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Poland election: Tusk's opposition eyes power after pivotal vote (www.bbc.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/europe@feddit.de
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Sejm (lower house) votes as of 100% votes counted):

  • Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Right) - 35,38%
  • Koalicja Obywatelska (Centre) - 30,70%
  • Trzecia Droga (Centre-Right) - 14,40%
  • Nowa Lewica (Centre-Left) - 8,61%
  • Konfederacja (Far Right) - 7,16%

Up to date results: https://wybory.gov.pl/sejmsenat2023/pl/sejm/wynik/pl

Sejm (lower house) seats as of 100% votes counted:

  • Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Right) - 194
  • Koalicja Obywatelska (Centre) - 157
  • Trzecia Droga (Centre-Right) - 65
  • Nowa Lewica (Centre-Left) - 26
  • Konfederacja (Far Right) - 18

Democratic opposition gets 248/460 seats, safe majority but not enough to counter presidential veto.

D'Hondt calculator via: https://danieljanus.pl/wybory2023/

Senat (upper house) as of 100% votes counted:

  • Senate pact*: 66
  • PiS: 34

* First past the post system is used in the upper house elections. Senate pact is an informal coalition of all democratic opposition parties where they agree on a single candidate per voting district.

Via: https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/15373201/embed?auto=1

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[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Old divisions maybe relevant, but it's not so simple. For example, greatest PiS % in SE corner is on the Austrian side of that division. Also, [grand]parents of many people in western poland moved there from the easternmost areas which became Ukraine and Belarus after the war. I'm told catholicism is relevant, and Austrian empire was catholic, but that included Czechia which became the least religious country. I think a plot of PiS vote vs altitude would show a good correlation...

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 11 months ago

A correlation between altitude and political illiberality has been noted elsewhere, and it has been speculated that it’s due to more diverse areas tending to be more liberal, and ports and market cities tending to be more diverse, so that is probably part of it.