Senate of the Republic of Poland
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Senate of the Republic of Poland
Type
Type Upper house
Leadership
Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Bogdan Borusewicz,
since
Structure
Election
Meeting place
Web site
http://www.senat.gov.pl

The Senate (Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament. It consists of 100 senators elected by universal ballot and is headed by the Marshal of the Senate (Marszałek Senatu).

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History

The Senate can be traced back to a council of royal advisors. In the Nobles' Democracy, the Senate was a Privy council rather than an upper chamber of the Sejm, and consisted of members of the royal cabinet and the royal court, together with voivods, prefects and castellans (all appointed by the king), and Catholic bishops (see Senatorial offices for details).

In the Second Polish Republic, senators were elected by universal ballot. After a referendum organized in 1946 by the Communist regime, the Senate was abolished in the post-Second World War People's Republic of Poland. It was only re-established after the fall of communism in 1989.

The Senate of the Republic of Poland today

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The term of office of a senator is four years. The Senate may reject or amend the bills passed by the Sejm but any rejection or amendment may still be overruled by an absolute majority vote in the Sejm. A joint session of the Senate and the Sejm is known as a National Assembly. Traditionally, the Senate takes particular care of Polonia, Polish communities outside Poland.

Senators are elected by a plurality bloc voting method (rare internationally), where several candidates with the highest support are elected from each electorate, and each voter selects their whole preferred set. The exact number of senators from each electorate is dependent on its population and varies from two to four.

Marshals of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (after 1922)

2007 election

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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
  1. ^ Compared to the result of Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) in 2005.
  2. ^  Contested the election in seven districts only.
  3. ^  Contested the election in one district only.
  4. ^  Contested the election in one district only.
Main article: Polish parliamentary election, 2007
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Polish Senators (2001-2005 term)

  1. Jerzy Adamski
  2. Andrzej Anulewicz
  3. Franciszek Bachleda-Księdzularz
  4. Marek Balicki
  5. Janusz Lucjan Bargieł
  6. Tadeusz Bartos
  7. Maria Berny
  8. Adam Biela
  9. Janusz Stefan Bielawski
  10. January Bronisław Bień
  11. Franciszek Bogdan Bobrowski
  12. Krystyna Maria Bochenek (since September 2004)
  13. Krzysztof Wawrzyniec Borkowski
  14. Władysław Bułka
  15. Czesława Christowa
  16. Andrzej Chronowski
  17. Zygmunt Alojzy Cybulski
  18. Gerard Czaja
  19. Jolanta Ryszarda Danielak
  20. Krystyna Doktorowicz
  21. Kazimierz Drożdż
  22. Bernard Drzęźla
  23. Henryk Dzido
  24. Józef Dziemdziela
  25. Genowefa Maria Ferenc
  26. Witold Feliks Gładkowski
  27. Zbigniew Gołąbek
  28. Stanisław Huskowski (since April 2004)
  29. Sławomir Izdebski
  30. Andrzej Jaeschke
  31. Zdzisława Janowska
  32. Zdzisław Jarmużek
  33. Ryszard Jarzembowski
  34. Kazimierz Jaworski (since 29 September 2004)
  35. Krzysztof Jurgiel (since 22 October 2003)
  36. Dorota Maria Kempka
  37. Apolonia Klepacz
  38. Janusz Konieczny
  39. Aleksandra Koszada
  40. Marian Kozłowski
  41. Zbigniew Kruszewski
  42. Olga Teresa Krzyżanowska
  43. Zbigniew Jerzy Kulak
  44. Anna Maria Kurska
  45. Irena Kurzępa
  46. Kazimierz Kutz
  47. Grzegorz Lato
  48. Marian Piotr Lewicki
  49. Grzegorz Marek Lipowski
  50. Teresa Liszcz
  51. Bogusław Litwiniec
  52. Janusz Józef Lorenz
  53. Mirosław Lubiński (since 7 May 2003)
  54. Włodzimierz Łęcki
  55. Władysław Mańkut
  56. Jerzy Markowski
  57. Ryszard Matusiak (since 28 July 2004)
  58. Grzegorz Jan Matuszak
  59. Bogusław Mąsior
  60. Mieczysław Mietła
  61. Stanisław Nicieja
  62. Grzegorz Andrzej Niski
  63. Longin Hieronim Pastusiak
  64. Kazimierz Pawełek
  65. Wojciech Jerzy Pawłowski
  66. Jerzy Pieniążek
  67. Krzysztof Marek Piesiewicz
  68. Wiesław Michał Pietrzak
  69. Zbyszko Piwoński
  70. Sergiusz Plewa
  71. Bogdan Leszek Podgórski
  72. Lesław Paweł Podkański
  73. Jolanta Popiołek
  74. Zbigniew Religa
  75. Zbigniew Romaszewski
  76. Tadeusz Rzemykowski
  77. Wiesława Regina Sadowska
  78. Janina Sagatowska
  79. Wojciech Paweł Saługa (since 29 September 2004)
  80. Ewa Aleksandra Serocka
  81. Krystyna Helena Sienkiewicz
  82. Dorota Simonides
  83. Zofia Maria Skrzypek-Mrowiec (since29 September 2004)
  84. Ryszard Józef Sławiński
  85. Robert Maciej Smoktunowicz
  86. Jerzy Kazimierz Smorawiński
  87. Andrzej Kazimierz Spychalski
  88. Henryk Tadeusz Stokłosa
  89. Alicja Stradomska
  90. Jerzy Zdzisław Suchański
  91. Jan Szafraniec
  92. Józef Sztorc
  93. Krzysztof Szydłowski
  94. Maria Szyszkowska
  95. Andrzej Jan Wielowieyski
  96. Edmund Kazimierz Wittbrodt
  97. Tadeusz Wnuk
  98. Zbigniew Stanisław Zychowicz
  99. Marian Żenkiewicz

Former senators

  1. Jerzy Edmund Cieślak (died 25.04.2004 r.)
  2. Henryk Gołębiewski (till 31 January 2003)
  3. Genowefa Grabowska - elected MEP on 13.06.2004
  4. Adam Graczyński (died 26.08.2004)
  5. Adam Gierek - elected MEP on 13.06.2004
  6. Adam Jamróz (till 10 July 2003)
  7. Mieczysław Janowski - elected MEP on 13.06.2004 r.
  8. Jan Józef Lipski (died 10. 09. 1991)
  9. Marian Noga (till 14 January 2004 )
  10. Grażyna Ewa Staniszewska - elected MEP on 13.06.2004

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