Poland (European Parliament constituency)

Politics of the European UnionIn European elections, Poland is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by fifty–four MEPs. It covers the member state of Poland.

Current MEPs

"As of October 2007"

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 June 13.

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 Citizens 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 next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats will be reduced to 51.

References

External links

* [http://www.eurela.org European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)]
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/search.do?country=PL&language=EN List of MEPs] europarl.europa.eu