2009 European Parliament election in Poland

As anticipated, the Civic Platform (PO) won a significant victory, winning more than 44% of the vote and gaining half of the total seats. PO's vote was higher than their 41.5% achieved at the 2007 Polish parliamentary election, and to date was the highest vote achieved by a Polish political party to either the Sejm (national legislature) or the European Parliament. Law and Justice (PiS), came second (27.4%), having more than doubled their vote and seats won as compared to the 2004 EU election, but their vote fell, in comparison to the national elections of 2007. PO polled strongest in the western half of Poland, whilst PiS polled best in the eastern half, particularly the south-east.

The largest grouping on the left, the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union (SLD-UP) came in at a distant third with 12.3% of the vote and seven seats. At one time, the biggest party in Poland, the Democratic Left Alliance's vote was fairly static over the past five years, and they have been unable to challenge the dominance of PO and PiS, since 2005. The Polish People's Party (PSL) came fourth with 7% of the vote, and won three seats. The remaining parties failed to reach the 5% threshold required to win seats.

The election result demonstrated a stability in voting patterns in the country. Previously, especially prior to 2005, the political environment in Poland was rather unpredictable, with big swings away from established parties, towards alternative parties, and ongoing splits and mergers of key parties. In 2009, however, the voting pattern did not vary too substantially from the 2007 elections, with the large parties consolidating their positions, and smaller parties failing to make a breakthrough.

 Summary of the results of Poland's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament

2004 • 2009 • 2014 • 2019
National party		European party	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Civic Platform (PO)	EPP	3,271,852	44.43	20.33	25 / 50	10
	Law and Justice (PiS)	AEN	2,017,607	27.40	14.73	15 / 50	8
	Democratic Left Alliance – Labor Union (SLD–UP)	PES	908,765	12.34	2.99	7 / 50	2
	People's Party (PSL)	EPP	516,146	7.01	0.67	3 / 50	1
	Agreement for the Future – CenterLeft Democratic Party (PD) Social Democracy of Poland (SDPL) Greens 2004 (Z.2004)	PES + ALDE	179,602	2.44	10.49 [4]	0	7
	Right of the Republic (PR)	None	143,966	1.95	new	0	0
	Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (SRP)	UEN	107,185	1.46	9.32	0	6
	Libertas Poland (LP)	LIBERTAS	83,754	1.14	14.78 [5]	0	10
	Real Politics Union (UPR)	None	81,146	1.10	0.77	0	0
	Labour Party (PPP)	EACL	51,872	0.70	0.16	0	0
	Others			2,868	0.04	0	—
Valid votes			7,364,763	98.17
Blank and invalid votes			137,573	1.83
Totals			7,502,336	100.00	—	50	4
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout			30,565,272	24.53	3.66
Source: Pe2009.pkw.gov.pl

Summary of 7 June 2009 European Parliament elections

• Politics of Poland
• Poland (European Parliament constituency)

• (pl) (en) European Parliament election, 2009 on PKW.gov.pl