Poland (European Parliament constituency)
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In European elections, the member state of Poland is subdivided into constituencies. However, the number of seats in each subconstituency is not decided until after the election. Poland therefore is sometimes treated as a single constituency for purposes of reportage.
2004[]
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Poland had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on 13 June.
The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low turnout makes a direct comparison with national election results difficult. As expected the most successful party was the Civic Platform. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families.
The radical populist Self-Defense of the Polish Republic, which some opinion polls had predicted would come second, came fourth after the Law and Justice party. The election results were a success for Social Democracy of Poland, which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and the Freedom Union, which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.
2009[]
The 2009 European Parliament election in Poland is on Sunday 7 June 2009 and the number of seats is 50.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Wyjasnienia Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej z dnia 10 marca 2009 r. o zasadach gospodarki finansowej, uzyskiwaniu przychodów oraz o wydatkach związanych z finansowaniem kampanii wyborczej w wyborach do Parlamentu Europejskiego, zarządzonych na dzień 7 czerwca 2009 r."/"Notice from the State Electoral Commission of 10 March 2009 by decree of the President of the Republic of Poland to the election of the members of the European Parliament and of the constituencies and the premises of district election commission" Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, pkw.gov.pl, 10 March 2009, English translation here, pdf copy here Archived 19 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
- European Parliament elections in Poland
- European Parliament constituencies in Poland