Parliament of Poland

Parliament of Poland Parlament Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
9th term Sejm and 10th term Senate
Type
Type	Bicameralism
Houses	Senate (upper) Sejm (lower)
Term limits	4 years
Leadership
Marshal of the Senate	Tomasz Grodzki, KO since 12 November 2019
Marshal of the Sejm	Elżbieta Witek, PiS since 9 August 2019
Structure
Seats	560 consisting of 100 senators 460 deputies
Senate political groups	Government (48)   ZP (48)   PiS (44)   Agreement (2)   SP (2) Opposition (52)   KO (43)   PO (42)   N. (1)   KP (3)   PSL (2)   UED (1)   Independent Senators Circle (3)   Non-Inscrit (3)   Independent (1)   Lewica (2)   Wiosna (1)   PPS (1)
Sejm political groups	Government (235)   ZP (235)   PiS (198)   Agreement (18)   SP (18)   Republican Party (1) Opposition (225)   KO (134)   PO (119)   Modern (8)   Polish Initiative (4)   The Greens (3)   Lewica (49)   SLD (24)   Wiosna (19)   Razem (6)   KP (30)   PSL (20)   Kukiz'15 (6)   UED (1)   Independent (3)   Confederation (11)   KORWiN (5)   National Movement (5)   Confederation of the Polish Crown (1)   Non-Inscrit (1)   German Minority (1)
Elections
Senate voting system	First-past-the-post voting
Sejm voting system	Proportional representationa
Senate last election	13 October 2019
Sejm last election	13 October 2019
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).

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.

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.