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Poland 2009 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Civic Platform won 25 of 50 seats with 44.4% of the vote; 24.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.7 points on 2004.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Civic Platform25+1044.4+20.33,271,852
Law and Justice15+827.4+14.72,017,607
Democratic Left Alliance6+212.3+3.0908,765
Polish People's Party3−17.0+0.7516,146
Democratic / Freedom / Unionwith Social Democracy of Poland0−42.4−4.9179,602
Right Wing of the Republic01.9143,966
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland0−61.5−9.3107,185
Libertas Poland01.183,754
Real Politics Union / Congress of the New Right001.1−0.881,146
Labour Union10

± is the change against the Poland 2004 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Civic Platform 3,271,852
  • Law and Justice 2,017,607
  • Democratic Left Alliance 908,765
  • Polish People's Party 516,146
  • Democratic / Freedom / Union 179,602
  • Right Wing of the Republic 143,966
  • Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 107,185
  • Libertas Poland 83,754
  • Real Politics Union / Congress of the New Right 81,146
  • Labour Union

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

Share of the vote

Turnout

24.6% of the 30,565,272 registered voters cast a ballot (7,505,261 ballots), up 3.7 points on 2004. 7,364,763 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Civic Platform44.4% of votes50.0% of seats
  • Law and Justice27.4% of votes30.0% of seats
  • Democratic Left Alliance12.3% of votes12.0% of seats
  • Polish People's Party7.0% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Democratic / Freedom / Union2.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 2.8 by seats; Civic Platform led Law and Justice by 17.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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