Sejm VI kadencji – maszynka do głosowania
Vith-term Sejm – a voting machine

Summary/Abstract: Voting taken during the VIth term of the lower chamber of Polish Parliament has been analyzed in the paper. The term was divided into three parts delimited by European Parliament elections and Smolensk plane crash. Voting with smaller than 10% “yes” or “no” votes has been eliminated from the analysis. Homogeneous groups of parliament members were found. Political scene was dominated by three main powers: ruling coalition, PiS party and left wing parties. Due to voting discipline imposed by the leaders it seems that it would be enough to have just seven MPs (with non-equal number of votes), the number suggested by the results of cluster analysis.

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