The Polish parliament – the Sejm – is expected to vote on whether to dissolve and have a General Election in late October this evening.

The vote was originally planned for 14.00 CET but has now been out back till 18.00 or 19.00 CET.

If the vote succeeds then the Polish Constitution demands that an election must take place within 45 days.

A two thirds majority of MPs must support the motion, which means that 307 out of 460.

The two largest parties in parliament are in support of dissolution – the ruling Law and Justice and opposition Civic Platform.

The motion is also supported by the ex-communist SLD and the Polish Peasant’s Party.

The head of the League of Polish Families (LPR), Roman Giertych, said this morning on Polish Radio that he will ‘probably abstain’ from the vote as he favours a special investigation into the circumstances around the sacking ministers of the coalition government over a corruption scandal before an election and not after.

Giertych said LPR as a whole have a ‘free vote’ as to whether they support the dissolution vote, or not.

An opinion poll released today by the CBOS agency puts the governing Law and Justice 2 percent in front of their nearest rivals, Civic Platform.