Chapter 5

1. For the purpose of elections, multi-member constituencies shall be created, hereinafter referred to as "constituencies".

2. The number of deputies to the Sejm to be elected in each constituency shall range between 3 and 17.

3. A constituency shall be coterminous with the territory of one voivoeship. In the Warsaw and Katowice voivodships, the constituency shall consist of part of the voivodship but whose boundary cannot transgress boundaries of the communes.

4. The division into constituencies and the determination of the number of deputies to the Sejm elected therefrom shall be calculated according to a uniform quota of representation done by dividing the number of the population of the country by the number of deputies to the Sejm to be elected in constituencies.

1. The division into constituencies, their consecutive numbers and boundaries, the number of deputies to the Sejm to be elected in each constituency, as well as the locations of constituency electoral commissions, shall be specified in an Appendix to this Act.

2. Information about a constituency shall be made public to the electors of a particular constituency in the form of an announcement of the National Electoral Commission no later than the 52nd day prior to the elections. The heads of the appropriate voivodship electoral offices shall ensure the printing and posting up of such announcements.

1. The National Electoral Commission shall submit to the Sejm proposals concerning changes to be effected in respect of the boundaries of constituencies and the number of deputies to the Sejm to be elected therein, provided that it is necessitated by changes in the basic territorial divisions of the country or by changes in the number of inhabitants.

2. Any proposals, referred to in para. 1, shall be submitted by the National Electoral Commission to the Sejm no later than 9 months before expiry of the Sejm's term of office. The Sejm shall make changes in the divisions into constituencies no later than 6 months before expiry of its term of office.

Voting shall be held in polling districts, comprised of 500 to 3000 inhabitants and established within the borders of a commune. Polling districts for smaller or larger numbers of inhabitants may be established in cases justified by local conditions.

1. Polling districts shall be established in hospitals and social welfare establishments if, during the election day, at least 50 voters shall be staying there.

2. Polling districts shall be established for voters staying in penal institutions and places of remand, as well as in extramural departments of such establishments. Such polling districts need not be established, following the request of the governor of a penal institution or superintendent of a place of remand, but only in justified cases.

1. Polling districts shall be established at the request of the head of the commune or mayor (president of town), by the council of the commune which shall determine the boundaries and consecutive numbers of polling districts, as well as the location of district electoral commissions.

2. A resolution on those matters referred to in para. 1 shall immediately be delivered to the appropriate constituency electoral commission.

1. Polling districts for Polish citizens staying abroad shall be established by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in agreement with the National Electoral Commission, specifying the location of district electoral commissions. The provisions of Article 50, para. 2 shall apply accordingly.

2. Polling districts for electors staying aboard Polish ships, continuing their voyage during the period comprising the day of elections, shall be established by the minister competent for maritime-economic matters in agreement with the National Electoral Commission, at the request of the shipowner, made no later than the 30th day before the elections. Such districts shall be established if there are at least 15 voters staying aboard and there is an opportunity to transmit to the appropriate electoral commission the results of the voting immediately after its conclusion. The provisions of Article 50, para. 2 shall apply accordingly.

3. The polling districts referred to in para. 1 shall be included in the constituency appropriate for the commune of the City of Warsaw.

4. The polling districts referred to in para. 2 shall be included in the constituency appropriate for the location of the shipowner.

1. Information on the boundaries and the consecutive numbers of polling districts, as well as on the location of district electoral commissions shall be made public by the head of the commune or mayor (president of town) posting up announcements no later than the 35th day before the election day.

2. The obligation, referred to in para. 1, in respect of polling districts established abroad, shall lie with consuls and shall be fulfilled no later than the 21st day before the election day.

3. A captain shall immediately notify voters about the establishment of a polling district aboard a Polish ship.