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Election result and the plurality list's popular vote in each constituency |
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. [lower-alpha 3] 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]
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 |
Name | Ideology | European Union position | Leader | Main candidate [lower-alpha 4] | 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 | 22 / 51 | |
Law and Justice | National conservatism, Christian democracy | Soft Euroscepticism | Jarosław Kaczyński | Beata Szydło | ECR | 38.9% | 19 / 51 | 26 / 51 | |
Spring | Social democracy, progressivism | Pro-Europeanism | Robert Biedroń | S&D | - | 0 / 51 | 3 / 51 | ||
Kukiz'15 | Anti-establishment, populism | Soft Euroscepticism | Paweł Kukiz | Stanisław Tyszka | EFDD | - | 0 / 51 | 0 / 51 | |
Confederation KORWiN Braun Liroy Nationalists | Souverainism, Polexit | Hard Euroscepticism | Janusz Korwin-Mikke | Krzysztof Bosak | • EFDD • NI | 8.5% | 4 / 51 | 0 / 51 | |
Left Together | Democratic socialism, anti-capitalism | Pro-Europeanism | Adrian Zandberg | • GUE-NGL • S&D | - | 1 / 51 | 0 / 51 | ||
Legally, Polish elections are contested by "election committees" (see Polish Wikipedia article) that are established by:
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.
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 |
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 Archived 2019-05-10 at the Wayback Machine | 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 Archived 2019-05-02 at the Wayback Machine | 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 Archived 2019-05-02 at the Wayback Machine | 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 Archived 2019-04-05 at the Wayback Machine | 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 [lower-alpha 5] | 52.26 [lower-alpha 6] | — | — | 8.54 [lower-alpha 7] | — | 0.28 | 23.83 | 13.34 |
The Law and Justice party achieved its highest vote of any Polish elections at 45%.
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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United Right | Law and Justice | 4,775,790 | 34.99 | 21 | +6 | ||
Solidary Poland | 289,536 | 2.12 | 1 | +1 | |||
Agreement | 287,671 | 2.11 | 1 | +1 | |||
Independents | 839,783 | 6.15 | 4 | +1 | |||
Total | 6,192,780 | 45.38 | 27 | +8 | |||
European Coalition | Civic Platform [lower-alpha 8] | 2,904,440 | 21.28 | 12 | −7 | ||
Democratic Left Alliance [lower-alpha 9] | 812,584 | 5.95 | 5 | +1 | |||
Polish People's Party [lower-alpha 10] | 617,772 | 4.53 | 3 | −1 | |||
The Greens [lower-alpha 11] | 55,756 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | |||
Modern | 52,951 | 0.39 | 0 | New | |||
Union of European Democrats | 6,540 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |||
Feminist Initiative | 2,257 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |||
Social Democracy of Poland | 1,346 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 796,289 | 5.83 | 2 | New | |||
Total | 5,249,935 | 38.47 | 22 | −6 | |||
Spring | Spring | 493,433 | 3.62 | 3 | New | ||
Liberal-Socials | 29,570 | 0.22 | 0 | New | |||
Edward Gierek's Economic Revival Movement | 926 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 303,046 | 2.22 | 0 | New | |||
Total | 826,975 | 6.06 | 3 | New | |||
Confederation | National Movement | 142,076 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 | ||
Party of Drivers | 11,895 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |||
Independents [lower-alpha 12] | 467,217 | 3.42 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 621,188 | 4.55 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kukiz'15 | Right Wing of the Republic | 46,472 | 0.34 | 0 | −1 | ||
Real Politics Union | 7,628 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |||
Silesians Together | 5,454 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |||
Direct Democracy | 2,540 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 441,470 | 3.23 | 0 | New | |||
Total | 503,564 | 3.69 | 0 | New | |||
Together | Together | 128,075 | 0.94 | 0 | New | ||
Social Justice Movement | 21,145 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |||
Labour Union | 16,303 | 0.12 | 0 | −1 | |||
Independents | 3,222 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |||
Total | 168,745 | 1.24 | 0 | New | |||
Poland Fair Play | Silesians Together | 978 | 0.01 | 0 | New | ||
Independents | 73,035 | 0.54 | 0 | New | |||
Total | 74,013 | 0.54 | 0 | New | |||
PolEXIT-Coalition | Congress of the New Right | 3,720 | 0.03 | 0 | –4 | ||
Independents | 4,180 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 7,900 | 0.06 | 0 | –4 | |||
Unity of the Nation | Unity of the Nation | 585 | 0.00 | 0 | New | ||
Independents | 1,626 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||
Total | 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 |
Constituency | Law and Justice | European Coalition | Spring | Confederation | Kukiz'15 | Left Together | Poland Fair Play | Others | ||||||||
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% | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | |
1 – Pomeranian | 34.53 | 1 | 50.66 | 2 | 6.15 | 0 | 4.01 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 0.96 | 0 | 1.02 | 0 | – | – |
2 – Kuyavian-Pomeranian | 39.24 | 1 | 46.01 | 1 | 5.94 | 0 | 3.80 | 0 | 3.87 | 0 | 1.14 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
3 – Podlaskie and Warmian–Masurian | 47.29 | 2 | 37.03 | 1 | 5.73 | 0 | 4.90 | 0 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.45 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
4 – Warsaw | 32.32 | 2 | 45.17 | 3 | 10.28 | 1 | 5.18 | 0 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.79 | 0 | 1.66 | 0 | – | – |
5 – Masovian | 60.20 | 2 | 26.69 | 1 | 3.91 | 0 | 4.10 | 0 | 3.27 | 0 | 0.76 | 0 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.26 [lower-alpha 13] | 0 |
6 – Łódź | 46.69 | 2 | 38.09 | 1 | 5.56 | 0 | 4.15 | 0 | 3.56 | 0 | 1.96 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
7 – Greater Poland | 38.39 | 2 | 43.25 | 2 | 7.80 | 1 | 4.67 | 0 | 4.29 | 0 | 1.60 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
8 – Lublin | 58.95 | 2 | 28.17 | 1 | 3.07 | 0 | 4.42 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.72 | 0 | 0.69 | 0 | – | – |
9 – Subcarpathian | 65.07 | 2 | 21.56 | 1 | 3.06 | 0 | 5.89 | 0 | 3.38 | 0 | 0.71 | 0 | – | – | 0.32 [lower-alpha 14] | 0 |
10 – Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie | 56.33 | 4 | 29.03 | 2 | 4.51 | 0 | 4.23 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0.97 | 0 | 0.75 | 0 | 0.32 [lower-alpha 14] | 0 |
11 – Silesian | 43.25 | 3 | 40.24 | 3 | 5.82 | 1 | 4.61 | 0 | 3.80 | 0 | 1.18 | 0 | 1.10 | 0 | – | – |
12 – Lower Silesian and Opole | 38.72 | 2 | 43.87 | 2 | 6.76 | 0 | 4.98 | 0 | 4.34 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
13 – Lubusz and West Pomeranian | 36.85 | 2 | 47.76 | 2 | 7.46 | 0 | 3.88 | 0 | 2.95 | 0 | 1.11 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Poland | 45.38 | 27 | 38.47 | 22 | 6.06 | 3 | 4.55 | 0 | 3.69 | 0 | 1.24 | 0 | 0.54 | 0 | 0.08 | 0 |
Source: National Electoral Commission |
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