The Senate Pact 2023 (Polish: Pakt Senacki 2023) is an electoral alliance among the Civic Coalition (KO), the New Left (NL), the Polish People's Party (PSL) and Poland 2050 for the 2023 Polish Senate election. The accord was agreed on 28 February 2023 by party representatives Marcin Kierwiński (KO), Dariusz Wieczorek (NL), Piotr Zgorzelski (KP-PSL) and Jacek Bury (Poland 2050).
Senate Pact 2023 Pakt Senacki 2023 | |
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| Organizer | Zygmunt Frankiewicz |
| Founded | 28 February 2023 |
| Ideology | Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Pact members |
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| Senate | 66 / 100 |
| Website | |
| Twitter page | |
The agreement assumes close cooperation regarding the conduct of the election campaign; in each electoral district for the Senate of Poland, the constituent parties will back one common candidate. Candidates recommended by parties to the agreement and political parties cooperating will have the exclusive right to use the official logo of the coalition.
To implement the agreement, an organizational team was established, whose work is managed by a representative of Yes! For Poland–Civic Coalition Senator Zygmunt Frankiewicz. The team's task is to divide the electoral districts into individual parties to the agreement, prepare proposals for candidates for Senators of the Republic of Poland and develop a concept for conducting an election campaign. The first informal Senate pact was concluded before the parliamentary elections in 2019.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The alliance won 66 seats out of 100 in the 11th term of the Senate which will sit from 2023 to 2027.
Composition
edit| Name | Ideology | Political position | Leader(s) | Number of candidates (2023) | 2019 result | Number of seats at the end of the 10th term | 2023 result | Current number of seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | Votes
(%) |
Seats | |||||||||
| Civic Coalition (KO) Koalicja Obywatelska Members
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Liberalism | Big tent | Donald Tusk | 49 / 100
|
35.7% | 43 / 100
|
40 / 100
|
28.9% | 41 / 100
|
42 / 100
| ||
| The Left Lewica Members
|
Social democracy Progressivism |
Centre-left[7] to left-wing[8] | Włodzimierz Czarzasty Robert Biedroń |
14 / 100
|
2.3% | 2 / 100
|
1 / 100
|
5.3% | 9 / 100
|
9 / 100
| ||
| Third Way (TD) Trzecia Droga |
Polish Coalition (KP) Koalicja Polska Members
|
Agrarianism Christian democracy |
Centre to centre-right | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz | 21 / 100
|
5.7% | 3 / 100
|
4 / 100
|
8.1% | 6 / 100
|
12 / 100
| |
| Poland 2050 Polska 2050 |
Centrism Green politics |
Centre | Szymon Hołownia | 8 / 100
|
N/A | 1 / 100
|
3.4% | 5 / 100
| ||||
| Yes! For Poland Tak! Dla Polski |
Regionalism Decentralization |
Centre-left | Jacek Karnowski | 8 / 100
|
N/A | 2 / 100 [a]
|
3.3% | 6 / 100
|
N/A | |||
| Independents | N/A | 1 / 100
|
N/A | 2 / 100
|
0.7% | 1 / 100
|
3 / 100
| |||||
| Total | N/A | 97 / 100
|
45.9% | 51 / 100
|
49 / 100
|
48.4% | 66 / 100
|
66 / 100
| ||||
Jan Maria Jackowski and Józef Zając, former members of the Law and Justice parliamentary group have been informally endorsed and the Pact will not stand in their constituencies.
Notes
edit- ^ Zygmunt Frankiewicz also belongs to the Civic Coalition parliamentary group.
References
edit- ^ "Pakt senacki 2023. Opozycja startuje wspólnie do Senatu - konferencja prasowa" [Senate pact 2023. The opposition runs together for the Senate - press conference]. TVN24 (in Polish). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Pakt senacki podpisany. Kandydaci przed wakacjami" [Senate pact signed. Candidates before the holidays]. Polska Agencja Prasowa SA [Polish Press Agency] (in Polish). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Szpala I, Dobrosz-Oracz J (28 February 2023). "Tak będzie wyglądał pakt senacki opozycji. "Wyborcza" ma dokument" [This is what the Senate pact of the opposition will look like. "Wyborcza" has the document]. Gazeta Wyborcza [The Electoral Gazette] (in Polish). Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Dziubka K (28 February 2023). "Opozycja ogłasza pakt senacki. Kulisy negocjacji" [The opposition announces the Senate pact. Behind the scenes of the negotiations]. Onet Wiadomości [Onet News] (in Polish). Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Opozycja się dogadała. Przynajmniej tutaj będzie "jedna lista"" [The opposition got along. At least here will be "one list"]. wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Opozycja i samorządowcy odtwarzają Pakt Senacki. Razem zawalczą o wynik wyborów" [The opposition and local government officials are recreating the Senate Pact. Together they will fight for the election result]. www.portalsamorzadowy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Polish voters give their verdict on four years of right-wing populists". Independent.co.uk. 12 October 2019. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Poland election: Ruling Law and Justice party win poll". BBC News. 14 October 2019.
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