In European elections, the member state of Poland is subdivided into constituencies. However, 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.
List of constituencies
Constituency Area/Community Seats Population, 2012 (thousands) Area (km2) At election Current Total Per cur. seat Pomeranian Pomeranian Voivodeship 3 3 Kuyavian-Pomeranian Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship 2 2 Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships 3 3 Warsaw Part of the Masovian Voivodeship: City of Warsaw and Sejm Constituency no. 20Sejm Constituency no. 20 consists of powiats Grodzisk, Legionowo, Nowy Dwór, Otwock, Piaseczno, Pruszków, Warsaw West and Wołomin 6 6 Masovian The rest of the Masovian VoivodeshipPowiats: Ciechanów, Gostynin, Mława, Płock, Płońsk, Przasnysz, Sierpc, Sochaczew, Żuromin, Żyrardów, Białobrzegi, Grójec, Kozienice, Lipsko, Przysucha, Radom, Szydłowiec, Zwoleń, Garwolin, Łosice, Maków Mazowiecki, Mińsk Mazowiecki, Ostrołęka, Ostrów, Pułtusk, Siedlce, Sokołów, Węgrów, Wyszków and the cities of Radom, Płock, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka and Siedlce 3 3 Łódź Łódź Voivodeship 3 3 Greater Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship 5 5 Lublin Lublin Voivodeship 3 3 Subcarpathian Subcarpathian Voivodeship 3 3 Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeships 5 6 Silesian Silesian Voivodeship 7 7 Lower Silesian and Opole Lower Silesian and Opole Voivodeships 4 4 Lubusz and West Pomeranian Lubusz and West Pomeranian Voivodeships 4 4
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.
2009
The 2009 European Parliament election in Poland was on Sunday 7 June 2009 and the number of seats was 50."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" , pkw.gov.pl, 10 March 2009, English translation here, pdf copy here
References
External links
List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu