EFEKTI OTVORENIH LISTA PROPORCIONALNE REPREZENTACIJE NA IZBORIMA ZA POLJSKI SEJM 2001-2019.
EFFECTS OF OPEN LISTS PR ON THE ELECTIONS FOR THE POLISH SEJM 2001-2019.

Summary/Abstract: Poland today, along with Finland, applies the best model of the open-list proportional (PR) electoral system in Europe. Not only the order of election of deputies in the parliament is conditioned only by the number of preference votes gained by the individual candidates for a seat in the Sejm but also the voters are required to cast a preference vote on the ballot paper for a single candidate from the party list they are giving preference over the others. The purpose of this article is to respond to the question about what type of incentives such electoral model can offer to the key stakeholders – candidates, elected deputies, and party leaders as well as political parties as a whole. Before that, we are giving a short overview of the evolution of the electoral institutions in Poland in pre-World war II period, during communist era and the 1990s in order to have better understanding of the entire history of the electoral rights in this Central European country and the context of the current system.

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