 3 March 2011.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.