Kobiety na listach mniejszości niemieckiej w województwie opolskim w wyborach samorządowych i parlamentarnych w latach 2002–2018. Kwoty, parytety, poparcie
Women on German minority voting lists at self-government and parliamentary elections in the years 2002–2015. Quota, parity, voting suport

Summary/Abstract: German minority is the most numerous and politically active national minority in Poland. Its largest cluster lives in Opole voivodeship. Since 1990, this minority has participated actively in subsequent elections. It fields its candidates in the competition for seats both in self-government and in parliamentary elections. Candidates of the minority receive voting support, the result of which is the presence of the representatives of the minority at various levels of self-government, co-governing –independently or in cooperation with various coalition partners, and even having a representative in the Polish parliament. The subject of this article is the demonstration of the presence of women on German minority voting lists in the years 2002–2015, taking into consideration the elections before and after the introduction of the so-called electoral quota, i.e. the provisions specifying the minimum percentage of women and men on voting lists. The author also refers to the issue of support which women standing for elections from minority lists receive from voters, as well as the issue of the presence of women in the authority organs of the German minority organisations in Opole Voivodeship

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