European Parliament election, 2009 (Poland)

Poland European Parliament election, 2009

2004 ← June 7, 2009 (2009-06-07) → 2014

50 seats to the European Parliament Turnout 24.53%   First party Second party   Leader Donald Tusk Jarosław Kaczyński Party PO PiS Alliance EPP ECR Leader since 1 June 2003 18 January 2003 Last election 15 seats, 24,1% 7 seats, 12,67% Seats won 25 15 Seat change +10 +8 Popular vote 3 271 852 2 017 607 Percentage 44,43% 27,40% Swing +20,33% +14,73%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Grzegorz Napieralski Waldemar Pawlak Party SLD PSL Alliance S&D EPP Leader since 31 May 2008 29 January 2005 Last election 5 seats, 9,35% 4 seats, 6,34% Seats won 7 3 Seat change +2 -1 Popular vote 908 765 516 146 Percentage 12,34% 7,01% Swing +2.99% +0,67%

Powiats won by ■ – Civic Platform ■ – Law and Justice ■ – Polish People's Party

■ – Civic Platform ■ – Law and Justice
■ – Polish People's Party

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 (the lower house of the Polish parliament) accepted a proposal for an amendment to the electoral court act to allow voting for the European Parliament election of 2009 to take place over 2 days i.e. the 6 and 7 June 2009. However, on 5 March, the proposal was referred to the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland by the Polish President, Lech Kaczyński.

The Polish electorate elected 50 MEPs. In the 27 EU Member States, at total of 736 MEPs were elected from 4–7 June 2009.

As anticipated, the Civic Platform (PO) won a significant victory, winning more than 44% of the vote and gaining half of the total seats. PO's vote was higher than their 41.5% achieved at the Polish parliamentary election, 2007, and to date was the highest vote achieved by a Polish political party to either the Sejm (national legislature) or the European Parliament. Law and Justice (PiS), came second (27.4%), having more than doubled their vote and seats won as compared to the 2004 EU election, but their vote fell, in comparison to the national elections of 2007. PO polled strongest in the western half of Poland, whilst PiS polled best in the eastern half, particularly the south-east.

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