With almost all electoral districts declared in Poland’s Presidential elections, the candidate of the Civic Platform (PO) Bronislaw Komorowski has failed to secure a first round victory, scoring approximately 41% of the vote. However Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the Law and Justice (PiS) has obtained a respectable second place with 37% of the vote. Third place is [...]
Analyses
The Battle Continues: Polish Presidential Election Analysis
Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin — View Comments
The Campaign Begins
Posted on May 25, 2010 by admin — View Comments
After the tragedy of the Smolensk air disaster it took some time for Poland’s politicians to at least try to get back to a semblance of normality. On the one hand there was the need to bury the dead – the funerals were proceeding over two weeks after the crash – and there was a [...]
The 2009 European Elections In Poland
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The 2009 European elections were the second time Poles had elected their European representatives, after Polish entry to the European Union in 2004. At stake were 50 seats in the European Parliament (EP), but the significance of the elections went beyond the actual vote itself. For each of the parties competing the elections, and especially [...]
