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Parliamentary elections to both the Sejm and Senate were held in Poland on 25 October 2015. The election was won by the largest opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) with 37.6% of the vote against the governing Civic Platform (PO), who achieved 24.1%. Beata Szydło is now designated Prime Minister and may possibly form a one-party cabinet, succeeding Ewa Kopacz as premier. Official results, announced on 27 October, gave the conservative Law and Justice Party a majority, with 235 of 460 seats (51 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/27/us-poland-election-idUSKCN0SL1XH20151027 )〕 It was the first European election since the Norway 1993 elections in which the two largest parties fielded a female candidate as leader, and the second election in history (also since Norway 1993) where more than three parties fielded female leadership candidates. It was also the first election in Poland since the introduction of liberal democracy in 1989 that a party won an absolute majority in parliament. == Electoral system == The process of election for the Sejm is through open party-list proportional representation via the D'hondt method in multi-seat constituencies, with a 5% threshold for single parties and 8% threshold for coalitions (requirements waived for national minorities). The senate is elected using first-past-the-post voting in single-member districts. To be included on a ballot, a senate candidate must present 2,000 signatures of support from their constituents.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.senat.gov.pl/gfx/senat/userfiles/_public/k8eng/noty/howare.pdf )〕 For Sejm elections, the threshold is 5,000 signatures per constituency, though that requirement is waived for parties who have already registered lists in at least half of all constituencies (21 out of 41 as of this election).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sejm of the Republic of Poland )〕 Overall, the Sejm includes 460 MPs. Should a party have 231 or more deputies in Parliament, it has an absolute majority and could thus govern autonomously, without a coalition partner. The constitution can be amended with a supermajority of two-thirds, or 307 deputies. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Polish parliamentary election, 2015」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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