Польшадағы 2001 жылғы парламент сайлауы

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Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 23 September 2001 to elect deputies to both houses of the National Assembly. The election concluded with an overwhelming victory for the centre left Democratic Left Alliance – Labor Union, the electoral coalition between the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and the Labour Union (UP), which captured 41% of the vote in the crucial lower house Sejm. The 2001 election is recognized as marking the emergence of both Civic Platform (PO) and Law and Justice (PiS) as players in Polish politics, while also witnessing the outright collapse of the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) and its former coalition partner, the Freedom Union (UW). Voter turnout for the 2001 election was 46.29% For this election only, list seats were allocated using the Sainte Laguë method instead of the D'Hondt method.

At the end of its four year term, the ruling AWS government of Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek faced bleak prospects for the September parliamentary election. In the previous presidential election in 2000, the SLD's Aleksander Kwaśniewski achieved a landslide reelection over AWS candidate Marian Krzaklewski. Economically, Polish consumer confidence dropped to its lowest since the mid 1990s, with unemployment rising above 16%. Politically, the Buzek government faced a series of crises undermining its credibility. In May 2000, the AWS' junior coalition partner, the Freedom Union, walked out of the government regarding the party's objections to the slow pace of reform, forcing Buzek to set up a relatively weak minority government in its place. Later in July 2001, Buzek's government was again hit by three further ministerial resignations over corruption charges, while the government's reform program for pensions and health care grounded to a halt in the Sejm.

The SLD triumphed in the final tally, receiving 41% percent of the vote, though shy of an outright parliamentary majority in the Sejm. The party increased its representation by 52 seats, earning it 216 representatives, and returned to the Chancellery after a four year period of sitting in opposition. Partly due to the fractious nature of its opponents, the SLD secured pluralities in all of Poland's voivodeships as well as in an overwhelming majority of the nation's powiats. On the centre right, Civic Platform entered parliament for the first time, coming in second place with nearly 13% of the vote. On the far right, the League of Polish Families, which campaigned on a staunchly Catholic and anti EU platform, also entered the Sejm for the first time, gaining 38 seats and 8% of the vote.

No. ConstituencyTotal seatsSeats wonSLD–UPBSPSLSRPLPROthers1Legnica332Wałbrzych223Wrocław334Bydgoszcz225Toruń336Lublin3217Chełm31118Zielona Góra339Łódź2210Piotrków Trybunalski21111Sieradz3312Kraków4413Nowy Sącz2214Tarnów21115Płock2216Radom2217Siedlce311118Warsaw42219Warsaw2220Opole32121Krosno2222Rzeszów31223Białystok32124Gdańsk311125Gdynia32126Bielsko Biała21127Częstochowa2228Gliwice21129Rybnik2230Katowice32131Sosnowiec2232Kielce3333Elbląg2234Olsztyn2235Kalisz3336Konin2237Piła21138Poznań21139Koszalin2240Szczecin22Total10075154222Source: National Electoral Commission