Podlaskie and Warmian–Masurian (European Parliament constituency)

Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian (Polish: podlaskie i warmińsko-mazurskie) is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the Podlaskie Voivodeship and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian
European Parliament constituency
Map of the European Parliament constituencies with Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian highlighted in red
Location among the current constituencies
3rd constituency in Poland
Member statePoland
Created2004
MEPs3 (since 2019)
2 (2004-2019)
Sources
[1]

The chief cities are Elbląg, Olsztyn and Białystok. With just two seats representing 2,651,000 people, Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian was the most under-represented constituency in the entire European Union until 2019 when it gained a third seat.[1]

Nomenclature edit

The relevant Polish legislation ("The Act of 23 January 2004 on Elections to the European Parliament"[2]) establishing the constituencies does not give the constituencies formal names. Instead, each constituency has a number, territorial description, and location of the Constituency Electoral Commission. The 2004 Polish National Election Commission[3] and the 2004 European Parliament Election website[4] uses the territorial description when referring to the constituency, not the electoral commission location.

Members of the European Parliament edit

Election MEP
(party)
MEP
(party)
MEP
(party)
2004 Barbara Kudrycka
(PO)
Bogusław Rogalski
(LPR)
2 seats
2004-2019
2007 Krzysztof Hołowczyc
(PO)
2009 Krzysztof Lisek
(PO)
Jacek Kurski
(PiS)
2014 Barbara Kudrycka
(PO)
Karol Karski
(PiS)
2019 Tomasz Frankowski
(KO)
Krzysztof Jurgiel
(PiS)

Election results edit

2004 edit

2004 European Parliament election
Electoral committeeVotes%Seats
Civic Platform95,10626.991
League of Polish Families65,92618.711
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland45,71712.97
Law and Justice40,41211.47
Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union31,1208.83
Polish People's Party18,7965.33
Social Democracy of Poland13,3083.78
Freedom Union12,9063.66
National Electoral Committee6,3711.81
Initiative for Poland5,3561.52
Real Politics Union4,1081.17
Konfederacja Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych3,6671.04
KPEiRPLD3,3640.95
All-Poland Civic Coalition3,1340.89
Polish Labour Party2,3680.67
Polish National Party7720.22
Total352,431100.002
Valid votes352,43197.23
Invalid/blank votes10,0452.77
Total votes362,476100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,058,08117.61
Source: PKW

2009 edit

2009 European Parliament election
Electoral committeeVotes%Seats
Civic Platform159,94338.311
Law and Justice121,92129.201
Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union59,19414.18
Polish People's Party38,0129.11
Agreement for the Future – CenterLeft8,5962.06
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland8,5342.04
Right Wing of the Republic7,3171.75
Real Politics Union5,0501.21
Libertas Poland4,3551.04
Polish Labour Party3,2300.77
Polish Socialist Party1,3310.32
Total417,483100.002
Valid votes417,48398.23
Invalid/blank votes7,5211.77
Total votes425,004100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,104,24220.20
Source: National Electoral Commission[5]

2014 edit

2014 European Parliament election
Electoral committeeVotes%Seats
Law and Justice140,34235.531
Civic Platform105,54126.721
Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union41,42210.49
Polish People's Party36,2219.17
Congress of the New Right28,4127.19
Europa PlusYour Movement13,3303.37
United Poland10,2092.58
Poland Together10,0102.53
National Movement6,4621.64
Direct Democracy1,5740.40
Self-Defence1,5170.38
Total395,040100.002
Valid votes395,04096.81
Invalid/blank votes13,0313.19
Total votes408,071100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,110,28719.34
Source: National Electoral Commission[6]

2019 edit

2019 European Parliament election
Electoral committeeVotes%Seats
Law and Justice375,00147.292
European Coalition293,67737.031
Spring45,4245.73
Confederation38,8664.90
Kukiz'1528,5123.60
Left Together11,5171.45
Total792,997100.003
Valid votes792,99799.14
Invalid/blank votes6,8490.86
Total votes799,846100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,054,44638.93
Source: National Electoral Commission[7][8]

References edit

  1. ^ "I don't get your point. You say it is not true and then you agree that some outl... | Hacker News". Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ^ "The Act of 23 January 2004 on Elections to the European Parliament". pkw.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Polish National Election Commission 2004" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  4. ^ "European Parliament Election website 2004". Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
  5. ^ "Voting Results - Olsztyn, okr. 3". pkw.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Wyniki głosowania w podziale na komitety wyborcze". pkw.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Voting results - Constituency no. 3 [Olsztyn]". pkw.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Turnout - Constituency no. 3 [Olsztyn]". pkw.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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