Poland to hold parliamentary elections on Oct 15

WARSAW - Poland will hold a parliamentary election on Oct 15, said President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday.

"Guided by the content of the just received positive opinion of the National Electoral Commission as to the proposed date of elections to the Sejm and Senate, I decided to order these elections for Oct 15, 2023. The future of Poland is a matter for each of us! Use your rights!" Duda wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Sejm and Senate are respectively the lower and upper houses of the Polish parliament. In this year's elections, Poles will replace 460 MPs and 100 senators for a four-year term.