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Electoral Law to the European Parliament of January 23, 2004. |
Proportional representation. |
Allocation of seats: votes are first
counted in the whole country using the d'Hondt's method, determining lists with
more than 5% support . Then mandates are attributed to single constituencies.
Then, using the Hare Niemeyer's method (which takes into consideration the
turnout), mandates are distributed to winning lists. |
Constituencies:
CONSTITUENCY
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GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISION
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Constituency 1
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Pomorskie Voivodship
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Constituency 2
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Kujawsko -pomorskie Voivodship
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Constituency 3
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Podlaskie and Warminsko- Mazurskie Voivodship
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Constituency 4
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City of Warsaw and part of the Mazowieckie Voivodship
(powiats: grodziski, legionowski, nowodworski, otwocki, piaseczynski,
pruszkowski, warszawski zachodni i wolominski)
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Constituency 5
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The remaining part of the Mazowieckie Voivodship (powiats:
ciechanowski, gostyninski, mlawski, plocki, plonski, przasnyski, sierpacki,
sochaczewski, zurominski, zyrardowski, bialobrzeski, grójecki, kozienicki,
lipski, przysuski, radomski, szydlowiecki, zwolenski, garwolinski, losicki,
makowski, minski, ostrolecki, ostrowski, pultuski, siedlecki, sokolowski,
wegrowski, wyszkowski and the cities of Plock, Radom, Ostroleka and
Siedlce)
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Constituency 6
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Lódzkie Voivodship
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Constituency 7
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Wielkopolskie Voivodship
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Constituency 8
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Lubelskie Voivodship
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Constituency 9
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Podkarpackie Voivodship
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Constituency 10
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Malopolskie and Swietokrzyskie Voivodship
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Constituency 11
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Slaskie Voivodship
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Constituency 12
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Dolnoslaskie and Opolskie Voivodship
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Constituency 13
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Lubuskie and Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship
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Deadline for registration: lists of
candidates have to be submitted to the National Election Commission for each of
the constituencies before midnight of the 40th day (04 May 2004) before the
elections. |
Deposit: No Deposit.
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Conditions:
- each electoral committee* is allowed to register one list in each of the 13
constituencies (lista okregowa),
- a list (in each constituency) has to contain from 5 up to 10 names,
- each list has to be supported by at least 10 000 signatures of electors
inhabiting the given constituency. If the electoral committee registers its
lists in more than half of the constituencies, it is permitted to register
further lists in remaining
- constituencies without obligation of collecting 10 000 signatures,
- an elector can give its support/signature to more than one list,
- candidate’s name can be placed on one list only and registered in one
constituency only.
* electoral committee - administrative and functional body of political
party, coalition of political parties or civic groups, established for the time
of elections.
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Incompatibilities: The European
Parliament mandate cannot be combined with the SEJM or SENAT mandate,
membership in the Council of Ministers (the Government), position of a
Secretary of State + same regulations as governing the elections to national
Parliament provided in the Constitution for the Republic of Poland + EU
law. |
Other elections on the same day: No
other elections on the same day. |
Polling hours : from 8:00 - 22:00,
except for abroad and on Polish ships where the election commission are open
8:00 - 20:00 local time. |
The count begins: as soon as the
pooling stations close, the election commissions in each of the election
sectors (obwody) will compare the number of inhabitants eligible to vote and
the number of voters, count the remaining election cards and secures them. Once
it is all done, the president of each of the election commissions opens the
polling case and the counting starts. |
Final results: announced by the
National Elections Board in the Official Journal. |
Right to vote: minimum age limit of 18
years + Polish citizenship or EU citizenship in case of permanent stay in
Poland and if registered in the Voter Register. |
Voting is not compulsory. |
No voting by post. |
Right to stand for election: minimum
age limit of 21 years + no public accusation for a crime committed deliberately
+ Polish or EU citizenship (permanent stay in Poland or any other EU member
state for at least 5 years). |
Funding:
- financing of the campaign is transparent,
- funds of the electoral committees for the political party can only come
from the party's Election Fund,
- electoral committees can receive funds only from individuals,
- electoral committee cannot receive money from abroad,
- electoral committees are not allowed to collect money in public
actions,
- funds of the electoral committee can only be collected on the bank
account,
- electoral committees can only spend 30 groszy (app. 0,0625 EUR *) per
voter registered in the Voters Register,
- electoral committees of parties and citizens are authorised to receive a
donation from the state's budget for each of the mandates gained in the
elections: donation = (W/L) * x M **
* The NBP average rate as for 04.02.2004, 1 PLN= 4.81EUR
** W=PLN per voter who took part in the elections (Poland-wide), L=Number of
seats to the EP, M=mandates gained by the given election committee
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Official campaign starting date: starts
with the publication of Presidential Decision on the election day (produced not
later than 90 days before elections day) and ends 24 hours before the elections
day. |
Media access: the election committees have right to
presents views and programs in Polish Public Television and Radio: Poland-wide
channels will be accessible for the election committees registered in at least
9 constituencies and regional channels for the election committees registered
in at least 1 constituency.
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Total time of elections programs:
- 15 hours in the TVP (Polish public Television) between 17:00 and
23:00,
- 20 hours in the Polish Public Radio,
- 10 hours in each of the regional programs,
- 20 hours in each of the regional radios,
- divided equally in the Polish TV and Radio between the election committees
and proportionally in the regional TV and radios.
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Opinion polls: during the time between
end of the election campaign and closing of the polling stations, it is
restricted to announce publicly any pre-election opinion polls considering
electors' voting preferences or expected outcome of the elections to the
European Parliament. |
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