On 25th October 2015, exactly ten years and one month after its first electoral victory, Law and Justice (PiS), Poland’s main opposition party, not only regained power but its electoral committee, composed also of three other minor parties (i.e. United Poland, Poland Together, and the Right-wing of the Republic), obtained an absolute majority of ...
Read More »The Polish “Flash Mob Referendum” on Single Member Districts
In a referendum on September 6th 2015, Poles answered three questions. The first one, causing the most controversy, concerned the introduction of single member districts (SMD) in elections to the Polish Sejm (lower house of parliament), while the other two addressed changes to campaign finance regulations and the tax code. ...
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