Polish local elections, 2010

The municipal elections in Poland were held in 2010 19 December 2010 on 21 November and the second round on 5 and Piechowice. There the representatives for the 16 Sejmiks, 379 Powiats and the 2521 gminas were elected. The elections consolidated the division of the political landscape of Poland into the four parties Platforma Obywatelska ( Civic Platform ), Prawo i Sprawiedliwość ( Law and Justice ), Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej ( Democratic Left Alliance ) and Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe ( Polish Peasant Party). At the same time at powiat and township party and independent candidates were successful.

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Electioneering

The two largest Polish parties had to fight during the election campaign with outlets. So Janusz Palikot resigned from the Civic Platform party and founded the Ruch Poparcia. The law and justice it came to the exit of prominent members of the party, including MEP. They founded the party Polska jest Najważniejsza (Poland is the most important). In particular, the problems of law and justice urged the media to the election campaign of the party in the background. Independent Electoral groupings called a decoupling of the parties in the municipal elections. They threw the party candidates too great a dependence on the party headquarters and the associated inability ago to solve local problems. This requirement joined, paradoxically, the Civic Platform on. For the Sejmiks as candidates 75 percent partisan candidates, at the level of Powiats there were only 56 per cent, at the level of gminas 45 percent.

Election results

The turnout was 47.32 percent which was the highest turnout in the history of Polish self-government elections in the first round. She was the highest in the Province of the Holy Cross with 53.59 percent, with 40.99 percent in the Opole Province the lowest. In the second round of voting, the turnout was 35.31 percent. A high percentage of the vote was invalid, for the commune elections, there were 1.6 per cent, with 5 per cent of the municipal councils, the Powiats 8 percent and the Sejmik elections even 12 percent. This corresponded issued two million votes.

Overall, the Civic Platform improved their position. You could get the most seats in 13 Sejmiks, in the 2006 elections there were only 10, you could replace the hitherto leading the provinces in Łódź Lesser Poland and Podlasie law and justice.

Districts of Warsaw

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