Kuyavian-Pomeranian (European Parliament constituency)
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In European elections
Elections in the European Union
Elections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is...

, Kuyavian-Pomeranian is a constituency
European Parliament constituency
Members of the European Parliament are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union , divided into constituencies....

 of the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...

. It consists of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
-Transportation:Transportation infrastructure is of critical importance to the voivodeship's economy. Kuyavia-Pomerania is a major node point in the Polish transportation system. Railway lines from the South and East pass through Bydgoszcz in order to reach the major ports on the Baltic Sea...

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Nomenclature

The relevant Polish legislation ("The Act of 23 January 2004 on Elections to the European Parliament") establishing the constituencies does not give the constituencies formal names. Instead, each constituency has a number, territorial description, and location of the Constituency Electoral Commission. The 2004 Polish National Election Commission and the 2004 European Parliament Election website uses the territorial description when referring to the constituency, not the electoral commission location.

2004

Elections to the European Parliament
European Parliament election, 2004
Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom...

 were held in Poland
European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004. 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low...

 on 2004-06-13.
Parties Votes % Seats
Civic Platform
Civic Platform
Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President...

 (Platforma Obywatelska, PO)
70,193 24.02 1
League of Polish Families
League of Polish Families
The League of Polish Families is a right-wing political party in Poland. It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński, until the latter dissolved in September 2007....

 (Liga Polskich Rodzin, LPR)
46,221 15.82
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland , abbreviated to SRP, is an agrarian political party and trade union in Poland led by Andrzej Lepper. Its platform combines left-wing populist economic policies with religious conservative social policies....

 (Samoobrona RP, SRP)
34,483 11.80
Freedom Union
Freedom Union (Poland)
The Freedom Union was a liberal democratic party in Poland. It was founded on March 20, 1994 out of the merger of the Democratic Union and the Liberal Democratic Congress . Both of these parties had roots in the Solidarity trade union movement. It represented European democratic and liberal...

 (Unia Wolności, UW)
31,436 10.76
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union is an electoral committee and a coalition of two Polish centre-left political parties: Democratic Left Alliance and Labour Union. At the national level, the alliance arose at the time of the 2001 parliamentary elections and continued through the 2004 elections...

 (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratyczne - Unia Pracy, SLD-UP)
31,330 10.72
Law and Justice
Law and Justice
Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....

 (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS)
26,711 9.14
Polish People's Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) 20,256 6.93
Social Democracy of Poland (Socjaldemokracja Polska) 14,189 4.86
Real Politics Union
Real Politics Union
The Real Politics Union , abbreviated to UPR, was a free market-emphasizing conservative political party in Poland. It was composed of conservatives, libertarians and monarchists...

 (Unia Polityki Realnej, UPR)
4,813 1.65
National Party of Retirees and Pensioners
National Party of Retirees and Pensioners
National Party of Retirees and Pensioners is a Polish minor left-wing political party.The main goal of KPEiR is protecting retired seniors, pensioners and trust-busting.The current leader is former Sejm Member Tomasz Mamiński....

 (Krajowa Partia Emerytów i Rencistów - PLD, KPEiR-PLD)
3,554 1.22
Initiative for Poland (Inicjatywa dla Polski, IdP) 3,327 1.14
Polish Labor Party (Polska Partia Pracy, PPP) 1,801 0.62
National Electoral Committee of Electors (Narodowy Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców, NKWW) 2,061 0.71
All-Poland Citizen Committee "EYE" (Ogólnopolski Komitet Obywatelski "OKO") 1,862 0.64
Total 1
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2009

Elections to the European Parliament
European Parliament election, 2009
Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...

 were held in Poland
European Parliament election, 2009 (Poland)
The European Parliament election of 2009 in Poland was the election of the delegation from Poland to the European Parliament in 2009 which took place on 7 June 2009. On 13 February the Sejm accepted a proposal for an amendment to the electoral court act to allow voting for the European Parliament...

 on 7 June 2009. List liders:
  • Civic Platform
    Civic Platform
    Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President...

     (PO): Tadeusz Zwiefka
    Tadeusz Zwiefka
    Tadeusz Antoni Zwiefka is a Polish journalist and politician. Since 2004, member of the European Parliament.- Biography :Tadeusz Zwiefka comes from Tuchola in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship, he worked in Szczecin and Warsaw, and today he lives in Poznań....

     (MEP since 2004)
  • Democratic Left Alliance
    Democratic Left Alliance
    Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland....

     (SLD): Janusz Zemke
    Janusz Zemke
    Janusz Zemke is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 33672 votes in 4 Bydgoszcz district, candidating from Democratic Left Alliance list....

     (Sejm member since 1989, Vice-Ministry of National Defence
    Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland
    Ministry of National Defence is the office of government in Poland under the Minister of Defence. During the Second Polish Republic and World War II it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs...

     2001-05)
  • Law and Justice
    Law and Justice
    Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....

     (PiS): Ryszard Czarnecki
    Ryszard Czarnecki
    Richard Henry Czarnecki is a British-born Polish politician who is a Member of the European Parliament for the Lower Silesian and Opole constituency from Law and Justice...

     (MEP since 2004 from Lower Silesian and Opole
    Lower Silesian and Opole (European Parliament constituency)
    In European elections, Lower Silesian and Opole is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship.- Nomenclature :...

    )
  • Polish People's Party (PSL): Eugeniusz Kłopotek
    Eugeniusz Kłopotek
    Eugeniusz Kłopotek is a Polish politician who is a member of the Sejm of Poland , member of the European Parliament and member of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly ....

     (Sejm member 1997-05, since 2007)

Opinion polling

Poll Source Date administered Zwiefka (PO) Czarnecki* (PiS) Zemke (SLD) Kłopotek (PSL) Another Unknow vote
GfK Polonia 27 March 2009 22% 9% 17% 22% 30%
PBS DGA 25-28 May 2009 49% 18% 16% 10% 7%
* - in March' opinion polling as PiS' list lider was Kosma Złotowski
Kosma Złotowski
Kosma Tadeusz Złotowski is a Polish politician who was a member of both chambers of the Polish parliament , President of Bydgoszcz and a member of Bydgoszcz City Council .W 1990, graduated in Polish philology from University of Warsaw...

 (Mayor of Bydgoszcz 1994-95, Sejm member 1997-01, Senate member 2005-07)

Results

Parties Votes % Seats
Civic Platform
Civic Platform
Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President...

 (Platforma Obywatelska, PO)
162,556 43.08 1
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union is an electoral committee and a coalition of two Polish centre-left political parties: Democratic Left Alliance and Labour Union. At the national level, the alliance arose at the time of the 2001 parliamentary elections and continued through the 2004 elections...

 (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy, SLD-UP)
79,400 21.04 1
Law and Justice
Law and Justice
Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....

 (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS)
73,183 19.40 1
Polish People's Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) 38,092 10.10
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (Samoobrona RP, SoRP) 6,958 1.84
Agreement for the Future - CenterLeft (Porozumienie dla Przyszłości, CentroLewica, CL) 4,477 1.19
Right of the Republic (Prawica Rzeczypospolitej, PRP) 3,589 0.95
Libertas Poland
Libertas Poland
Libertas Poland is a political party in Poland. It contended the 2009 European Parliament elections under a common banner with Libertas Party Limited, the organization founded by Declan Ganley.-Pawlowiec's Lewica i Demokraci:...

 (Libertas Polska)
3,277 0.87
Real Politics Union
Real Politics Union
The Real Politics Union , abbreviated to UPR, was a free market-emphasizing conservative political party in Poland. It was composed of conservatives, libertarians and monarchists...

 (Unia Polityki Realnej, UPR)
3,265 0.87
Polish Labour Party
Polish Labour Party
The Polish Labour Party is a minor left-wing political party in Poland, describing itself as socialist. It was created on 11 November 2001 as the 'Alternative - Labour Party' and acquired its current name in 2004...

 (Polska Partia Pracy, PPP)
2,513 0.67
  • Registered voters: 1,649,903
  • Votes counted: 385,847 (23.36 %)
  • Valid votes: 377,310

www.pe2009.pkw.gov.pl

List of MEPs

  • Ryszard Czarnecki
    Ryszard Czarnecki
    Richard Henry Czarnecki is a British-born Polish politician who is a Member of the European Parliament for the Lower Silesian and Opole constituency from Law and Justice...

     - Law and Justice
    Law and Justice
    Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....

    -Alliance for Europe of the Nations
    Alliance for Europe of the Nations
    The Alliance for Europe of the Nations was a pan-European political party that gathered conservative and national-conservative parties from across the continent.-History:...

     (2009-14)
  • Janusz Zemke
    Janusz Zemke
    Janusz Zemke is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 33672 votes in 4 Bydgoszcz district, candidating from Democratic Left Alliance list....

     - Democratic Left Alliance
    Democratic Left Alliance
    Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland....

    -Party of European Socialists
    Party of European Socialists
    The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...

     (2009-14)
  • Tadeusz Zwiefka
    Tadeusz Zwiefka
    Tadeusz Antoni Zwiefka is a Polish journalist and politician. Since 2004, member of the European Parliament.- Biography :Tadeusz Zwiefka comes from Tuchola in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship, he worked in Szczecin and Warsaw, and today he lives in Poznań....

     - Civic Platform
    Civic Platform
    Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President...

    -European People's Party
    European People's Party
    The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...

     (2004-09, 2009-14)

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