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

As of October 2007

NameNational PartyEP group
Adam BielanPrawo i SprawiedliwośćUEN
Jerzy BuzekPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Zdzisław ChmielewskiPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Sylwester Chruszczindependentnon-attached
Marek CzarneckiSamoobronaUEN
Ryszard CzarneckiSamoobronaUEN
Hanna Foltyn-KubickaPrawo i SprawiedliwośćUEN
Bronisław Geremek (deceased)Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.plALDE
Lidia Geringer de OedenbergSojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej – Unia PracyPES
Adam GierekSojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej – Unia PracyPES
Maciej Giertychindependentnon-attached
Bogdan GolikSojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej – Unia PracyPES
Genowefa GrabowskaSojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej – Unia PracyPES
Dariusz GrabowskiindependentUEN
Małgorzata HandzlikPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Stanisław JałowieckiPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Mieczysław JanowskiPrawo i SprawiedliwoscUEN
Filip KaczmarekPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Bogdan KlichPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Urszula KrupaLiga Polskich RodzinID
Wiesław KucSamoobronaUEN
Barbara KudryckaPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Jan KułakowskiPartia Demokratyczna – demokraci.plALDE
Zbigniew KuźmiukPolskie Stronnictwo LudoweUEN
Janusz LewandowskiPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Bogusław LiberadzkiSojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej – Unia PracyPES
Marcin LibickiPrawo i SprawiedliwośćUEN
Jan MasielSamoobronaUEN
Jan OlbrychtPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Janusz OnyszkiewiczPartia Demokratyczna – demokraci.plALDE
Bogdan PękLiga Polskich RodzinUEN
Józef PiniorSojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej – Unia PracyPES
Mirosław PiotrowskiLiga Polskich RodzinUEN
Paweł PiskorskiindependentALDE
Zdzisław PodkańskiPolskie Stronnictwo LudoweUEN
Jacek ProtasiewiczPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Bogusław RogalskiLiga Polskich RodzinUEN
Dariusz RosatiSojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej – Unia PracyPES
Wojciech RoszkowskiPrawo i SprawiedliwośćUEN
Leopold RutowiczSamoobronaUEN
Jacek Saryusz-WolskiPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Czesław SiekierskiPolskie Stronnictwo LudoweEPP–ED
Marek SiwiecSojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej – Unia PracyPES
Bogusław SonikPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED
Grażyna StaniszewskaPartia Demokratyczna – demokraci.plALDE
Andrzej SzejnaSojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej – Unia PracyPES
Konrad SzymańskiPrawo i SprawiedliwośćUEN
Ewa TomaszewskaPrawo i SprawiedliwośćUEN
Witold TomczakLiga Polskich RodzinID
Bernard Piotr WojciechowskiLiga Polskich RodzinID
Tadeusz ZwiefkaPlatforma ObywatelskaEPP–ED

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.

 Summary of the results of Poland's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
2004 • 2009 • 2014
National party European party Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Civic Platform (PO) EPP 1,467,77524.10—
15 / 54
—
League of Polish Families (LPR) AEN 969,68915.92—
10 / 54
—
Law and Justice (PiS) AEN 771,85812.67—
7 / 54
—
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (SoRP) AEN + PES 656,78210.78—
6 / 54
—
Democratic Left Alliance – Labor Union (SLD–UP) PES 561,3119.35—
5 / 54
—
Freedom Union (UW) ALDE 446,5497.33—
4 / 54
—
People's Party (PSL) EPP 386,3406.34—
4 / 54
—
Social Democracy (SDPL) PES 324,7075.33—
3 / 54
—
Real Politics Union (UPR) 113,6751.87—0—
National Electoral Committee (NKWW) 94,8671.56—0—
Polish Initiative (IdP) 88,5651.45—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 —
Source:

2009

The European Parliament election, 2009 in Poland is on Sunday 7 June 2009 and the number of seats is 50.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
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