Poland (European Parliament constituency)
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In European elections, the member state of Poland is subdivided into constituencies, in the same way as United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, France and Belgium. Unlike those countries, 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.
Current MEPs
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As of October 2007
| Name | National Party | EP group |
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| Adam Bielan | Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Jerzy Buzek | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Zdzisław Chmielewski | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Sylwester Chruszcz | independent | non attached |
| Marek Czarnecki | Samoobrona | UEN |
| Ryszard Czarnecki | Samoobrona | UEN |
| Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka | Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Bronisław Geremek (deceased) | Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl | ALDE |
| Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg | Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Adam Gierek | Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Maciej Giertych | independent | non attached |
| Bogdan Golik | Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Genowefa Grabowska | Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Dariusz Grabowski | independent | UEN |
| Małgorzata Handzlik | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Stanisław Jałowiecki | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Mieczysław Janowski | Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc | UEN |
| Filip Kaczmarek | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Bogdan Klich | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Urszula Krupa | Liga Polskich Rodzin | ID |
| Wiesław Kuc | Samoobrona | UEN |
| Barbara Kudrycka | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Jan Kułakowski | Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl | ALDE |
| Zbigniew Kuźmiuk | Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe | UEN |
| Janusz Lewandowski | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Bogusław Liberadzki | Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Marcin Libicki | Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Jan Masiel | Samoobrona | UEN |
| Jan Olbrycht | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Janusz Onyszkiewicz | Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl | ALDE |
| Bogdan Pęk | Liga Polskich Rodzin | UEN |
| Józef Pinior | Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Mirosław Piotrowski | Liga Polskich Rodzin | UEN |
| Paweł Piskorski | independent | ALDE |
| Zdzisław Podkański | Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe | UEN |
| Jacek Protasiewicz | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Bogusław Rogalski | Liga Polskich Rodzin | UEN |
| Dariusz Rosati | Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Wojciech Roszkowski | Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Leopold Rutowicz | Samoobrona | UEN |
| Jacek Saryusz-Wolski | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Czesław Siekierski | Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe | EPP–ED |
| Marek Siwiec | Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Bogusław Sonik | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Grażyna Staniszewska | Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl | ALDE |
| Andrzej Szejna | Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Konrad Szymański | Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Ewa Tomaszewska | Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Witold Tomczak | Liga Polskich Rodzin | ID |
| Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski | Liga Polskich Rodzin | ID |
| Tadeusz Zwiefka | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
2004
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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 June 13.
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.
| 2004 • 2009 • 2014 | ||||||||
| National party | European party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
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| Civic Platform (PO) | EPP | 1,467,775 | 24.10 | — |
15 / 54
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| League of Polish Families (LPR) | AEN | 969,689 | 15.92 | — |
10 / 54
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| Law and Justice (PiS) | AEN | 771,858 | 12.67 | — |
7 / 54
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| Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (SoRP) | AEN + PES | 656,782 | 10.78 | — |
6 / 54
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| Democratic Left Alliance – Labor Union (SLD–UP) | PES | 561,311 | 9.35 | — |
5 / 54
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| Freedom Union (UW) | ALDE | 446,549 | 7.33 | — |
4 / 54
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| People's Party (PSL) | EPP | 386,340 | 6.34 | — |
4 / 54
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| Social Democracy (SDPL) | PES | 324,707 | 5.33 | — |
3 / 54
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| Real Politics Union (UPR) | 113,675 | 1.87 | — | 0 | — | |||
| National Electoral Committee (NKWW) | 94,867 | 1.56 | — | 0 | — | |||
| Polish Initiative (IdP) | 88,565 | 1.45 | — | 0 | — | |||
| Others | — | |||||||
| Valid votes | 6,091,531 | 97.33 | ||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 167,019 | 2.67 | ||||||
| Totals | 6,258,550 | 100.00 | — | 54 | — | |||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 29,986,109 | 20.87 | — | |||||
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2009
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The European Parliament election, 2009 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", pkw.gov.pl, 10 March 2009, English translation here, pdf copy here
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
