The National Electoral Commission (, PKW) is the only permanent

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. The second permanent electoral organs are ''komisarze wyborczy'' (single ''komisarz wyborczy'', election commissioner), which number is 51. The PKW consists of 9 people: * a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal, appointed by the president of the Constitutional Tribunal; * a judge of the

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, appointed by the president of the Supreme Administrative Court; * 7 persons qualified to hold the post of judge, indicated by the

Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

. The term of office of members of the National Electoral Commission, who are judges appointed by the presidents of the Constitutional Tribunal and Supreme Administrative Court, is 9 years. There is no cadency of PKW - membership in Commission expires at 70. The PKW is the supreme electoral commission in Poland. It has one chairman and two vice chairmen. PKW organises all elections in Poland: * election of the

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; * elections to

and Senat (lower and upper houses of the Parliament); * local elections (to ''gminas''/city/''powiats'' councils, for ''wójt''/''burmistrz'' (mayor) and ''president of the city'' and ''sejmiki wojewódzkie'' (voivodeships councils; ''sejmik'' literally means ''small Sejm'')); * elections to the

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in Poland; * national and local referendums The PKW appoints ''Okręgowe Komisje Wyborcze'' (OKW) (District Electoral Commissions) in elections of President, Sejm and Senat and European Parliament elections. In contrast to PKW, OKW are temporary. In local elections the ''terytorialne komisje wyborcze'' (territorial electoral commissions) are created by the ''komisarz wyborczy''. Each territorial electoral commission conducts elections to appropriate organs: * ''wojewódzka komisja wyborcza'' (voivodeship electoral commission) conduct elections to the ''sejmik województwa''; * ''powiatowa komisja wyborcza'' (powiat electoral commission) conducts elections to the ''rada powiatu'' (powiat council); * ''gminna komisja wyborcza'' (commune electoral commission) conducts elections to the ''rada gminy'' (commune council) and ''wójt'' (mayor of the rural commune); * ''miejska komisja wyborcza'' (city electoral commission) conducts elections to the ''rada miasta'' (city council) and ''burmistrz/prezydent miasta''. All territorial electoral commission are also temporary, in contrast to the elections commissioners.

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* {{Authority control Elections in Poland