2019 European Parliament election in Poland
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On Sunday 26 May 2019, a vote was held to elect the Polish delegation to the European Parliament.[1] Polish voters elected 52 MEPs, compared to 51 in the 2014 election. The increased number of MEPs is a result of the 2018 reapportionment of seats in the European Parliament.[c] Following the United Kingdom's announcement, that it will participate in elections to the European Parliament on May 23, Poland will continue to be represented by 51 MEPs. The 52nd MEP will take up their mandate immediately after the UK leaves the European Union. Following the announcement of the election results, the National Electoral Commission indicated Dominik Tarczyński from Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie will take up the 52nd seat.[2]
MEPs by European Political Group (as at 9 April 2019)
National party | Seats/51 | EP group | Seats/751 | ||
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Civic Platform | 18 | European People's Party | 217 | ||
Polish People's Party | 4 | ||||
Law and Justice | 15 | European Conservatives and Reformists | 76 | ||
Right Wing of the Republic | 1 | ||||
Independents | 2 | ||||
Democratic Left Alliance | 3 | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | 187 | ||
Labour Union | 1 | ||||
Independent | 1 | ||||
Congress of the New Right | 2 | Europe of Nations and Freedom | 37 | ||
Independents | 1 | Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy | 41 | ||
3 | Non-Inscrits | 22 |
Lists
Name | Ideology | European Union position | Leader | Main candidate[d] | Alliance | 2014 result | Current seats | ||
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Vote (%) | Seats | ||||||||
European Coalition | Liberal democracy, big tent | Pro-Europeanism | Grzegorz Schetyna | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz | • EPP • S&D • ALDE • G–EFA |
48.7% | 27 / 51
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22 / 51
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Law and Justice | National conservatism, Christian democracy | Soft Euroscepticism | Jarosław Kaczyński | Beata Szydło | ECR | 38.9% | 19 / 51
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26 / 51
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Spring | Social democracy, progressivism | Pro-Europeanism | Robert Biedroń | S&D | - | 0 / 51
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3 / 51
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Kukiz'15 | Anti-establishment, populism | Soft Euroscepticism | Paweł Kukiz | Stanisław Tyszka | EFDD | - | 0 / 51
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0 / 51
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Confederation KORWiN Braun Liroy Nationalists | Souverainism, Polexit | Hard Euroscepticism | Janusz Korwin-Mikke | Krzysztof Bosak | • EFDD • NI |
8.5% | 4 / 51
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0 / 51
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Left Together | Democratic socialism, anti-capitalism | Pro-Europeanism | Adrian Zandberg | • GUE-NGL • S&D |
- | 1 / 51
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0 / 51
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Legally, Polish elections are contested by "election committees" (see Polish Wikipedia article) that are established by:
- one political party (Komitet Wyborczy, or KW),
- a coalition of political parties (Koalicyjny Komitet Wyborczy, or KKW),
- or nonpartisan voters themselves (Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców, or KWW)
These committees should register to the State Electoral Commission by 8 April 2019.
The committees have to send lists of five to ten candidates in each electoral district by 16 April. Each list has to be supported by signatures of at least 10,000 voters residing in the district. However, a committee that had collected enough signatures in at least 7 electoral districts were allowed to register lists in the remaining districts regardless of local support. Establishment of an independent committee required signatures of at least 1,000 registered voters.
There were 26 registered committees[3] 6 of them registered candidates in all 13 constituencies.
Committees of political parties (Komitet Wyborczy)
Committees of coalitions (Koalicyjny Komitet Wyborczy)
- KKW Koalicja Europejska PO PSL SLD .N Zieloni
- KKW Lewica Razem - Partia Razem, Unia Pracy, RSS
Independent committees (Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców)
Electoral calendar
The Electoral Commission has published a timetable of the election proceedings:[4]
Date | Event |
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8 April | Establishment of constituencies' and regional electoral commissions, notification to the Electoral Commission about the establishment of the electoral committees |
16 April (midnight) | Deadline for the submission of candidates' lists |
26 April | Information about numbers and borders of the voting circuits and circuits' electoral commissions headquarters[clarification needed] |
25 May (midnight) | Election silence begins |
26 May (7:00 to 21:00) |
Polling stations are open |
Leaders by constituency
Opinion polls
Fieldwork period |
Polling firm | Sample size | PiS | Konfederacja | Others / Don't know |
Turnout | Lead | ||||
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24.05 | – | 38.1 | 34.5 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 49.4 | 4.4 | |
22.05–23.05 | – | 39.2 | 38.3 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 37 | 1 | |
22.05–23.05 | IBSP | 1,510 | 36.32 | 42.51 | 7.02 | 4.91 | 7.23 | 1.71 | 0.3 | 47 | 6.19 |
22.05–23.05 | Kantar | 1,002 | 36 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | – | 2 |
21.05–22.05 | IB Pollster | 1,193 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 |
17.05–22.05 | Social Changes | 1,052 | 37.2 | 33.3 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 | – | 3.9 |
21.05 | IBRiS | – | 38.7 | 35.0 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 52.8 | 3.7 |
18.05–21.05 | OPB Ariadna | 1,057 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 60 | 3 |
16.05–19.05 | Kantar | 1,006 | 35 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 74 | 1.0 |
17.05.-18.05.2019 | IBRIS | – | 37.92 | 34.73 | 7.58 | 5.55 | 5.54 | 2.16 | 6.54 | 52 | 3.19 |
15.05.-16.05.2019 | Estymator | 1011 | 40.3 | 38.5 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.1 | – | 1.8 | |
10.05.-15.05.2019 | Kantar | 967 | 43 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | – | 60 | 15 |
14.05.-16.05.2019 | IBSP | 1,008 | 32.94 | 43.63 | 9.06 | 4.89 | 6.86 | 2.17 | 0.45 | 50.65 | 10.68 |
10.05.-13.05.2019 | OPB Ariadna | 1,053 | 36 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 58 | 4 |
12.05.2019 | IBRiS | – | 39.1 | 34 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 55.3 | 5.1 |
9.05.-11.05.2019 | Indicator | 1,000 | 35.1 | 31.9 | 8.4 | 5.4 | – | – | 19.2 | 3.2 | |
8.05-10.05 | Kantar | 1,001 | 34 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 45 | 1 |
7.05-9.05 | IBSP | 1,011 | 39.04 | 41.95 | 9.57 | 4.79 | 1.82 | 2.67 | 0.16 | 47.77 | 2.91 |
17.04-6.05 | ewybory.eu | 12,000 | 40.23 | 37.45 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 5.59 | 2.76 | 0.69 | – | 2.78 |
29.04-30.04 | Estymator | 1,008 | 42.1 | 36.9 | 7.7 | 6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.6 | – | 5.2 |
26.04-30.04 | Social Changes | 1,050 | 36.8 | 32.6 | 12.7 | 8.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 | – | 4.2 |
28.04 | IBRIS | 1,100 | 38.7 | 33 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 49 | 5.7 |
23.04-26.04 | IBSP | 1,006 | 40.25 | 37.69 | 10.97 | 3.72 | 5.6 | 1.33 | 0.44 | 51.19 | 2.56 |
01.04-23.04 | CBM Indicator | 6,500 | 40.9 | 36 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | – | 4.9 |
15.04-16.04 | Kantar | 1,004 | 38 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 3 |
4.04-11.04 | CBOS | 1,064 | 41 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 60 | 14 |
10.04-11.04 | Estymator | 1,016 | 42 | 37.7 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | – | 4.3 |
12.04 | IBRIS | 1,100 | 38.7 | 36.2 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 | – | – | – | 2.5 |
11.04 | Polska Press | 40.7 | 38.3 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 3.9 | – | 3.4 | – | 2.4 | |
4.04-9.04 | Kantar MB | 36 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | – | 3 | |
11.04 | IBRIS | 39.4 | 38.3 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 7.8 | – | 1.1 | |
4.04-6.04 | IB Pollster | 39 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | 4 | |
29.03-30.03 | IBRIS | 39 | 36.5 | 6.1 | 6 | 3.9 | 2 | 6.5 | – | 2.5 | |
25.03-27.03 | IBSP | 38.76 | 41.51 | 8.63 | 4.46 | 4.25 | 0.99 | 1.40 | 49.4 | 2.75 | |
27.03 | OPB Ariadna | 35.5 | 28.8 | 11.3 | 6 | 3.3 | 1 | 14.1 | 57 | 6.7 | |
20.03-21.03 | Estymator | 42.2 | 39.3 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | – | 2.9 | |
18.03-20.03 | IBSP | 39.35 | 41.82 | 7.49 | 5.04 | 3.89 | 1.19 | 1.22 | >51 | 2.47 | |
18.03 | IBRIS | 41.6 | 37.2 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 7.9 | 49.3 | 4.4 | |
7.03-14.03 | CBOS | 42 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 58 | 16 | |
9.03-10.03 | IBRIS | 40 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | 48 | 2 | |
5.03-11.03 | Kantar MB | 33 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | – | 2 | |
7.03 | IBRIS | 39.7 | 38.5 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 5.5 | – | 1.2 | |
28.02-1.03 | IB Pollster | 38 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | |
2014 result | 38.92[e] | 52.26[f] | — | — | 8.54 [g] | — | 0.28 | 23.83 | 13.34 |
Results
The Law and Justice party achieved its highest vote of any Polish elections at 45%.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Law and Justice | 6,192,780 | 45.38 | 27 | +8 | |
European Coalition | 5,249,935 | 38.47 | 22 | –6 | |
Spring | 826,975 | 6.06 | 3 | +3 | |
Confederation | 621,188 | 4.55 | 0 | 0 | |
Kukiz'15 | 503,564 | 3.69 | 0 | New | |
Left Together | 168,745 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 | |
Poland Fair Play | 74,013 | 0.54 | 0 | New | |
PolEXIT-Coalition | 7,900 | 0.06 | 0 | –4 | |
Unity of Nation | 2,211 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Total | 13,647,311 | 100.00 | 52 | +1 | |
Valid votes | 13,647,311 | 99.17 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 113,663 | 0.83 | |||
Total votes | 13,760,974 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 30,118,852 | 45.69 | |||
Source: PKW |
Elected MEPs
Notes
- ^ Joint result of Civic Platform, Democratic Left Alliance - Labour Union, Polish People's Party and the Greens in the last EU election
- ^ Joint result of Law and Justice, United Poland and Poland Together in the last EU election
- ^ If Great Britain leaves the European Union
- ^ Leading candidate in Warsaw
- ^ The 2014 tally includes PiS (31.78%), United Poland (3.98%), Poland Together (3.16%)
- ^ The 2014 tally includes PO (32.13%), SLD–UP (9.44%; although one of the five MEPs is from UP, which in 2019 runs as part of another coalition, "Left-Together"), PSL (6.80%), Europa Plus (merged into UL), Greens (0.32%)
- ^ The 2014 tally includes former Korwin-Mikke's party Congress of the New Right (7.15%) and National Movement (1.39%)
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