Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
- Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania ( _lt. Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija, _pl. Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie) is a political party in Lithuania and represents the Polish minority. At the last legislative elections, on 10 October 2004, the party won 3.8% of the popular vote and 2 out of 141 seats in Seimas.
History
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania was founded in 1994 by Poles of the Vilnius region. It was branched out from the Movement of Lithuania‘s Poles.
In 1997-1999 it took part in the ruling coalition on the Vilnius city municipality. It has influence in the Vilnius district municipality and Šalčininkai district municipality councils, where the Polish minority forms the majority of the population.
Leaders
*Jan Sienkiewicz (first leader)
*Waldemar Tomaszewski (current leader)
External links
* [http://www.awpl.lt/ Official web site]
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