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| Territory:
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312,685
sq. km |
| Population: |
38,418,000 heads |
| Density
of Population: |
122.9 heads/sq. km |
| Capital
city: |
Warsaw |
| Form
of government: |
Republic |
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Administrative scheme: |
49 Districts (WOJEWODZTWO) |
| Official
language: |
Polish |
| Other
spoken languages: |
German,
Ukrainian, Belarus, Slovak, Russian, Lithuanian,
Czech |
| Nationalities: |
Polish
98%, Ukrainian, Belarus, German, Other 2% |
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The
Parliament consists of two chambers: Sejm, the House of Representatives
- 460 members and the Senate - 100 members. Members of the
Sejm are elected on the basic of universal, equal and direct
suffrage by secret ballot, based on the regulations of the
proportional system, while the members of the Senate are elected
in the majority system. Every Polish citizen over 18 has got
the right to vote and those over 21 and have lived in Poland
for five years may be elected. Citizens living abroad can
also cast their votes at the polling stations, established
by the representatives of the Polish diplomacy. General elections
are supervised by the national electoral commission and conducted
by the national electoral office. The validity of the parliamentary
elections is determined by the supreme court.
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