2024 Civic Coalition presidential primary

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2024 Civic Coalition presidential primary
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22,126 votes cast
Turnout88.5% (out of 25 thousand)
  EPP Congress Bucharest - Day 1 IMG 8903 (53571547784) (cropped).jpg Radoslaw Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland in Washington, D.C. on 26 February 2024 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Rafał Trzaskowski Radosław Sikorski
Party PO PO
Popular vote16,5395,587
Percentage74.75%25.25%
Presidential nominee

Rafał Trzaskowski
PO

The 2024 Civic Coalition presidential primary were the third Polish presidential primary election after the 2010 and 2019 primaries for the Civic Platform party. [1] The primary was organized by the coalition following the decision by Donald Tusk not to run for president again (he lost in a runoff to Lech Kaczyński in 2005 and has served as prime minister from 2007 to 2014 and since 2023). Two main candidates emerged: Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski and Mayor of Warsaw, candidate for president in 2020 Rafał Trzaskowski. [2] All parties of the Civic Coalition (Civic Platform, Modern, Polish Initiative, The Greens) were invited to take part in the primaries. [3] [4] [5] The voting took place on 22 November 2024, and the party's nominee, Rafał Trzaskowski, was announced the following day. 22,126 votes were cast in the primary. [6] [7] [8] [9] Trzaskowski would go on to lose the general election to PiS-endorsed candidate Karol Nawrocki in the second round held on 1 June 2025, marking his second consecutive loss in a presidential election, and the party's third consecutive loss in a presidential election. [10]

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Electoral system

Members of the Civic Coalition's four parties (Civic Platform, The Greens, Modern and Polish Initiative) were eligible to vote in the primary, regardless of whether they pay the membership dues or not, with a total of around 25,000 eligible party members. Voting was held via responding to an SMS sent to all party members, by replying with either "1" or "2" to cast a vote for Trzaskowski and Sikorski respectively. [11] Voting took place from 8:00 to midnight. [12]

Candidates

Civic Platform nominee

Rafał Trzaskowski Radosław Sikorski
EPP Congress Bucharest - Day 1 IMG 8903 (53571547784) (cropped).jpg
Radoslaw Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland in Washington, D.C. on 26 February 2024 (cropped).jpg
Warsaw mayor
(since 2018)		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
(2007–2014, since 2023)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Prawybory w PO. Trzaskowski ma konkurencję" [Primary in PO [Civic Platform]. [Rafał] Trzaskowski has a competitor [Radosław Sikorski]]. TVP Info (in Polish). 9 November 2024. Archived from the original on 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  2. ↑ Sitnicka, Dominika; Szczęśniak, Agata (14 November 2024). "Prawybory w KO. Czy „Chadosław Sikorski" zmasakruje Rafała Trzaskowskiego?" [Presidential primary in KO [Civic Coalition]. Will "Chadosław [Radosław] Sikorski" defeat Rafał Trzaskowski?]. OKO.press (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Osiem osób zasiądzie w komisji przygotowującej prawybory w KO" [Eight people will sit on the committee preparing the KO [Civic Coalition] primary]. Polska Agencja Prasowa (in Polish). 13 November 2024. Archived from the original on 28 December 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Kacprzak, Izabela (16 November 2024). "Prawybory w KO. Radosław Sikorski z kampanią jako „prezydent na trudne czasy": Ruszyła weryfikacja członków czterech partii – dane mają spłynąć do 20 listopada. Brak składki nie będzie powodem odrzucenia głosu. W prawyborach weźmie udział 25 tys. członków" [KO [Civic Coalition] primary. Radosław Sikorski with campaign as "president for difficult times": Vetting of members of the four parties has started – data due by 20 November 2024. Lack of contributions will not be a reason to reject a vote. 25 thousand members will take part in the primaries.]. Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 November 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Szpala, Iwona (10 November 2024). "Prawybory w KO. Na kogo mogą liczyć Trzaskowski i Sikorski?" [KO [Civic Coalition] primary. Who can [Rafał] Trzaskowski and [Radosław] Sikorski count on?]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Archived from the original on 10 November 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Wiadomo, kiedy odbędą się prawybory w Koalicji Obywatelskiej" [It is known when the primary in the Civic Coalition will take place]. Polska Agencja Prasowa (in Polish). 15 November 2024. Archived from the original on 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Prawybory w Koalicji Obywatelskiej. Ogłoszono zwycięzcę" [Civic Coalition primary. The winner has been announced]. TVN24 (in Polish). 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Kublik, Agnieszka; Szpala, Iwona; Nyczka, Tomasz (23 November 2024). "KO ma kandydata na prezydenta. Sikorski: "Rafale: walcz, walcz, walcz. I wygraj!"" [KO [Civic Coalition] has a presidential candidate. [Radosław] Sikorski: "Rafał [Trzaskowski]: fight, fight, fight. And win!"]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Archived from the original on 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  9. ↑ Orłowski, Marcin Jan (23 November 2024). "Rafał Trzaskowski zwycięzcą prawyborów w KO. Ogromna różnica w głosowaniu" [Rafał Trzaskowski the winner of the KO [Civic Coalition] primary. Huge difference in the vote]. Polsat News (in Polish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "A Nationalist Victory in Poland's Presidential Election | Council on Foreign Relations". www.cfr.org. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  11. ↑ "Prawybory w KO. Radosław Sikorski z kampanią jako „prezydent na trudne czasy"". 16 November 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-11-16. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  12. ↑ "Politycy KO dostają takiego SMS-a. Kulisy prawyborów". 24 November 2024. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
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