Lewicowe partie i ugrupowania polityczne w wyborach parlamentarnych 2015 roku. Analiza wyników
Left-wing political parties and factions in the parliamentary elections of 2015. Analysis of the results

Author(s): Łukasz Tomczak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: polish party system; left; elections
Summary/Abstract: Before the parliamentary elections 2015 Polish left-wing groups aimed to sign an agreement that was to give them a chance to lead. There had been a division of supporters on one hand – those who opted for building a new formation and on the other – those who were for left parties agreement. It resulted in a coalition in shape of United Left (Zjednoczona Lewica) which became the backbone of the Democratic Left Alliance, the Union of Labour, Your Movement, Polish Socialist Party and the Greens Party (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (SLD), Unia Pracy, Twój Ruch (TR), Polska Partia Socjalistyczna and Partia Zieloni). The new batch Together (Razem) negating some left-wing parties especially SLD and Your Movement. The article presents the process of building leftist formations and the results they achieved in the elections. The distribution of seats in the lists between the coalition parties, results in the districts, geographical distribution of votes as well as possible joint list were analyzed. The author points that the reason of not winning the seats by the parties is in choosing the wrong form of participation in the elections as a coalition and the absence of an agreement between all parties. In the assessment of the author the coalition United Left party was defeated and the Together (Razem) was moderately successful, which, although, has not received mandates that exceed the election threshold enabling it to finance the budget.

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